AWS BVAg-29 vs. AWS BVAu-8
Both AWS BVAg-29 and AWS BVAu-8 are otherwise unclassified metals. Both are furnished in the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-29 and the bottom bar is AWS BVAu-8.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 100 | 
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.42 | 
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 27 | |
| 36 | 
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 140 | 
Thermal Properties
| Brazing Temperature, °C | 710 to 790 | |
| 1240 to 1270 | 
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 71 | 
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 710 | |
| 1240 | 
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 620 | |
| 1200 | 
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 270 | |
| 140 | 
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 20 | |
| 14 | 
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 19 | 
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.2 | |
| 3.0 | 
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 8.3 | 
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.2 | |
| 2.1 | 
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 3.2 | 
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 8.8 | |
| 7.1 | 
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 | 
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 91 to 93 | 
| Indium (In), % | 14 to 15 | |
| 0 | 
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 | 
| Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 | 
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 | 
| Silver (Ag), % | 60.5 to 62.5 | |
| 0 | 
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |