C99400 Brass vs. Grade 2 Babbitt Metal
C99400 brass belongs to the copper alloys classification, while grade 2 Babbitt Metal belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C99400 brass and the bottom bar is grade 2 Babbitt Metal.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 44 | |
| 19 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 42 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 230 | |
| 72 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1020 | |
| 240 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 400 | |
| 230 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 200 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 310 | |
| 1240 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 590 | |
| 17 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 4.0 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 8.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 83.5 to 96.5 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 87.3 to 90 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0.5 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |