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Babbitt metal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Babbitt metal an antifriction metal first produced by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals, or "white metals." These alloys usually consist of relatively hard crystals embedded in a softer matrix, a structure important for machine bearings. They are composed primarily of tin, copper, and antimony, with traces of other metals added in some cases and lead substituted for tin in others. Author not available, BABBITT METAL. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
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SIC 3339 Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metals, Except Copper and Aluminum
...The metals refined include antimony, babbitt, beryllium, bismuth, cadmium, chromium...the mid-1990s. Lead prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) averaged 28 cents per pound...the primary precious metals and precious metal alloys sector, which made up 18.8 percent... Read more

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