Solder Alloy 401 vs. AWS BAg-3
Both solder alloy 401 and AWS BAg-3 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 401 and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 80 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 30 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 120 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 690 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 630 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 290 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 22 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 9.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 770 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 4.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 5.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 6.9 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 14.5 to 16.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 49 to 51 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 13.5 to 17.5 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |