R05240 Alloy vs. AWS BAu-5
Both R05240 alloy and AWS BAu-5 are otherwise unclassified metals. There are 13 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 R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is AWS BAu-5.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 140 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 50 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 180 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 13 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 5.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 4.5 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 6.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 9.0 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 29.5 to 30.5 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 35.5 to 36.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 33.5 to 34.5 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |