Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. SAE-AISI 1340 Steel
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI 1340 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1340 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 15 | |
160 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
72 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
300 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
250 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
240 to 1040 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
14 |
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 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
0.38 to 0.43 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
97.2 to 97.9 |
Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
1.6 to 1.9 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
0 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |