AWS BAg-26 vs. AWS BVAg-6b
Both AWS BAg-26 and AWS BVAg-6b are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-26 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-6b.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 98 | |
| 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.35 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 35 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 750 to 870 | |
| 870 to 980 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 800 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 710 | |
| 780 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 350 | |
| 310 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 26 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 410 | |
| 770 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.4 | |
| 5.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.6 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 37 to 39 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |