AWS BAg-22 vs. AWS BAg-26
Both AWS BAg-22 and AWS BAg-26 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-22 and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-26.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 96 | |
| 98 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 37 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 140 | |
| 160 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 700 to 1040 | |
| 750 to 870 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 700 | |
| 800 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 680 | |
| 710 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 320 | |
| 350 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 21 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 8.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 48 | |
| 26 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 760 | |
| 410 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.9 | |
| 6.4 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.3 | |
| 5.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.6 | |
| 7.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.1 | |
| 5.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Copper (Cu), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 37 to 39 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 8.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 48 to 50 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 21 to 25 | |
| 31 to 35 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |