AWS A5.8 BAg-5
Silver Filler Metals for Brazing, Welding Wire — BAg-5
BAg-5
BAg-5 is an excellent replacement to cadmium containing alloys. Well known for ships’ piping, band instruments, aircraft engine oil coolers, and brass lamps. It has broad applications in furnace brazing. We recommend a maximum brazing temperature of 1550°F.
| Nominal Chemical Composition (%) | Melting Point | Flow Point | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ag | Cu | Zn | Cd | P | Ni | Sn | Mn | Li | °F | °C | °F | °C |
| 45 | 30 | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1225 | 665 | 1370 | 745 |