Outokumpu 260 is commonly called cartridge brass, 70-30 brass, spinning brass, or spring brass. It is the most commonly used copper alloy and has a good combination of properties for forming plus a favorable cost comparison to other alloys. The alloy is often used in architectural, electrical, hardware, munitions, and plumbing applications. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and bend strength. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as forming, machining, and joining. Filing Code: CU-708. Producer or source: Outokumpu American Brass Inc.

ANACONDA Alloy 260 nominally contains 70% copper and 30% zinc. This alloy is the most ductile of the brasses and also has fairly high strength; it is used in greater quantity than any other copper-zinc alloy. It takes its tradename (Cartridge Brass) from its use as the standard material for artillery and small-arms cartridge cases. It offers excellent-to-good resistance to corrosion in most environments. Its many uses include architectural, automotive, electrical, hardware, industrial, munitions, plumbing and wire applications. 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: Cu-395. Producer or source: Anaconda American Brass Company.

Mueller Alloy C27451 has excellent machining characteristics for forged and machined applications required to meet AB1953. The alloy is an improvement over C27450 (See Alloy Digest Cu-820, June 2013) in that it is both lead-free and dezincification resistant. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: Cu-849. Producer or source: Mueller Brass Company.

Copper Alloy No. 857 is a free-machining copper-zinc-tin-lead alloy for castings. It is characterized by its pleasing yellow color, good machining and polishing characteristics, and its relatively low cost. It has only moderate strength and is used in light-duty applications such as plumbing goods, valves and ornaments. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-342. Producer or source: Copper alloy foundries.

Copper Alloy No. 838 is a free-cutting copper-base alloy for castings. It was formerly identified as Commercial Red Brass or 83-4-6-7 alloy. It offers an excellent combination of corrosion resistance, machinability, moderate strength and good casting characteristics. Its wide use includes such applications as plumbing goods, ornaments and marine hardware. 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: Cu-346. Producer or source: Copper alloy foundries.

Copper Alloy No. 852 is a free-machining copper-zinc-lead-tin alloy for castings. It is a relatively low-cost alloy with good machining and polishing characteristics and a pleasing yellow color. Having only moderate strength, it is used in a wide range of light-duty applications such as bushings, valves and plumbing goods. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-362. Producer or source: Copper alloy foundries.

AMPCOLOY 521 is a cast copper-nickel alloy with excellent resistance to many highly active corrosives, particularly saline waters and sulfuric and phosphoric acids. It has high strength and good ductility and can be welded readily. Its many applications include valves, pump bodies, steam fittings and plumbing parts. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, and tensile properties. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Cu-408. Producer or source: Ampco Metal Inc..

ANACONDA Alloy 330 is a low-leaded yellow brass that is produced only in tube form. It is both machinable and formable and it makes a utility tube that is suitable for a wide range of applications where corrosive conditions are not severe. Its uses include pump and power cylinders and liners, plumbing goods and munitions. 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-409. Producer or source: Anaconda American Brass Company.

Copper Alloy No. C27000 is a medium-strength brass with good ductility. It has excellent cold-working characteristics and good resistance to corrosion. It can be cold worked by all of the conventional fabrication processes. Among its many applications are architectural, automotive, electrical, hardware, plumbing and products made from wire. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and shear strength as well as fatigue. It also includes information on corrosion resistance as well as forming, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-419. Producer or source: Brass mills.

MUELLER COPPER 1470 is a high-conductivity copper to which sulfur has been added to provide free-machining characteristics. Thus it is well suited for screw-machine work. Its electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance approach those of copper but it has higher strength and better machinability. Among its many specific applications are plumbing fittings, electrical connectors, screws, cold-heated and machined parts and cold forgings. 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-440. Producer or source: Mueller Brass Company.

Copper Alloy C84800 is a copper-tin-lead-zinc alloy. It was identified formerly as 76-21/2-61/2-15 alloy for Leaded Semi-Red Brass. It has good casting properties, free-cutting characteristics, moderate strength and ductility and good resistance to corrosion. Its applications include plumbing fixtures, faucets and general hardware. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, elasticity, tensile properties, and compressive strength as well as creep. It also includes information on high temperature performance and corrosion resistance as well as casting, heat treating, machining, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-457. Producer or source: Copper alloy foundries.

MUELLER Copper 1220 is a deoxidized copper with high residual phosphorus (nominally 0.02%). It has rather low electrical conductivity but it is not susceptible to embrittlement by hydrogen. Its low electrical conductivity is mainly caused by the phosphorus. It has excellent cold-working characteristics and can be joined by several methods. Among its many applications are air conditioners, gas lines, heater lines, oil-burner and plumbing tubes, dairy tubes and oil lines. 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-495. Producer or source: Mueller Brass Company.

Copper Alloy No. 330 is a brass containing nominally 0.5% lead. It has good machinability, excellent cold-working properties, and a wide range of uses including general purposes, industrial applications, munitions and plumbing. 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-294. Producer or source: Brass mills.

Copper Alloy No. 879 is a copper-zinc-silicon (silicon brass) alloy for die casting. It is a general-purpose alloy with moderate strength for such applications as tools, hardware, gears and plumbing parts. 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: Cu-335. Producer or source: Copper alloy die casters.

ANACONDA Copper 122 is deoxidized copper with high residual phosphorus. It is a medium-strength material with high ductility and excellent hot and cold workability. It is the copper-base material used most widely in the production of tube and pipe for a wide variety of uses including the air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating and plumbing industries. Anaconda Copper 122 also is used as wrought plating anodes in the acid-copper plating industry. 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, joining, and surface treatment. Filing Code: Cu-400. Producer or source: Anaconda American Brass Company.

Mueller Alloy C27450 has excellent machining characteristics for forged and machined applications required to meet AB1953. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming, heat treating, and machining. Filing Code: Cu-820. Producer or source: Mueller Industries.

MUELLER Alloy 2600 has the optimum combination of strength and ductility of the brass alloys. It has the required properties to withstand severe cold-forming operations. It also has good resistance to corrosion. Among its many uses are fasteners, plumbing accessories 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, and joining. Filing Code: Cu-429. Producer or source: Mueller Brass Company.

MUELLER Alloy 3300 is a brass containing 0.5% lead for improving machinability. The lead detracts somewhat from its cold workability; however, despite the lead, cold workability is rated as excellent. Overall, the alloy has a good to excellent combination of machinability and cold workability. It has good resistance to corrosion by various atmospheres, saline waters and mild organic chemicals. Its uses include pump and power cylinders and liners, plumbing brass goods and plumbing accessories. 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-425. Producer or source: Mueller Brass Company.

Copper Alloy No. C33100 is a free-cutting tube brass. It has a good combination of mechanical properties. It has excellent solderability and good brazeability. Its uses include general-purpose screw-machine products, pump and power cylinders, plumbing accessories and primers in the munitions industry. 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-517. Producer or source: Copper and copper alloy mills.

Mueller Alloy C37000 has excellent machining characteristics and is low lead, no silicon, and no bismuth. This datasheet provides information on composition, physical properties, hardness, and tensile properties. It also includes information on forming and machining. Filing Code: Cu-831. Producer or source: Mueller Industries.