Grade 8 Babbitt Metal vs. C87700 Bronze
Grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C87700 bronze belongs to the copper alloys. There are 19 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 C87700 bronze.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 24 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.41 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 8.5 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 23 | |
| 120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 270 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 240 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 150 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 120 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 24 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 29 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 840 | |
| 310 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 11 | |
| 64 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 1.3 | |
| 7.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.2 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| 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 | |
| 87.5 to 90.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 77.1 to 81.2 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |