AWS BVAg-8 vs. ASTM B631 Class A
Both AWS BVAg-8 and ASTM B631 class A are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 10 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-8 and the bottom bar is ASTM B631 class A.
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Material Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 15 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 220 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 160 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 780 | |
| 2680 to 2690 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 85 to 86 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 8.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |