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C90500 Gun Metal vs. Grade 7 Babbitt Metal

C90500 gun metal belongs to the copper 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 C90500 gun metal and the bottom bar is grade 7 Babbitt Metal.

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Mechanical Properties

Compressive (Crushing) Strength, MPa 280
110
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 110
26
Poisson's Ratio 0.34
0.4
Shear Modulus, GPa 40
9.1
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 160
25

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 190
48
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1000
270
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 850
240
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 370
150
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
26

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 35
23
Density, g/cm3 8.7
10
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
4.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
62
Embodied Water, L/kg 390
880

Common Calculations

Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
12
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 6.9
1.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 18
9.6

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.0050
0 to 0.0050
Antimony (Sb), % 0 to 0.2
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), % 86 to 89
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.1
Lead (Pb), % 0 to 0.3
71.9 to 76.4
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 1.5
0
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.0050
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0
Tin (Sn), % 9.0 to 11
9.3 to 10.7
Zinc (Zn), % 1.0 to 3.0
0 to 0.0050
Residuals, % 0 to 0.3
0