AWS BVAg-0 vs. C14181 Copper
AWS BVAg-0 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C14181 copper belongs to the copper alloys. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-0 and the bottom bar is C14181 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 71 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 26 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 130 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 960 to 1040 | |
| 1090 to 1150 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 110 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 960 | |
| 1080 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 240 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 9.0 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 3.4 | |
| 6.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 5.4 | |
| 8.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.6 | |
| 7.4 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 99.9 to 100 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 99.95 to 100 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |