SILVER-BASE BRAZING ALLOYS
                            AWS A5.8 and ASTM B280


ASTM-AWS
Classi-   Melting  Brazing Temp.
fication  Temp.øC   Range, øC    Color       Characteristics
                   
BAg1       618     618-760      Whitish     Free-flowing
                                 yellow
BAg1a      635     635-760      Whitish     Free-flowing
                                 yellow
BAg2       702     702-843      Light       Good for nonuniform
                                 yellow      clearance
BAg3       688     688-816      Whitish     Retards corrosion
                                 yellow      at joint
BAg4       779     779-899      Light       Flows better than
                                 yellow      BAg3
BAg5       743     743-843      Light       Not free-flowing, cadmium-free
                                 yellow      useful in food industry
BAg6       774     774-871      Light       Similar to BAg5
                                 yellow
BAg7       652     652-760      White       Good color for stainless

BAg8       779     779-899      White       Wetting on stainless is slow

BAg8a      766     766-871      White       For furnace brazing PH
                                             stainless
BAg13      857     857-968      White       Useful to 371C

BAg18      718     718-843      White       Wets stainless well, for
                                             brazing PH stainless
BAg19      891     891-982      White       Good for furnace brazing