ASTM A182 Grade F23 vs. AWS BVAg-6b
ASTM A182 grade F23 belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS BVAg-6b belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A182 grade F23 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-6b.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 35 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 310 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.5 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 770 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 5.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.0060 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.040 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.9 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.2 to 96.2 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.050 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.020 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.0050 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |