Common Brasses and their Applications


Table M3 - Common Brasses and their Applications

Name

UNS #

Composition

Applications

Red Brass
C23000
80 Cu 20 Zn
Weathering stripping, conduit, sockets, fasteners, fire extinguishers
Cartridge Brass
C26000
70 Cu 30 Zn
Radiator cores and tanks, fasteners, locks, hinges, ammunition components, pins, rivets
Yellow Brass
C26800
C27000
65 Cu 35 Zn
Radiators, lamp fixtures, plumbing supplies
Medium-Leaded Brass
C35000
64.25 Cu 34.75 Zn 1 Pb
Engravings, gears, nuts, couplings
High-Leaded Brass
C35300
62.5 Cu 35.75 Zn 1.75 Pb
Nuts, gears, wheels, clock parts
Free-Cutting Brass
C36000
61.5 Cu 35.5 Zn 3 Pb
Gears and pinions
Muntz Metal
C28000
60 Cu 40 Zn
Architectural, large nuts and bolts, brazing rods, hardware panels and sheets, forging
Naval Brass
C46400
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C46700
60 Cu 39.25 Zn 0.75 Sn
Nuts and bolts, propeller shafts
Forged Brass
C37700
60 Cu 38 Zn 2 Pb
Forging, valve stems, plumbing supplies
Bauccio (1993) and Horath (1995)

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