AWS BAg-5 vs. AWS BVAg-6b
Both AWS BAg-5 and AWS BVAg-6b are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BAg-5 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-6b.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 88 | |
| 93 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.33 | |
| 0.35 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 33 | |
| 35 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 150 | |
| 180 | 
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 740 to 870 | |
| 870 to 980 | 
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 160 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 740 | |
| 870 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 660 | |
| 780 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 320 | |
| 310 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 21 | |
| 19 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 9.7 | 
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 44 | |
| 49 | 
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 700 | |
| 770 | 
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 5.3 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 16 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 5.1 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.9 | |
| 7.3 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 5.9 | |
| 7.4 | 
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 | 
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 | 
| Copper (Cu), % | 29 to 31 | |
| 49 to 51 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 | 
| Silver (Ag), % | 44 to 46 | |
| 49 to 51 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 23 to 27 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 | 
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |