See Babbitt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2020, Robert C. Juvinall, Kurt M. Marshek, “Lubrication and Sliding Bearings”, in Jennifer Brady, editor, Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, 7th edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN, page 403:",
"text": "The most common bearing materials are Babbitts, both tin-base (as 89% Sn, 8% Pb, 3% Cu) and lead-base (as 75% Pb, 15% Sb, 10% Sn), and copper alloys, primarily copper lead, leaded bronze, tin bronze, and aluminium bronze. […] The Babbitts are unexcelled in conformability and embeddability, but they have relatively low compressive and fatigue strength, particularly above about 77°C (170°F). Babbitts can seldom be used above about 121°C (250°F).",
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