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    This document discusses the properties and applications of copper alloys. It notes that copper alloys can be selected to provide an optimal combination of mechanical properties like strength, hardness, and ductility to suit many applications. They maintain good strength and other properties even at high temperatures, and do not become brittle at low temperatures. Copper alloys also machine easily, are fully recyclable, and can be more cost effective than other materials over the lifetime of a component due to their reliability and resistance to corrosion. The document goes on to describe several families of copper alloys, including high conductivity coppers and brasses, noting their particular properties and common applications.

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    This document discusses the properties and applications of copper alloys. It notes that copper alloys can be selected to provide an optimal combination of mechanical properties like strength, hardness, and ductility to suit many applications. They maintain good strength and other properties even at high temperatures, and do not become brittle at low temperatures. Copper alloys also machine easily, are fully recyclable, and can be more cost effective than other materials over the lifetime of a component due to their reliability and resistance to corrosion. The document goes on to describe several families of copper alloys, including high conductivity coppers and brasses, noting their particular properties and common applications.

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    This document discusses the properties and applications of copper alloys. It notes that copper alloys can be selected to provide an optimal combination of mechanical properties like strength, hardness, and ductility to suit many applications. They maintain good strength and other properties even at high temperatures, and do not become brittle at low temperatures. Copper alloys also machine easily, are fully recyclable, and can be more cost effective than other materials over the lifetime of a component due to their reliability and resistance to corrosion. The document goes on to describe several families of copper alloys, including high conductivity coppers and brasses, noting their particular properties and common applications.

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    This document discusses the properties and applications of copper alloys. It notes that copper alloys can be selected to provide an optimal combination of mechanical properties like strength, hardness, and ductility to suit many applications. They maintain good strength and other properties even at high temperatures, and do not become brittle at low temperatures. Copper alloys also machine easily, are fully recyclable, and can be more cost effective than other materials over the lifetime of a component due to their reliability and resistance to corrosion. The document goes on to describe several families of copper alloys, including high conductivity coppers and brasses, noting their particular properties and common applications.

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    1.6.

    Good Mechanical Properties at Ambient and High Temperatures


    Coppers and copper alloys can be chosen to give an optimum combination of strength in tension and
    compression, hardness, ductility and resistance to impact to suit most applications. Strengths equivalent to
    many stainless steels are available at lower cost and, in many applications, improved corrosion resistance.
    Properties at elevated temperatures are significantly better than other non-ferrous metals and data is
    available to facilitate design for short- and long-term use in high-temperature processes with confidence.

    1.7. Enhanced Low Temperature Properties


    No embrittlement of copper alloy castings occurs at sub-zero temperatures; tensile properties are in fact
    enhanced. Therefore castings may safely be used down to the temperature of liquid helium.

    1.8. Machinability
    Many of the alloys contain an addition of lead which ensures excellent machinability with easy chip
    formation. Even the stronger lead-free alloys present no problems in machining.

    1.9. Recycling
    Copper alloy castings are completely recyclable. Machine shop scrap, if segregated from ferrous material,
    has a high value and this is also true of scrapped obsolete components.

    1.10. Cost-Effectiveness
    The reliability of copper alloys is such that, when the total lifetime cost of a component is estimated, it is
    often more cost effective to specify a copper alloy than a material apparently cheaper in first cost. The
    cost of a component is broadly made up of the metal cost plus the foundry costs and finish machining
    costs. The good foundry characteristics and ease of machining favour the copper alloys over many other
    materials. The long lifetime of the copper alloys, especially in corrosive environments, means that little
    allowance has to be made for expensive service failures when estimating lifetime costings.

    2. Applications of Main Alloy Groupings


    There are several families of alloys used for copper alloy castings. Each has properties uniquely
    appropriate to particular fields of use, although many have also general applications. Some can only be
    obtained as castings since these alloys do not readily lend themselves to manufacture in wrought forms.

    2.1. High conductivity coppers


    These are used chiefly for their high electrical and thermal conductivities. A "thermal grade" of copper,
    thermal conductivity 58% of copper, is intended mainly for water cooled components in hot blast systems.
    Several alloyed coppers retain high conductivity and are used where this property is required together with
    enhanced strength, especially at elevated temperatures. Notable amongst these is copper-chromium used
    for resistance welding electrodes and other heavy duty applications.

    2.2. Brasses - copper-zinc alloys where zinc is the major alloying element
    Sand and diecast brasses such as SCB3 and DCB3 are of low cost and have a very wide range of uses as
    small to medium sized castings. They are easy to cast, have excellent machinability, moderate strength
    and good resistance to corrosion in air or fresh waters. This makes them a first, economic, choice for
    applications requiring the useful range of properties of the copper alloys. Other copper alloys have been
    developed with even better properties tailored for heavier duty applications in more aggressive
    environments.
    Applications for the brasses range from small decorative castings to medium sized engineering
    components. An important use is for plumbing fittings. These castings take a good polish and are readily
    electroplated.
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