ASTM B780 Alloy vs. AWS BNi-9
ASTM B780 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS BNi-9 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM B780 alloy and the bottom bar is AWS BNi-9.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 83 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 330 to 590 | |
| 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.4 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.5 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 9.1 to 16 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 11 to 15 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 3.3 to 4.0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 16.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 23.5 to 25.7 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.35 to 0.65 | |
| 77.1 to 83.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 74 to 76 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |