AWS BAg-6 vs. AWS BAg-33
Both AWS BAg-6 and AWS BAg-33 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-6 and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-33.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 89 | |
| 85 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 32 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 160 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 650 to 870 | |
| 680 to 840 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 770 | |
| 680 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 690 | |
| 610 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 320 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 23 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.3 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 770 | |
| 400 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.3 | |
| 5.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.8 | |
| 5.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.0 | |
| 7.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.5 | |
| 6.3 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 33 to 35 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 14 to 18 | |
| 26.5 to 28.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |