AWS BVAg-6b vs. C77300 Nickel Silver
AWS BVAg-6b belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C77300 nickel silver belongs to the copper alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-6b and the bottom bar is C77300 nickel silver.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 93 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 540 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 870 to 980 | |
| 940 to 980 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 180 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 920 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 770 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.3 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 17 |
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), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 46 to 50 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 11 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.25 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 37.9 to 45 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |