Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. C17000 Copper
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal and the bottom bar is C17000 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 160 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 230 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 870 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 110 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 140 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 110 to 5420 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.6 to 1.8 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 96.3 to 98.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.6 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |