AWS BNi-9 vs. AWS BNi-10
Both AWS BNi-9 and AWS BNi-10 are nickel alloys. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BNi-9 and the bottom bar is AWS BNi-10.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 600 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 1070 to 1200 | |
| 1150 to 1200 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 330 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 1110 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1060 | |
| 970 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 60 | |
| 80 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 9.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 9.3 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 130 | |
| 160 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 260 | |
| 230 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
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| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Boron (B), % | 3.3 to 4.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.4 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16.5 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 77.1 to 83.3 | |
| 57.2 to 67.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Selenium (Se), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |