Chemical Composition % by weight: Copper 99.90* minimum, Phosphorus .040 Maximum. This includes oxygen-free copper which contains phosphorus in an amount agreed upon.
Applications
Household: Air conditioners, gas lines, heater lines and units, oil burner tubes, plumbing pipe and tube, refrigerators
Industrial: Air conditioners, brewery tubes, condenser, evaporator and heat exchanger tubes, dairy tubes, distiller tubes, kettles, pulp and paper lines, steam and water lines, tanks.
Transportation: (Air, Land and Sea): air, gasoline, hydraulic and oil lines, oil coolers.
Miscellaneous: gage lines, rotating bands.
Mechanical Properties
Typical for 1" diameter tube x .065" wall Hard Drawn (40%) Temper
Hardness conversions are approximate
Test values are nominal approximations and depend on specimen size and orientation.
Physical Properties
| Thermal Conductivity |
BTU/ (sq ft-ft-hr-F) |
196 |
| Specific Heat |
BTU/lb @ 68F |
.092 |
| Thermal Expansion |
Per from 68 F to 212 F |
.0000094 |
| Density |
lb/cu in @ 68 F |
.323 |
| Electrical Conductivity |
% IACS @ 68 F |
85 |
| Modulus of Elasticity |
KSI |
17,000 |
Fabrication Properties
| Capacity for being cold worked |
Excellent |
| Capacity for being hot formed |
Excellent |
| Hot forgeability rating (forging brass=100) |
65 |
| Hot working temperature |
1400-1600 F or 750-875 C |
| Annealing temperature |
700-1200 F or 375-650 C |
| Machinability rating (Free Cutting Brass=100) |
20 |
| Suitability for being joined by: |
Soldering/Excellent |
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Brazing/Excellent |
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Oxyacetylene Welding/Fair |
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Gas Shielded Arc Welding/Excellent |
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Coated Metal Arc Welding/Not Recommended |
| Resistance Welding |
Spot/Not Recommended |
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Seam/Not Recommended |
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Butt/Good |
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