AWS BVAg-6b vs. C70260 Copper
AWS BVAg-6b belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while C70260 copper belongs to the copper alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AWS BVAg-6b and the bottom bar is C70260 copper.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 93 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.35 | |
| 0.34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 35 | |
| 44 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 180 | |
| 520 to 760 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 160 | |
| 220 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1060 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 1040 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 310 | |
| 390 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.7 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 49 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 770 | |
| 43 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 5.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 16 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.1 | |
| 16 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 7.3 | |
| 16 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 7.4 | |
| 18 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 95.8 to 98.8 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.7 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 49 to 51 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |