Grade 7 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A225 Steel
Grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A225 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ASTM A225 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 23 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 9.1 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 25 | |
| 460 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 48 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 880 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 12 | |
| 580 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 | |
| 24 |