Grade 7 Babbitt Metal vs. ASTM A27 Cast Steel
Grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A27 cast steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, 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 A27 cast steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| 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 | |
| 230 to 310 |
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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 880 | |
| 45 to 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 12 | |
| 140 to 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.4 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 | |
| 24 |