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Definition of Babbitt metal
1. Noun. An alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces friction.
Definition of Babbitt metal
1. Noun. A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. ¹
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Medical Definition of Babbitt metal
1. An alloy of antimony, copper, and tin; used occasionally in dentistry. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Babbitt metal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Antimony is used largely in the composition of the best grades of babbitt metal;
these are made with tin as the principal constituent, the ones next in ..."
2. Engineering Chemistry: A Manual of Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Thomas Bliss Stillman (1897)
"... 40 " Alloys of the second class may comprise babbitt metal, Britannia metal,
... of babbitt metal* Five grams of drillings in an eight-ounce beaker are ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1893)
""A small percentage of aluminum added to babbitt metal gives very superior results
over the ordinary babbitt metal. It has been found that the influence of ..."
4. Elements of Machine Design by Oscar Adolph Leutwiler (1917)
"The alloy called white brass is in reality a babbitt metal, since its tin content
exceeds 50 per cent., as the following specifications adopted by the ..."
5. The Chemical and Metallographic Examination of Iron, Steel and Brass by William Thomas Hall, Robert Seaton Williams (1921)
"Tin-antimony Alloys, babbitt metal and Other White Bearing Alloys.—The "white"
alloys used for light bearings commonly Fia. 181.—Antimony in a lead-antimony ..."
6. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American (1889)
"Now, when I speak of babbitt metal I mean babbitt metal, ... Now, the Babbitt
metal should be put in hot, so that it amalgamates with the brass or adheres ..."
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