AWS BAg-1 vs. C82500 Copper
AWS BAg-1 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C82500 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 17 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 AWS BAg-1 and the bottom bar is C82500 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 45 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 | |
| 550 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 620 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 610 | |
| 860 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 23 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.2 | |
| 8.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 44 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 690 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.4 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.0 | |
| 19 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.3 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 23 to 25 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.7 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 95.3 to 97.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 44 to 46 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 14 to 18 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |