COPPER

Copper
Known for its malleability and ductility, heat conductivity, and electrical conductivity.
Copper alloys are generally red or pinkish in colour.
110 Copper
Copper, ETP, Electrolytic Tough Pitch. Has conductivity of 101% IACS. Ductile, anneal resistant.
Applications: Architecture: Skylight frames, roofing, building fronts, flashing, gutters, spouting, downspouts; Automotive: gaskets, radiators; Builders Hardware: butts, tacks, nails, soldering copper, rivets, cotter pins, ball floats; Building: screening, wire screening; Consumer: christmas ornaments; Fasteners: fasteners; Industrial: printing rolls, chimney cap screens, heat exchangers, anodes, kettles, chlorine cells, rotating bands, road bed expansion plates, vats, pressure vessels, chemical process equipment, pan; Electrical: terminals, switches, radio parts, contacts, trolley wire, magnet wire, busbars, terminal
connectors, conductors, electrical, stranded conductors, wire, electrical;
Analysis: Cu - 99.9%
Common Fabrication Processes: Blanking, coining, coppersmithing, drawing, etching, forming and bending, heading and upsetting, hot forging and pressing, piercing and punching, roll threading and knurling, shearing, spinning, squeezing and swaging, stamping.
Mechanical Properties: (room temperature, 68º F (20ºC) HO4 Full Hard Temper
Flats (ETP) Rounds (ETP) Squares (ETP)
Ultimate Tensile Strength (psi) 50,000 50,000 50,000
Yield Strength (psi) 45,000 45,000 45,000
Hardness B50 B50 B50 Machinability: The machinability rating of this alloy is 20. (Where Alloy 360 FC Brass is 100). Corrosion Resistance: Excellent. Forging: The hot forgeability rating of this alloy is 65. (Forging brass = 100). The recommended hot working temperature for this alloy is between 1400º and 1600º F. Hot Working: Excellent. Cold Working: Excellent.
Annealing: Between 700º F and 1200º F. Joining Techniques: Excellent for: Soldering; Good for: Brazing and butt weld; Fair for: Gas shield arc welding; Not Recommended for: Oxyacetylene, coated metal arc, spot, and seam welding.
122 Copper
Applications: Architecture: roofing, flashing, downspouts, gutters. Automotive: oil lines, air lines, hydraulic lines. Building: heater lines, gas lines, air conditioner tubes and condenser sheets, heater units, oil burner tubes. Consumer: refrigerators, air conditioners. Electrical: wire connectors, heater elements. Industrial: gage lines, rotating bands, oil lines in airplanes, hydraulic lines in airplanes, gasoline lines in airplanes, air lines in airplanes, oil coolers in airplanes, tanks, water lines, steam lines, paper lines, pulp lines, distiller tubes, dairy tubes, heat exchanger tubes, evaporator tubes, condenser tubes, brewery tubes, sugar house refinery lines, print rolls, paper rolls, expansion joint tubes, plating hangers, plumbing tube, plating anodes, plating racks, plating anodes, casting molds, tubing, lp gas service, tubing, medical gas-oxygen, kettles, anodes for electroplating, heat exchanger shells. Marine: gasoline lines, oil coolers. Plumbing: plumbing pipe, plumbing fittings.
Analysis: Cu - 99.9% P - .02% Max.
Common Fabrication Processes: Blanking, coining, coppersmithing, drawing, etching, forming and bending, heading and upsetting, hot forging and pressing, piercing and punching, roll threading and knurling, shearing, spinning, squeezing and swaging, stamping.
Mechanical Properties: (room temperature, 68º F (20ºC)
Ultimate Tensile Strength (psi) 50,000
Yield Strength (psi) 45,000
Machinability: 20. Hot Formed: Excellent. Cold Worked: Excellent. Forgeability: 65.
Joining Techniques: Excellent for: Soldering, brazing, gas shield arc welding. Good for: Oxyacetylene welding and butt weld; Not Recommended for: Coated metal arc, spot, and seam welding.