Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 14 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 24 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 8.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 23 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 24 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 11 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 9.2 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 16 |