AWS BVAg-8b vs. 50Cr-50Ni-Cb Alloy
Both AWS BVAg-8b and 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. There are 13 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-8b and the bottom bar is 50Cr-50Ni-Cb alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.26 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 84 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 170 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 8.0 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.7 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.6 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 47 to 52 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 26.8 to 29.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 43.3 to 51.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 70.5 to 72.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |