AWS BVAu-2 vs. ASTM A588 Steel
AWS BVAu-2 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while ASTM A588 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAu-2 and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.4 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 36 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 150 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 92 | |
| 250 to 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 890 | |
| 1410 to 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 180 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 17 | |
| 7.8 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.3 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 9.1 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 3.6 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.1 | |
| 16 |