AWS BVAg-18 vs. C18900 Copper
AWS BVAg-18 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C18900 copper belongs to the copper alloys. They have a modest 31% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-18 and the bottom bar is C18900 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 30 | |
| 43 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 260 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 210 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 720 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 600 | |
| 1020 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 59 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 930 | |
| 42 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 8.2 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 10 to 16 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.1 | |
| 9.3 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 28.5 to 31.5 | |
| 97.7 to 99.15 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 59 to 61 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 9.5 to 10.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |