AWS BVAg-31 vs. S35000 Stainless Steel
AWS BVAg-31 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S35000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (19, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-31 and the bottom bar is S35000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 90 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 1300 to 1570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 150 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 850 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 820 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.9 | |
| 46 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.0 | |
| 34 to 38 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.8 | |
| 42 to 51 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0.070 to 0.11 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 31 to 33 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 72.7 to 76.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 8.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 57 to 59 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |