AWS BVAg-18 vs. AWS BAg-3
Both AWS BVAg-18 and AWS BAg-3 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-18 and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 80 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 30 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 720 to 840 | |
| 690 to 900 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 720 | |
| 690 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 930 | |
| 770 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 | |
| 6.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28.5 to 31.5 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 59 to 61 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 13.5 to 17.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |