Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. SAE-AISI A3 Steel
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while SAE-AISI A3 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, 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 A3 steel.
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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 | |
| 73 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 260 |
| 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 | |
| 37 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 6.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 67 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 78 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 10 |
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 | |
| 1.2 to 1.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 88.7 to 92 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |