Grade 7 Babbitt Metal vs. ZA-12
Grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ZA-12 belongs to the zinc alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is ZA-12.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 23 | |
| 89 to 100 |
| Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa | 110 | |
| 230 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 83 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 9.1 | |
| 33 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 25 | |
| 210 to 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 48 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 26 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 62 | |
| 64 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 880 | |
| 440 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 12 | |
| 260 to 620 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.4 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.6 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 10.5 to 11.5 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.075 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 71.9 to 76.4 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.030 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.3 to 10.7 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 87.1 to 89 |