AWS BVAg-18 vs. EN 1.0303 Steel
AWS BVAg-18 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while EN 1.0303 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-18 and the bottom bar is EN 1.0303 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 290 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 720 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 930 | |
| 18 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 10 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 12 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 | |
| 9.2 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28.5 to 31.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 99.335 to 99.71 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 59 to 61 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |