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| Brass |
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Brass is a versatile manufacturing material because of its hardness and workability. Alpha brasses, with less than 40% zinc, are malleable and can be worked cold. Beta brasses, with higher zinc content, can only be worked hot, but are harder and stronger. White brass, with more than 45% zinc, is too brittle for general use. Some types of brass have other metals added to modify their properties. |
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| Copper |
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Used in electric cables and wires, switches, plumbing, heating, roofing and building construction, chemical and pharmaceutical machinery, alloys (brass, bronze, and a new alloy with 3% beryllium that is particularly vibration resistant), alloy castings, electroplated protective coatings and undercoats for nickel, chromium, zinc, etc. |
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| Phospher Bronze |
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This alloy demonstrates a good combination of strength and ductility. It also proves to be an excellent material for use in spring applications. |
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| Beryllium Copper |
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Unlike many kinds of steel, most copper alloys are not susceptible to improvements of hardness and strength by processes of heat treatment. One useful exception is the heat-treatable alloy beryllium-copper. This consists of copper and about 2 percent beryllium. |
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| Stainless Steel |
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Stainless steel's resistence to corrosion and staining, low maintenence, relative inexpense, and familiar luster make it an ideal base material for a host of commercial & industrial applications. There are over 150 grades of stainless steel, of which fifteen are most common. |
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| Steel |
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A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties. |
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