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AWS BVAg-18 (P07607) Vacuum Service Filler Metal

AWS BVAg-18 is a silver-based filler metal for brazing. Cited properties are appropriate for the as-fabricated (no temper or treatment) condition. BVAg-18 is the AWS designation for this material. P07607 is the UNS number.

It has a very low melting temperature and a moderately high tensile strength among silver-based braze fillers.

The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare AWS BVAg-18 to: silver-based braze fillers (top), all alloys in the same category (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus

82 GPa 12 x 10⁶ psi

Poisson's Ratio

0.36

Shear Modulus

30 GPa 4.4 x 10⁶ psi

Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)

180 MPa 26 x 10³ psi

Thermal Properties

Brazing Temperature

720 to 840 °C 1320 to 1550 °F

Latent Heat of Fusion

140 J/g

Melting Completion (Liquidus)

720 °C 1320 °F

Melting Onset (Solidus)

600 °C 1120 °F

Specific Heat Capacity

280 J/kg-K 0.067 BTU/lb-°F

Thermal Expansion

19 µm/m-K

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density

9.7 g/cm³ 610 lb/ft³

Embodied Carbon

59 kg CO₂/kg material

Embodied Energy

930 MJ/kg 400 x 10³ BTU/lb

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial

4.7 points

Stiffness to Weight: Bending

15 points

Strength to Weight: Axial

5.1 points

Strength to Weight: Bending

7.3 points

Thermal Shock Resistance

8.1 points

Alloy Composition

Silver (Ag)Ag		59 to 61
Copper (Cu)Cu		28.5 to 31.5
Tin (Sn)Sn		9.5 to 10.5
Carbon (C)C		0 to 0.0050
Phosphorus (P)P		0 to 0.0020
Lead (Pb)Pb		0 to 0.0020
Zinc (Zn)Zn		0 to 0.0010
Cadmium (Cd)Cd		0 to 0.0010