Common brass

Description

The most commonly used commercial Brass. Formerly called market brass, common brass is a mill standard that contains 65% Copper and 35% Zinc (Brady 1971). It is ductile and is used for drawing, forming and spinning.

Synonyms and Related Terms

latão (Port.); high brass; market brass; yellow brass [American Brass]

Physical and Chemical Properties

Melting Point	930

Resources and Citations

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 397

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996