COLDUR-A® Copper Alloy

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Description

2.1525 (CuSi3Mn) is a high copper alloy that is renowned for its combination of strength, corrosion resistance and formability and for its attractive colour. Known as a high silicon bronze, COLDUR-A® (C65500) is renowned as being one of the easiest of all copper alloys to fabricate - by a wide range of techniques - and is readily formable by both hot and cold methods. It offers excellent forming characteristics combined with an attractive rich, reddish old gold colouration that makes the alloy highly desirable for many architectural and decorative applications. It shows the following features and properties:


  • Excellent hot and cold formability
  • High strength properties
  • Excellent general corrosion resistance
  • Low magnetic permeability
  • Attractive reddish old gold colouration
  • Related Standards

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    Properties

    General

    PropertyTemperatureValue

    Density

    23.0 °C

    8.53 g/cm³

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    Mechanical

    PropertyTemperatureValue

    Elastic modulus

    23.0 °C

    105 GPa

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    Elongation

    23.0 °C

    20 %

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    Hardness, Brinell

    23.0 °C

    75 - 95 [-]

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    Tensile strength

    23.0 °C

    485 MPa

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    Yield strength Rp0.2

    23.0 °C

    260 MPa

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    Thermal

    PropertyTemperatureValue

    Melting point

    970 - 1025 °C

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    Thermal conductivity

    23.0 °C

    36 W/(m·K)

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    Chemical properties

    PropertyValueComment

    Copper

    Balance

    Iron

    0.8 %

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    max.

    Manganese

    0.5 - 1.3 %

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    Silicon

    2.8 - 3.8 %

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    Zinc

    1.5 %

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    max.

    Technological properties

    Property
    Application areas

    Architectural & decorative: Furniture, fire place surrounds, nameplates, sculptures, signs, bolts, cladding, door and window frames, hinge pins, latches, masonry fixings, slate and tile nails, panels, spring brackets, screws, step irons, tension bolts and wall ties;Electrical: current-carrying electrical components such as slip rings, squirrel cages, springs, rotary switch contacts, contact blades, short-circuit rings, heavy-duty switchgear, bearing plates, bolts, busbar clamps, bushes, clutch discs, cotter pins, electrical conduit, fasteners, locking washers, piston rings, thrust washers and u-bolts;Automotive: valve guides, bushes and valve seats;Chemical processing: Autoclaves, chemical apparatus, drains, explosives plant, fans and ducts for corrosive vapours, fasteners, heat exchanger tube plates, filters, pickling and recovery plant, pressure vessels, pump rods and shafts, screen plates, stirrers, valve stems, vats and washers;Offshore & marine: Fasteners, propeller shafts, hull and deck fittings, fuel and water tanks, non-magnetic instrumentation, subsea electromechanical equipment and other hardware

    Cold Forming

    Excellent cold formability

    Corrosion properties

    Excellent corrosion resistance

    Hot forming

    Excellent hort formability, Hot Working Temperature (°C): 710-870