Precision Brand 17775 Shim Stock - Roll, Brass, 0.0090 In, 6 in

Description

Copper, a term that applies to alloys containing at least 99.3% copper, offers very high thermal and electrical conductivity and provides corrosion resistance, formability, and machinability. Machinability describes how easily it can be cut, shaped, finished, or otherwise machined, while weldability characterizes the ability to be welded. Hardness (commonly measured as indentation hardness) describes its resistance to permanent surface deformation. Tin gives bronze more corrosion resistance than brass and greater strength than copper. The 260 brass alloy, also known as yellow brass and cartridge brass, is corrosion resistant and has high formability due to its zinc content. Brass is an alloy of copper and varying levels of zinc, sometimes with additional elements. Formability indicates how easily the material can be permanently shaped. It provides greater strength and better machinability than copper or bronze. Copper and its alloys have temper designations, meaning the material has undergone a process to achieve certain properties of strength and hardness.Tensile strength, used to indicate the material's overall strength, is the peak stress it can withstand before. The material has an H02 temper, meaning it has been cold worked to a 1/2 hard temper. The 260 brass alloy, also known as yellow brass and cartridge brass, is corrosion resistant and has high formability due to its zinc content.

Key Features

• Copper, a term that applies to alloys containing at least 99.3% copper, offers very high thermal and electrical conductivity and provides corrosion resistance, formability, and machinability.
• Bronze is commonly an alloy of copper and tin, but sometimes it is copper alloyed with other elements such as aluminum, phosphorus, manganese, or silicon.
• It provides greater strength and better machinability than copper or bronze.
• Brass is an alloy of copper and varying levels of zinc, sometimes with additional elements.
• Copper, brass, and bronze are known as red metals because they contain copper, which has a reddish color.
• The 260 brass alloy, also known as yellow brass and cartridge brass, is corrosion resistant and has high formability due to its zinc content.