ASTM B617 Coin Silver vs. AWS E219
ASTM B617 coin silver belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS E219 belongs to the iron alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B617 coin silver and the bottom bar is AWS E219.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 22 | |
| 17 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 to 520 | |
| 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 to 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.3 to 14 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 25 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 9.0 to 10.4 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 58.6 to 67.4 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 5.5 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 89.6 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |