AWS BAg-24 vs. AWS BAg-18
Both AWS BAg-24 and AWS BAg-18 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-24 and the bottom bar is AWS BAg-18.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 87 | |
| 82 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.36 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 30 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 150 | |
| 170 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 710 to 870 | |
| 720 to 980 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 130 | |
| 130 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 730 | |
| 720 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 660 | |
| 600 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 59 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 770 | |
| 930 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.3 | |
| 4.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 4.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 | |
| 7.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.9 | |
| 7.7 |
Alloy Composition
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| Copper (Cu), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 28.4 to 31.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 59 to 61 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 9.5 to 10.5 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 26 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |