AWS BVPd-1 vs. C23000 Brass
AWS BVPd-1 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C23000 brass belongs to the copper alloys. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVPd-1 and the bottom bar is C23000 brass.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 110 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 56 | |
| 42 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 240 | |
| 280 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1240 | |
| 1030 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1230 | |
| 990 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 11 | |
| 8.6 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 6.1 | |
| 8.9 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.9 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 9.8 | |
| 9.4 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 33.9 to 36 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 84 to 86 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 64 to 66 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 13.7 to 16 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |