AWS BAg-19 vs. C42500 Brass
AWS BAg-19 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C42500 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-19 and the bottom bar is C42500 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 | |
| 310 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 760 | |
| 1010 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 380 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.7 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.0 | |
| 7.1 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 9.9 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 5.8 | |
| 12 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.9 | |
| 11 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 6.6 to 7.9 | |
| 87 to 90 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lithium (Li), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 92 to 93 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 6.1 to 11.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |