AWS BAg-13a vs. EN 2.4878 Nickel
AWS BAg-13a belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 2.4878 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-13a and the bottom bar is EN 2.4878 nickel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 92 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 34 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 1210 to 1250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 770 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 300 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.8 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 54 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 850 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 41 to 42 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.2 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.5 | |
| 37 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.6 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.010 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 40.4 to 43.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 43.6 to 52.2 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 55 to 57 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0070 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 2.8 to 3.2 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |