Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. Nickel 718
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 718 belongs to the nickel 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 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is nickel 718.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 510 to 1330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 1340 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 1260 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 13 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 660 to 4560 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 3.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0060 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 11.1 to 24.6 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 50 to 55 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.65 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |