AWS BVAg-6b vs. Nickel 625
AWS BVAg-6b belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while nickel 625 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-6b and the bottom bar is nickel 625.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 93 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 790 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 1290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 8.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 14 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 770 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 5.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 58 to 68.9 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 3.2 to 4.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |