Brass & Bronze Alloy reference Table - O'Fallon Casting · Bronze alloys are copper based materials...
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Brasses are copper-based metals that contain zinc as the principle alloying element. Other elements, such as iron, aluminum, nickel and silicon are alloyed in the brass to enhance certain properties. Commonly cast brasses at O’Fallon Casting include C874 Silicon Brass and C854 Yellow Brass. Silicon Brass (C874) is more fluid than most other copper based alloys and readily cast into shapes or thin walls, which make it good choice in general applications. Yellow Brass (C854) because of its yellow color is a popular choice for “Ornamental” castings. Bronze alloys are copper based materials that are com- bined with Tin. Bronze alloys resist corrosion and metal fatigue better than steel, and are superior conductors of heat and electricity. Of the Bronze alloys, the Aluminum Bronzes (C954 & C955) are quite popular because they are heat treat- able to high tensile strengths. C954 is the more cast- able of the two and so preferred by foundries. C955 BRASS & BRONZE ALLOYS contain 4% Nickel and can be heat treated to higher strengths than C954. Brass & Bronze alloys can be difficult to cast because they readily combine with Oxygen in the air to form oxides. To reduce oxide formation, O’Fallon Casting employs patented techniques that reduce the turbu- lence and splashing of the metal as if flows into the mold cavities. Brass & Bronze Alloy Reference Table 600 Cannonball Lane • O’Fallon, MO 63366 • P: 636-272-6176 • F: 636-272-6180 • www.ofalloncasting.com • [email protected] 60,000
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Brasses are copper-based metals that contain zinc as the principle alloying element. Other elements, such as iron, aluminum, nickel and silicon are alloyed in the brass to enhance certain properties.
Commonly cast brasses at O’Fallon Casting include C874 Silicon Brass and C854 Yellow Brass. Silicon Brass (C874) is more fluid than most other copper based alloys and readily cast into shapes or thin walls, which make it good choice in general applications. Yellow Brass (C854) because of its yellow color is a popular choice for “Ornamental” castings.
Bronze alloys are copper based materials that are com-bined with Tin. Bronze alloys resist corrosion and metal fatigue better than steel, and are superior conductors of heat and electricity.
Of the Bronze alloys, the Aluminum Bronzes (C954 & C955) are quite popular because they are heat treat-able to high tensile strengths. C954 is the more cast-able of the two and so preferred by foundries. C955
BrAss & BrOnZE ALLOYs
contain 4% Nickel and can be heat treated to higher strengths than C954.
Brass & Bronze alloys can be difficult to cast because they readily combine with Oxygen in the air to form oxides. To reduce oxide formation, O’Fallon Casting employs patented techniques that reduce the turbu-lence and splashing of the metal as if flows into the mold cavities.
Brass & Bronze Alloy reference Table
600 Cannonball Lane • O’Fallon, MO 63366 • P: 636-272-6176 • F: 636-272-6180 • www.ofalloncasting.com • [email protected]
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