Nickel 690 vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

Nickel 690 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 7 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. 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 nickel 690 and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

Nickel Alloy 690 (N06690)Grade 7 (L53585) Lead-Base Babbitt Metal

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness		90
Brinell Hardness		23

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa		26

Poisson's Ratio		0.28
Poisson's Ratio		0.4

Shear Modulus, GPa		79
Shear Modulus, GPa		9.1

Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa		250 to 760
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa		25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		320
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g		48

Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		1380
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C		270

Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		1340
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C		240

Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		470
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K		150

Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K		26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative		50
Base Metal Price, % relative		23

Density, g/cm³		8.3
Density, g/cm³		10

Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO₂/kg material		4.4

Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		120
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg		62

Embodied Water, L/kg		290
Embodied Water, L/kg		880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m³		160 to 1440
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m³		12

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		13
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points		1.4

Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		24
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points		9.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), %		0
Aluminum (Al), %		0 to 0.0050

Antimony (Sb), %		0
Antimony (Sb), %		14 to 16

Arsenic (As), %		0
Arsenic (As), %		0.3 to 0.6

Bismuth (Bi), %		0
Bismuth (Bi), %		0 to 0.1

Cadmium (Cd), %		0
Cadmium (Cd), %		0 to 0.050

Carbon (C), %		0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), %		0

Chromium (Cr), %		27 to 31
Chromium (Cr), %		0

Copper (Cu), %		0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), %		0 to 0.5

Iron (Fe), %		7.0 to 11
Iron (Fe), %		0 to 0.1

Lead (Pb), %		0
Lead (Pb), %		71.9 to 76.4

Manganese (Mn), %		0 to 0.5
Manganese (Mn), %		0

Nickel (Ni), %		58 to 66
Nickel (Ni), %		0

Silicon (Si), %		0 to 0.5
Silicon (Si), %		0

Sulfur (S), %		0 to 0.015
Sulfur (S), %		0

Tin (Sn), %		0
Tin (Sn), %		9.3 to 10.7

Zinc (Zn), %		0
Zinc (Zn), %		0 to 0.0050