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    ...Durbins to help customers with ‘Near-to-shape’ profiles News Feb. 2021 Durbins launch upgraded anodising tooling plate 5754 is a high-quality vertically... News May. 2020 Standards never slide During ...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (C)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Cartridge Brass A 'straight' 70% Copper / 30% Zinc brass with excellent cold forming and deep-drawing properties. So called because it was originally used deep-...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (S)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary SAE600 , SAE The US Society of Automobile Engineers -the body that develops standards and specifications for the U.S. motor industry. The value and applicabilit...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (A)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Admiralty Brass A nominal 70% Copper / 30% Zinc Brass with 1% Tin added to improve corrosion resistance. Alloy A combination of two or more metals, or of metals...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (E)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Element A pure chemical substance that consists of just one type of atom as defined by its atomic number (the number of protons in its nucleus). Elements combin...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (N)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Naval Brass A nominal 62% Copper / 37% Zinc Brass that has a 1% Tin addition to improve its corrosion resistance in marine environments. NES The prefix for the,...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (D)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Deep Drawing A cold deformation process that uses a punch and die to produce hollow cylindrical components with a high length to diameter ratio (such as cartrid...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (B)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Beryllium Copper Copper alloys with 1.5 to 2% Beryllium additions that have the highest strengths of all Copper Alloys by both heat treatment (solution treatmen...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (H)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Half Hard Material in the Half Hard Condition, sometimes refetrred to as H02 is at an intermediate strength and hardness netween Soft and Full Hard HDHC Hard-Dr...

  • Metal Glossary for Copper (P)

    Metal Glossary Resources Metal Glossary Patina The greenish layer that naturally develops on Copper exposed to the atmosphere. Chemically it is a complex mixture of Chlorides, Carbonates and Sulphides...