AWS BNi-5a vs. AWS BVPd-1
AWS BNi-5a belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while AWS BVPd-1 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 16 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BNi-5a and the bottom bar is AWS BVPd-1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 150 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 56 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 1150 to 1200 | |
| 1240 to 1250 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 420 | |
| 200 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1150 | |
| 1240 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1070 | |
| 1230 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 310 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 11 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 7.7 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 6.1 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 7.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 9.8 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 33.9 to 36 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 70.1 to 73.5 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 64 to 66 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 7.0 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |