AWS BAg-8 vs. AWS BVAg-32
Both AWS BAg-8 and AWS BVAg-32 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-8 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-32.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 84 | |
| 93 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 31 | |
| 34 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 150 | |
| 180 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 770 to 890 | |
| 950 to 980 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 140 | |
| 140 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 780 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 900 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.6 | |
| 4.9 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 4.7 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.2 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 6.7 | |
| 8.0 |
Alloy Composition
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| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 26.9 to 29 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 71 to 73 | |
| 53 to 55 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |