Nickel 600 vs. Grade 1 Babbitt Metal
Nickel 600 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 22 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 nickel 600 and the bottom bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 53 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 35 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 20 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 to 760 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 70 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 220 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.8 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 55 | |
| 75 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.0 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 to 1490 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 6.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 72 to 80 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 89.3 to 92 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |