AWS BVAg-18 vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel
AWS BVAg-18 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while AISI 446 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (20, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-18 and the bottom bar is AISI 446 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 720 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 930 | |
| 35 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28.5 to 31.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 69.2 to 77 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 59 to 61 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |