Building construction (41%)

Electrical wire, tubing, hardware parts, plumbing,

heating & air-conditioning system

Electrical & electronic products (24%)

Telecommunication, electronics, wiring devices, electric

motors, power utilities

Melting point: 1083 degree celcius

APPLICATION

Valves & fittings, heat-exchangers, tools for heavy

equipment, off-road vehicle & machines

Malleability: High
Industrial machinery & equipment (14%)
Relative density: 8.96

Road, vehicle railroad, aircraft parts, radiators, wiring

Transportation (11%)

PROPERTIES

Chemical Symbol: Cu
Mineral: most commonly found as chalcopyrite

Electrical appliances, fasteners, coinage, jewelry

Consumer & general products (10%)

Hardness: 2.5-3 on Mohs Scale

UNS: CXXXXX

C10000 - C 79999: WROUGHT Alloy

Ductility: High

C80000 - C99999: CAST Alloy

DESIGNATION
Cu

Min. 99.0% Cu
Wrought : 96.0% < Cu < 99.0%
Cast : 94.0% < Cu < 99.0% (with Ag*)

Cu and CU Alloys (WROUGHT & CAST Alloys)

High Cu Alloy

Alloying elements:
Zinc (major)
Fe, Al, Ni & Si (with / without)
Wrought groups:
Cu-Zn alloy (brasses)
Cu-Zn-Pb alloy(leaded brasses)
Cu-Zn-Sn alloy (tin brasses)

Atomic Mass: 64

COPPER

Electrical conductivity

ADVANTAGES

Malleable metal

Cast groups:
Cu-Sn-Zn alloy (red, semi-red and yellow brasses)
Mn bronze alloy (high-strength yellow brass)
Leaded Mn bronze alloy (leaded high-strength yellow
brass)
Cu-Zn-Si alloy (Si brasses and bronzes)
Alloying elements:
Sn (original)
Wrought bronzes:
Cu-Sn-P alloy (tin & phosphor bronzes)
Cu-Sn-Pb-P alloy (leaded tin & phosphor bronzes)
Cu-Al alloy (aluminium bronzes)
Cu-Si alloy (silicon bronzes)
Cast bronzes:
Cu-Sn alloy (tin bronzes)
Cu-Sn-Pb (leaded tin bronzes)
Cu-Sn-Ni alloy (nickel tin bronzes)
Cu-Al alloy (aluminium bronze)

good for bending copper pipes into shapes

Ductile

Brasses

Bronzes

Copper Nickels

Cupronickel alloy (10 30% Ni, with or without other

alloying elements)

Cu-Ni-Zn Alloys

Nickel Silvers
Alloying elements: Zn (primary) & Ni (secondary); with or
without other elements

Durable