CARPENTER STAINLESS TYPE 430 is a chromium stainless steel that is especially useful for all types of decorative trim. This steel is suitable for trim on automobiles, cameras, vending machines, counters and showcases, electrical appliances and finished hardware in the building trade. The alloy also has many applications in both the petrochemical and chemical area. Type 430 has moderate strength and good ductility. It can be cold worked readily for producing trim and can be joined successfully by several methods. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness, and deformation. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SS-384. Producer or source: Carpenter. Originally published March 1981, revised April 1995.

BORALLOY Pyrolytic Boron Nitride is an easily machined, easily fabricated, high purity inert construction material offering a unique combination of electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, microstructure, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive, shear, and bend strength. It also includes information on machining and joining. Filing Code: Cer-7. Producer or source: Union Carbide Coatings Service Corporation.

AA 2036 was the first modern commercially acceptable aluminum autobody sheet alloy. It has been widely used in outer panel applications. It has moderate strength and formability and good strength after forming when no benefit can be expected from subsequent primer/paint bake thermal cycles. It is not susceptible to Luders or stretcher-strain lines. See also Alcoa 2036 Alloy, Alloy Digest Al-267, May 1986. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, and joining. Filing Code: Al-300. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies.

CDA ALLOY 725 (Now known as CDA ALLOY C72500) is a copper-nickel-tin alloy designed to improve the reliability of electrical connectors by resisting oxidation and thus providing improved solderability. It has a pleasant silver color and excellent joinability by soldering, brazing and spot and butt resistance welding. Its uses include electrical connectors, relay and switch springs, and builders' hardware. The revision is being made to correct an error in composition and for general updating. The original name (CDA ALLOY 725) is being retained because of the correction in composition. 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-229. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills. Originally published March 1971, revised July 1985.

Copper Alloy No. C61500 is a copper-aluminum-nickel alloy. It has a good combination of strength and ductility, and a good capacity for being hot worked or cold worked. Among its many uses are hardware, decorative trim, gift-ware, springs, architectural panels, deep-drawn articles and other articles requiring a high resistance to tarnish. 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-498. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills.

ARMCO FORMABLE 70 HR is a hot-rolled steel with excellent ductility, weldability and edge-tear resistance at a minimum yield strength of 70,000 psi (483 MPa). For this relatively high strength level, it has unusually good fabricating properties that are the result of closely controlled processing of a fully killed, low-carbon, vacuum-degassed, columbium-alloyed steel. This special composition and processing practice minimize harmful nonmetallic inclusions that hamper formability. Typical applications include automotive reinforcements, truck parts and construction 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 forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: SA-359. Producer or source: Armco Inc., Eastern Steel Division.

ALUMINUM 5005 is nominally an aluminum-magnesium alloy that cannot be hardened or strengthened by heat treatment; however, it can be hardened by cold working. It has excellent resistance to corrosion, excellent weldability and good brazeability. Its numerous applications include appliances, utensils and architectural components. 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: Al-38. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies. Originally published April 1956, revised April 1973, revised November 1978.

Copper Alloy No. 314 is a copper-zinc-lead alloy with moderate strength and good ductility. It has good electrical conductivity, excellent machinability and a rich bronze color. Its uses include electrical connectors, screw-machine parts and builders' hardware. 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-357. Producer or source: Brass mills.

COLMONOY No. 56 comprises a chromium-boride-containing, nickel-base alloy recommended for hard surfacing parts to resist wear, corrosion, heat and galling. Deposits, which have only moderate hardness (Rockwell C 50-55), may be machined with carbide tooling. Also, deposits have fairly good workability, ductility, and impact strength. Colmonoy No. 56 is supplied as crushed powder for application with Wall Colmonoy's SPRAYWELD and FUSEWELD Processes, or by conventional plasma-spray transferred-arc. Also, it is supplied as bare rod for either oxyacetylene or TIG (Heliarc) applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and powder metal forms. Filing Code: Ni-245. Producer or source: Wall Colmonoy Corporation.

Aluminum 308.0 is a heat-treatable sand and permanent-mold aluminum casting alloy recommended for general-purpose castings. It has good casting characteristics and pressure tightness. Among its many applications are ornamental grills and architectural components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Al-224. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies.

Microzinc Alloy 700 is a zinc-copper-titanium alloy with good creep strength, good ductility, low thermal expansion, good solderability, and good electrical conductivity. Processing differences give two commercial products or classes designated 701 and 702. This alloy is corrosion resistant and does not stain other materials. Its uses include architectural components and roofing systems. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as creep. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Zn-24. Producer or source: Ball Corporation, Metal and Chemical Division.

NJZ ALLOY No. 25 is a zinc-copper-titanium alloy that offers outstanding high creep resistance and a low coefficient of expansion. It can be severely work hardened. Its applications include architectural building products, sporting equipment components, hardware and automotive trim. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties as well as creep. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Zn-22. Producer or source: New Jersey Zinc Company.

ALUMINUM B443.0 is an aluminum-5% silicon casting alloy recommended for castings of intricate design and thin walls. It is pressure-tight and has good corrosion resistance and good ductility and toughness. Its wide range of uses include architectural, marine and ornamental components. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive and shear strength as well as fracture toughness and fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Al-214. Producer or source: Various aluminum companies.

BOFORS BP20-2 is a vacuum-degassed (BOVAC) alloy tool steel recommended for plastic molds, brake dies, die-casting dies for tin, lead and zinc alloys, and for constructional parts. It is supplied prehardened to 270-300 Brinell and needs no further heat treatment before use; however, it may be heat treated for a number of applications that require higher hardness and strength. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, elasticity, and tensile properties as well as fracture toughness. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: TS-263. Producer or source: Bofors Steels Inc..