Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. Reactor Grade Zirconium
Both grade 8 Babbitt Metal and reactor grade zirconium are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is reactor grade zirconium.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 5.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 6.5 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 8.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 99.7 to 100 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.27 |