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Grade 3 Babbitt Metal vs. C85900 Brass

Grade 3 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C85900 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 3 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C85900 brass.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 27
85
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 56
100
Poisson's Ratio 0.35
0.31
Shear Modulus, GPa 21
40
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 46
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 79
170
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 420
830
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 240
790
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 230
390
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
20

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
24
Density, g/cm3 7.4
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 12
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 200
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 1210
330

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 19
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 4.2
7.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 17
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0.1 to 0.6
Antimony (Sb), % 7.5 to 8.5
0 to 0.2
Arsenic (As), % 0 to 0.1
0
Bismuth (Bi), % 0 to 0.080
0
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.2
Cadmium (Cd), % 0 to 0.050
0
Copper (Cu), % 7.5 to 8.5
58 to 62
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.5
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.090
Manganese (Mn), % 0
0 to 0.010
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 1.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0
0.1 to 0.65
Tin (Sn), % 82.3 to 85
0 to 1.5
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.0050
31 to 41
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.2
Residuals, % 0
0 to 0.7