AWS BVPd-1 vs. Solder Alloy 121
Both AWS BVPd-1 and solder alloy 121 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. There are 15 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 BVPd-1 and the bottom bar is solder alloy 121.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
21 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
0.43 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
7.5 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
32 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
29 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1240 | |
290 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1230 | |
230 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
140 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
28 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
11 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
1.1 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
8.6 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
0.84 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.9 | |
2.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
3.9 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.0010 |
Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
0 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
0 |
Cobalt (Co), % | 33.9 to 36 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Indium (In), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
83.4 to 85.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 64 to 66 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
0 |
Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
14.5 to 15.5 |
Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
0 to 0.0010 |