AWS BVAg-29 vs. AWS BVAg-0
Both AWS BVAg-29 and AWS BVAg-0 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-29 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAg-0.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 71 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.37 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 26 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 130 |
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 710 to 790 | |
| 960 to 1040 |
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 110 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 710 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 960 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 240 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 20 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 10 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 3.8 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 5.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.8 | |
| 6.6 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 22.5 to 25.5 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 14 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 60.5 to 62.5 | |
| 99.95 to 100 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |