C17000 Copper vs. Grade 1 Babbitt Metal
C17000 copper belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 1 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 21 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 C17000 copper and the bottom bar is grade 1 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 53 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 31 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 45 | |
| 20 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 160 to 1140 | |
| 30 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 70 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 980 | |
| 370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 870 | |
| 220 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 390 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 110 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 22 | |
| 13 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 22 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 8.7 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 140 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 1160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 5420 | |
| 8.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.6 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 32 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 1.6 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 96.3 to 98.2 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 89.3 to 92 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |