ASTM B505
- Industrial
- Automotive
Typical Uses
Automotive Backing for Babbitt Lined Bearings, Industrial Mild Acidic Applications, Corrosion Resistant Castings, High Speed, Light Load Bushings, Bearings, Pump Impellers
Typical Uses
Automotive Backing for Babbitt Lined Bearings, Industrial Mild Acidic Applications, Corrosion Resistant Castings, High Speed, Light Load Bushings, Bearings, Pump Impellers
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10ft – 12ft |
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up to 5” |
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1/2″X1″ – 10 1/2″X11 1/2″ |
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1/2″ – 11 3/4″ |
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up to 3” |
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up to 11” W |
(%max, unless shown as range or min)
Cu |
AI |
Sb |
Fe |
Ni* |
Pb |
Si |
S |
Sn |
Zn |
p |
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Min/Max | 83.0-86.0 | 0.005 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 1.0 | 8.0-10.0 | 0.005 | 0.08 | 4.30-6.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
* Ni value includes Co.
Note: Cu + Sum of Named Elements, 99.0% min.
* ASTM B505, SAE66
* Continuous Casting
Joining Technique | Suitabillity |
Soldering | Good |
Brazing | Good |
Oxyacetylene Welding | Not recommended |
Gas Shielded Arc Welding | Not recommended |
Coated Metal Arc Welding | Not recommended |
Machinabillity | 70 |
Tensile Strength, minA | Yield Strength, at 0.5% Extension Under Load, minA | Elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm, min, % |
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ksi | MPa | ksi | MPa | |
30 | 207 | 16 | 110 | 12 |
* Minimum tensile strength and yield strength shall be reduced 10% for cast bars having a cross section, thickness, diameter, or wall of 4 in. (102 mm) or more. The cross sections are the diameter of a round solid, the distance across the flats of a solid hexagon, the thickness of a rectangle, and the wall thickness of a tube.
US Customary | Metric | |
Melting Point – Liquidus | 1830 F | 999 C |
Melting Point – Solidus | 1570 F | 854 C |
Density | 0.322 lb/in3 at 68 F | 8.86 gm/cm3 at 20 C |
Specific Gravity | 8.86 | 8.86 |
Electrical Resistivity | 68.4 ohms-cmil/ft at 68 F | 11.36 microhm-cm at 20 C |
Electrical Conductivity | 15 %IACS at 68 F | 0.088 MegaSiemens/cm at 20 C |
Thermal Conductivity | 40.7 Btu · ft/(hr · ft2·°F) at 68 F | 70.4 W/m ·°K at 20 C |
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion | 9.90·10-6 per °F (68-212 F) | 17.8·10-6 per °C (20-100 C) |
Specific Heat Capacity | 0.09 Btu/lb/°F at 68 F | 377.1 J/kg · °K at 20 C |
Modulus of Elasticity in Tension | 14500 ksi | 100000 MPa |
Magnetic Permeability | 1 | 1 |