Olin Brass Alloy C77000 combines high strength with excellent stiffness, formability, corrosion resistance, and solderability. These characteristics make it extremely adaptable to a range of spring applications including flat and slightly formed springs. It is also used for switches, jacks, and relays; in food processing, hospital and medical equipment; and in ferrules. This datasheet provides information on composition and physical properties. Filing Code: Cu-890. Producer or source: Olin Brass.

Hipernom is a high nickel-iron alloy that is magnetically soft and has high minimum and maximum magnetic permeabilities. It is used in many applications including shielding, saturable reactors, transformers, and relays. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Ni-133. Producer or source: Carpenter. Originally published as Hipernom, May 1968, revised December 1997.

UNS C42500 is a copper-zinc-tin alloy suitable for electrical switches and springs, fuse and pen clips, and weather stripping. It can be cold worked readily by conventional processes. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-539. Producer or source: Brass mills.

CDA C18700 is a copper-base alloy containing lead (nominally 1.0%). The lead is added to impart free-cutting properties to the metal. Although the lead lowers the electrical conductivity of CDA C18700 slightly below that of tough-pitch copper, it still has high electrical conductivity well within the limits needed for most current-carrying requirements. Typical uses comprise electrical motor and switch parts, electrical connectors and screw-machine parts requiring high conductivity. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-533. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills.

CARPENTER SILICON CORE IRON C is melted in an electric furnace to exacting chemical specifications. Also it is carefully controlled by tool-steel practice in rolling and annealing to produce a fine-grained magnetic core iron of uniform quality. It is especially well adapted for making components such as solenoid switches, armatures, pole pieces, relays and cores. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Fe-74. Producer or source: Carpenter.

CMI-B Magnetic Iron is an ultra-low-carbon magnetic iron especially processed for good magnetic properties and processability. It is used for relays and other electromagnetic applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Fe-73. Producer or source: Connecticut Metals Incorporated.

Copper Alloy No. C43400 is a copper-zinc-tin alloy that can be cold worked readily by all conventional processes. It has moderate strength and good ductility. This alloy is used typically for electrical switch parts, contacts and relay springs. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Cu-488. Producer or source: Brass mills.

MAGNIFER 50 is a soft magnetic iron-nickel alloy containing about 48% nickel. It has a saturation induction of 1.55T and a high permeability. It exhibits the highest saturation induction obtainable with iron-nickel alloys. Typical applications are (1) Low-frequency power transducers, (2) Chokes (Coils), (3) Relay parts and (4) Integrating current transformers for Fi-protective switches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Fe-70. Producer or source: VDM Technologies Corporation.

AMZIRC is an oxygen-free copper containing zirconium. AMZIRC copper was developed for applications demanding high electrical conductivity and the retention of strength at elevated temperatures. Applications include stud bases for power transmitters and rectifiers, switches and circuit breakers for high-temperature service, commutators and resistance welding tips and wheels. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-99. Producer or source: Amax Copper Inc.. Originally published April 1961, revised March 1984

MAGNIFER 75 is a soft magnetic nickel-iron alloy containing about 5% copper and 2% chromium. It offers very high permeability, very low coercive force and minimum hysteresis loss. It is used primarily for transformers, tape-wound toroids, laminations, shielding and relay parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Ni-294. Producer or source: Vereingte Deutsche Metallwerke AG.

PFINODAL C72900 is a copper-base alloy that derives its strength from spinodal hardening. It is produced by the manufacturer's wrought powder-metallurgy process for strip metal. This process provides the homogeneity and uniformity needed to achieve fully the available properties of the alloy system. Pfinodal C72900 is available in a variety of tempers. It is used for electronic connectors, switches and springs, especially for those requiring an exceptional combination of strength, thermal stability, formability and corrosion resistance. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-467. Producer or source: Pfizer Inc..

Copper Alloy No. C43000 is a copper-zinc-tin alloy of moderate strength and ductility. It can be hot worked readily. It has excellent cold-working characteristics and can be fabricated by the conventional cold-working processes. It is used for fuse and pen clips, weather stripping, electrical switches and springs. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Cu-463. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills.

Copper Alloy No. C41500 is a copper-zinc-tin alloy with good strength and good ductility. It can be cold worked readily by conventional processes. It has excellent performance in brazing and soldering; it can be welded by several processes. A typical use is springs for electrical switches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Cu-462. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills.

BRUSH Alloy 3 offers the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any beryllium-copper alloy. It possesses an excellent combination of moderate strength, good corrosion resistance and good resistance to moderately elevated temperatures. Because of its unique physical and mechanical properties, Brush Alloy 3 finds widespread use in welding applications (RWMA Class 3), current-carrying springs, switch and instrument parts and similar components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Cu-454. Producer or source: Brush Wellman Inc..

TECHALLOY GLASSEAL 29-17 is an iron-nickel-cobalt alloy with a thermal expansion rate that is unlike most metals and closely matches the thermal expansion characteristics of borosilicate glass, PYREX glass, and other similar low-expansion materials. It assures precisely controlled expansion properties that are ideal for usage in glass-to-metal seals. Typical applications are transmitting tubes, relays and electronic power tube envelopes. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Fe-60. Producer or source: Techalloy Company Inc..

ALLOY 48 is a vacuum-melted, 48% nickel-iron alloy designed for high permeability, and low core losses. It is ideal in applications requiring efficient magnetic core materials, such as audio and instrument transformers, instrument relays, and many other communication equipment devices. It is excellent for rotor and stator laminations, and is also a very effective magnetic shielding material. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Fe-52. Producer or source: Magnetics Specialty Metals Division. See also Alloy Digest Fe-96, April 1992.

ENGELHARD ALLOY 15065, also known as Silver Mag Nickel and Spring Silver, is a vacuum-melted alloy of silver, magnesium and nickel which may be oxidation hardened to produce good spring and electrical conductance properties. It is recommended for high-electrical-conductivity, corrosion-resistant springs and switches. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: Ag-5. Producer or source: H.A. Wilson Division Engelhard Industries.

BLENDALLOY 25-5200 is a 52% nickel-iron controlled expansion, glass-to-metal sealing alloy recommended for dry reed switches and mercury wetted relays. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Ni-136. Producer or source: Magnetics Inc..