Alloy: C83600

Bronze Family: Solids: Tubes: Rectangles: Standard Lengths: Leaded Red Brass " to 13" OD 1" to 16" OD Up to 20" 144"

C83600

Typical Uses
Architecture Builders Hardware Building Electrical Fasteners Industrial Ornamental Fixtures Hardware Heating Equipment, Cooling Equipment, Lightning Protection, Trowels for Cement Working Switches, Electrical Equipment, Electrical Hardware Large Hold Down Screws Couplings, Handles for Dental Equipment, Air Actuators, Pressure Blocks for Steel Industry, Bearing Segments for Steel Industry, Valve Bodies, Valves, Bushings, Pump Parts, Valves, Transducer Housings, Valve Bodies for the Water Meter Industry, Valves for the Water Meter Industry, Rings, Printing Presses, Furnaces, Pumps, Low Pressure Valves, Small Gears, Bearings, Pump Fixtures, Impellers, Valve Bodies, Pumps Parts for Boats, Marine Products Pipe Fittings, Fixtures, Faucets

Marine Plumbing

Similar or Equivalent Specification

CDA C83600 ASTM ASTM B62 ASTM B505 ASARCON 55 SAE SAE 40 SAE J461 SAE J462 AMS AMS 4855 FEDERAL QQ-C-390 B TYPE III QQ-B-1005, COMP. 2 INGOT 115 MILITARY MIL-B-11553 COMP 2 MIL-C-14345 ALLOY 1 OTHER Ounce Metal

Chemical Composition
Alloy C83600 Cu% 84.0086.00 Sn% 4.006.00 Pb% 4.006.00 Zn% 4.006.00 Fe% 0.30 Ni% 1.00* Sb% 0.25 P% 1.5 S% 0.08 Al% 0.005 Mn% N/A Si% 0.005

Chemical Composition according to ASTM B505-08 Note: Single values represent maximums. *In determining copper minimum, copper may be calculated as copper plus nickel.

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Machinability
Alloy C83600 Machinability Rating 84 Density (lb/cu in.) 0.318

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Mechanical Properties
Tensile Strength, min Yield Strength, at .5% extension under load min ksi 19 MPa 131 15 N/A Elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm min, % Brinell Hardness, min Remarks

ksi 36

MPa 248

Mechanical Properties according to ASTM B505-08

Physical Properties
US Customary Melting Point - Liquidus Melting Point - Solidus Density Specific Gravity Electrical Resistivity Electrical Conductivity Thermal Conductivity Coefficient of Thermal Expansion Specific Heat Capacity Modulas of Elasticity in Tension Magnetic Permeability
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Metric 1010 C 854 C 8.83 gm/cm3 @ 20 C 8.83 11.49 microhm-cm @ 20 C 0.087 MegaSiemens/cm @ 20 C 72.0 W/m oK at 20 C 18.0 10-6 per oC (20-200 C) 377.1 J/kg oK at 293 K 93100 MPa 1.0

1850 F 1570 F 0.318 lb/in3 at 68 F 8.830 69.10 ohms-cmil/ft @ 68 F 15 %IACS @ 68 F 41.60 Btu ft/(hr ft2oF)at 68F 10 10-6 per oF (68-392 F) 0.090 Btu/lb/oF at 68 F 13500 ksi 1

Fabrication Practices
Joining Technique Soldering Brazing Oxyacetylene Welding Gas Shielded Arc Welding Coated Metal Arc Welding
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Thermal Properties
Treatment Stress Temperature Solution Minimum Solution Maximum Solution Time Solution Medium Precipitation Value Precipitation Time Precipitation Medium Annealing Minimum Annealing Maximum Annealing Time Hot Works Minimum Hot Works Maximum
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Suitability Excellent Good Not Recommended Not Recommended Fair

Temp./Time - US 500 0.0 None None

Temp./Time - SI 260

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