AWS BVAg-8 vs. AWS BVAu-2
Both AWS BVAg-8 and AWS BVAu-2 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have a modest 20% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-8 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-2.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 100 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.4 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 36 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 | |
| 150 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 780 to 900 | |
| 890 to 1010 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 92 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 780 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 890 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 180 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 17 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 3.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 9.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 2.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 | |
| 7.1 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 27 to 29 | |
| 19.5 to 20.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 79.5 to 80.5 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 71 to 73 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |