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C87500 Brass vs. Grade 8 Babbitt Metal

C87500 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 8 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 19 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 C87500 brass and the bottom bar is grade 8 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
24
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.41
Shear Modulus, GPa 42
8.5
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
23

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
46
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 920
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 820
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 410
150
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 28
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
24

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 27
19
Density, g/cm3 8.3
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
840

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
11
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 7.4
1.3
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 19
9.2
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.3
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0
14 to 16
Arsenic (As), % 0
0.3 to 0.6
Bismuth (Bi), % 0
0 to 0.1
Cadmium (Cd), % 0
0 to 0.050
Copper (Cu), % 79 to 85
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.5
77.1 to 81.2
Silicon (Si), % 3.0 to 5.0
0
Tin (Sn), % 0
4.5 to 5.5
Zinc (Zn), % 12 to 16
0 to 0.0050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.5
0