Solder Alloy 161 vs. Grade 15 Babbitt Metal
Both solder alloy 161 and grade 15 Babbitt Metal are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 14 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 solder alloy 161 and the bottom bar is grade 15 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 23 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 14 | |
| 8.2 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 48 | |
| 46 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 250 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 140 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.9 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 910 | |
| 840 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 1.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 14.5 to 17.5 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.2 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 37.3 to 39.3 | |
| 79 to 83.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 59.5 to 60.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |