AWS BAg-3 vs. AWS BMg-1
AWS BAg-3 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AWS BMg-1 belongs to the magnesium alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-3 and the bottom bar is AWS BMg-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 47 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 18 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 690 to 900 | |
| 600 to 630 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 350 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 690 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 630 | |
| 440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 290 | |
| 980 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 26 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 770 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 66 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.9 | |
| 10 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 8.3 to 9.7 |
| Beryllium (Be), % | 0 | |
| 0.00020 to 0.00080 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 14.5 to 16.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Magnesium (Mg), % | 0 | |
| 86.1 to 89.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 13.5 to 17.5 | |
| 1.7 to 2.3 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |