ASTM B631 Class A vs. AWS BVAg-8
Both ASTM B631 class A and AWS BVAg-8 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 10 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B631 class A and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-8.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 15 | |
| 10 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 220 | |
| 84 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 2680 to 2690 | |
| 780 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 85 to 86 | |
| 31 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 160 | |
| 280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 8.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 19 |