(19)
(11) EP 1 045 041 B1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43

(21) Application number: 98953071.2

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C22C 9/04, C22F 1/08
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP1998/005157
(87) International publication number:
WO 2000/022182 (20.04.2000 Gazette 2000/16)

(54)

LEADLESS FREE-CUTTING COPPER ALLOY

BLEIFREIE AUTOMATENKUPFERLEGIERUNG

ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DE DECOLLETAGE SANS PLOMB


(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FI FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 12.10.1998 JP 28859098

(43) Date of publication of application:
18.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/42

(60) Divisional application:
05017189.1
05017190.9
05017191.7
05075421.7 / 1559802

(73) Proprietor: Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd
Osaka 590-0906 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • OISHI, Keiichiro, Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd
    Osaka 590-0906 (JP)

(74) Representative: Brown, Fraser Gregory James et al
fJ Cleveland 40-43 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1JQ
London WC2A 1JQ (GB)


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Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION


1. Field of The Invention



[0001] The present invention relates to lead-free, free-cutting copper alloys.

2. Prior Art



[0002] Among the copper alloys with a good machinability are bronze alloys such as the one under JIS designation H5111 BC6 and brass alloys such as the ones under JIS designations H3250-C3604 and C3771. Those alloys are enhanced in machinability by the addition of 1.0 to 6.0 percent, by weight, of lead and provide an industrially satisfactory machinability. Because of their excellent machinability, those lead-contained copper alloys have been an important basic material for a variety of articles such as city water faucets, water supply/drainage metal fittings and valves.

[0003] However, the application of those lead-mixed alloys has been greatly limited in recent years, because lead contained therein is an environment pollutant harmful to humans. That is, the lead-containing alloys pose a threat to human health and environmental hygiene because lead is contained in metallic vapor that is generated in the steps of processing those alloys at high temperatures such as melting and casting and there is also concern that lead contained in the water system metal fittings, valves and others made of those alloys will dissolve out into drinking water.

[0004] On that ground, the United States and other advanced countries have been moving to tighten the standards for lead-contained copper alloys to drastically limit the permissible level of lead in copper alloys in recent years. In Japan, too, the use of lead-contained alloys has been increasingly restricted, and there has been a growing call for development of free-cutting copper alloys with a low lead content.

[0005] US Patent 1 954 003 discloses a chill or die casting of an alloy consisting of from 65% and up to 94% copper, and from 2% to 6% silicon, from 3% to 28% zinc, and an appreciable amount of aluminium not more than 2%.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION



[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide a lead-free copper alloy which does not contain the machinability-improving element lead yet is quite excellent in machinability and can be used as safe substitute for the conventional free cutting copper alloy with a large content of lead presenting environmental hygienic problems and which permits recycling of chips without problems, thus a timely answer to the mounting call for restriction of lead-contained products.

[0007] It is an another object of the present invention to provide a lead-free copper alloy which has a high corrosion resistance as well as an excellent machinability and is suitable as basic material for cutting works, forgings, castings and others, thus having a very high practical value. The cutting works, forgings, castings and others include city water faucets, water supply/drainage metal fittings, valves, stems, hot water supply pipe fittings, shaft and heat exchanger parts.

[0008] It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a lead-free copper alloy with a high strength and wear resistance as well as machinability which is suitable as basic material for the manufacture of cutting works, forgings, castings and other uses requiring a high strength and wear resistance such as, for example, bearings, bolts, nuts, bushes, gears, sewing machine parts and hydraulic system parts, hence has a very high practical value.

[0009] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a lead-free copper alloy with an excellent high-temperature oxidation resistance as well as machinability which is suitable as basic material for the manufacture of cutting works, forgings, castings and other uses where a high thermal oxidation resistance is essential, e.g. nozzles for kerosene oil and gas heaters, burner heads and gas nozzles for hot-water dispensers, hence has a very high practical value.

[0010] The objects of the present inventions are achieved by provision of the following copper alloys according to claim 1.

[0011] Lead forms no solid solution in the matrix but disperses in a granular form to improve the machinability. Silicon raises the easy-to-cut property by producing a gamma phase (in some cases, a kappa phase) in the structure of metal. That way, both are common in that they are effective in improving the machinability, though they are quite different in contribution to the properties of the alloy. On the basis of that recognition, silicon is added to the first invention alloy in place of lead so as to bring about a high level of machinability meeting the industrial requirements. That is, the first invention alloy is improved in machinability through formation of a gamma phase with the addition of silicon.

[0012] The addition of less than 2.0 percent, by weight, of silicon cannot form a gamma phase sufficient to secure an industrially satisfactory machinability. With the increase in the addition of silicon, the machinability improves. But with the addition of more than 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon, the machinability will not go up in proportion. The problem is, however, that silicon has a high melting point and a low specific gravity and is also liable to oxidize. If silicon alone is fed in the form of a simple substance into a furnace in the alloy melting step, then silicon will float on the molten metal and is oxidized into oxides of silicon or silicon oxide, hampering production of a silicon-contained copper alloy. In making an ingot of silicon-containing copper alloy, therefore, silicon is usually added in the form of a Cu-Si alloy, which boosts the production cost. In the light of the cost of making the alloy, too, it is not desirable to add silicon in a quantity exceeding the saturation point where machinability improvement levels off - 4.0 percent by weight. An experiment showed that when silicon is added in an amount of 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, it is desirable to hold the content of copper at 69 to 79 percent, by weight, in consideration of its relation to the content of zinc in order to maintain the intrinsic properties of the Cu-Zn alloy. The addition of silicon improves not only the machinability but also the flow of the molten metal in casting, strength, wear resistance, resistance to stress corrosion cracking, high-temperature oxidation resistance. Also, the ductility and dezincification resistance will be improved to some extent.

[0013] The optional elements Bismuth, tellurium and selenium as well as lead do not form a solid solution in the matrix but disperse in granular form to enhance the machinability and that through a mechanism different from that of silicon. Hence, the addition of those elements along with silicon could further improve the machinability beyond the level obtained by the addition of silicon alone. The addition of bismuth, tellurium or selenium in addition to silicon produces a high machinability such that complicated forms could be freely cut at a high speed. But no improvement in machinability can be realized from the addition of bismuth, tellurium or selenium in an amount less than 0.02 percent, by weight. Meanwhile, those elements are expensive as compared with copper. Even if the addition exceeds 0.4 percent by weight, the proportional improvement in machinability is so small that the addition beyond that does not pay economically. What is more, if the addition is more than 0.4 percent by weight, the alloy will deteriorate in hot workability such as forgeability and cold workability such as ductility. While it might be feared that heavy metals like bismuth would cause problems similar to those of lead, an addition in a very small amount of less than 0.4 percent by weight is negligible and would present no particular problems. From those considerations, the addition of bismuth, tellurium or selenium kept to 0.02 to 0.4 percent by weight. The addition of those elements, which work on the machinability of the copper alloy though a mechanism different from that of silicon as mentioned above, would not affect the proper contents of copper and silicon.

[0014] Aluminum is, too, effective in promoting the formation of the gamma phase. The addition of aluminum together with tin or in place of tin could further improve the machinability of the Cu-Si-Zn. Aluminum is also effective in improving the strength, wear resistance and high temperature oxidation resistance as well as the machinability and also in keeping down the specific gravity. If the machinability is to be improved at all, aluminum will have to be added in at least 1.0 percent by weight. But the addition of more than 3.5 percent by weight could not produce the proportional results. Instead, that could affect the ductility as is the case with aluminum.

[0015] As to phosphorus, it has no property of forming the gamma phase as tin and aluminum. But phosphorus works to uniformly disperse and distribute the gamma phase formed as a result of the addition of silicon alone or with tin or aluminum or both of them. That way, the machinability improvement through the formation of gamma phase is further enhanced. In addition to dispersing the gamma phase, phosphorus helps refine the crystal grains in the alpha phase in the matrix, improving hot workability and also strength and resistance to stress corrosion cracking. Furthermore, phosphorus substantially increases the flow of molten metal in casting. To produce such results, phosphorus will have to be added in an amount not smaller than 0.02 percent by weight. But if the addition exceeds 0.25 percent by weight, no proportional effect can be obtained. Instead, there would be a fall in hot forging property and extrudability.

[0016] As described above, phosphorus disperses the gamma phase uniformly and at the same time refines the crystal grains in the alpha phase in the matrix, thereby improving the machinability and also the corrosion resistance properties (dezincification resistance and erosion corrosion resistance), forgeability, stress corrosion cracking resistance and mechanical strength. The addition of phosphorus in a very small quantity, that is, 0.02 or more percent by weight could produce results. But the addition in an amount of more than 0.25 percent by weight would not produce proportional results. Instead, that would reduce the hot forgeability and extrudability.

[0017] It is also noted that aluminum and phosphorus help to reinforce the alpha phase in the matrix, thereby improving strength, wear resistance, and also machinability. Phosphorus disperses the alpha and gamma phases, by which the strength, wear resistance and also machinability are improved.

[0018] A lead-free, free-cutting copper alloy also with excellent machinability coupled with a good high-temperature oxidation resistance which is composed of 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper; 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon; 0.1 to 1.5 percent, by weight, of aluminum; 0.02 to 0.25 percent, by weight, of phosphorus; and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc. This copper alloy will be hereinafter called the "ninth invention alloy".

[0019] Aluminum is an element which improves the strength, machinability, wear resistance and also high-temperature oxidation resistance. Silicon, too, has a property of enhancing the machinability, strength, wear resistance, resistance to stress corrosion cracking and also high-temperature oxidation resistance, as mentioned above. Aluminum works to raise the high-temperature oxidation resistance when aluminium is added in an amount not less than 0.1 percent by weight together with silicon. But even if the addition of aluminum increases beyond 1.5 percent by weight, no proportional results can be expected. For this reason, the addition of aluminum is set at 0.1 to 1.5 percent by weight.

[0020] Phosphorus is added to enhance the flow of molten metal in casting. Phosphorus also works for improvement of the aforesaid machinability, dezincification resistance and also high-temperature oxidation resistance in addition to the flow of molten metal. Those effects are exhibited when phosphorus is added in an amount not less than 0.02 percent by weight. But even if phosphorus is used in more than 0.25 percent by weight, it will not result in a proportional increase in effect. For this consideration, the addition of phosphorus settles down on 0.02 to 0.25 percent by weight.

[0021] While silicon is added to improve the machinability as mentioned above, it is also capable of increasing the flow of molten metal like phosphorus. The effect of silicon in raising the flow of molten metal is exhibited when it is added in an amount not less than 2.0 percent' by weight. The range of the addition of silicon for improving the flow of molten metal overlaps that for improvement of the machinability. These taken into consideration, the addition of silicon is set to 2.0 to 4.0 percent by weight.

[0022] A lead-free, free-cutting copper alloy also with excellent machinability and a good high-temperature oxidation resistance which is composed of 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper; 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon; 0.1 to 1.5 percent, by weight, of aluminum; 0.02 to 0.25 percent, by weight, of phosphorus; at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of chromium and 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of titanium; and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc. This copper alloy will be hereinafter called the "tenth invention alloy".

[0023] Chromium and titanium are added for improving the high-temperature oxidation resistance. Good results can be expected especially when they are added together with aluminum to produce a synergistic effect. Those effects are exhibited when the addition is 0.02 percent or more by weight, whether they are used alone or in combination. The saturation point is 0.4 percent by weight. In consideration of such observations, the tenth invention alloy contains at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent by weight of chromium and 0.02 to 0.4 percent by weight of titanium in addition to the components of the ninth invention alloy and is an improvement over the ninth invention alloy with regard to the high-temperature oxidation resistance.

[0024] A lead-free, free-cutting copper alloy also with excellent machinability and a good high-temperature oxidation resistance which is composed of 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper; 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon; 0.1 to 1.5 percent, by weight, of aluminum; 0.02 to 0.25 percent, by weight, of phosphorus; at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of bismuth, 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of tellurium and 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of selenium; and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc. This copper alloy will be hereinafter called the "eleventh invention alloy".

[0025] The eleventh invention alloy contains at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of bismuth, 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of tellurium an 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of selenium in addition to the components of the ninth invention alloy. While as high a high-temperature oxidation resistance as in the ninth invention alloy is secured, the eleventh invention alloy is further improved in machinability by adding at least one element selected from among bismuth and other elements which are effective in raising the machinability through a mechanism other than that exhibited by silicon.

[0026] A lead-free, free-cutting copper alloy also with excellent machinability and a good high-temperature oxidation resistance which is composed of 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper; 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by weight, of silicon; 0.1 to 1.5 percent, by weight, of aluminum; 0.02 to 0.25 percent, by weight, of phosphorus; at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of chromium, and 0.02 to 0.4 percent by weight of titanium; at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of bismuth, 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of tellurium and 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of selenium; and the remaining percent, by weight, of zinc. This copper alloy will be hereinafter called the "twelfth invention alloy".

[0027] The twelfth invention alloy contains at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of bismuth, 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of tellurium and 0.02 to 0.4 percent, by weight, of selenium in addition to the components of the tenth invention alloy. While as high a high-temperature oxidation resistance as in the tenth invention alloy is secured, the twelfth invention alloy is further improved in machinability by adding at least one element selected from among bismuth and other elements which are effective in raising the machinability through a mechanism other than that exhibited by silicon.

[0028] Further improved machinability is obtained by subjecting any one of the preceding invention alloys to a heat treatment for 30 minutes to 5 hours at 400°C to 600° C.

[0029] The invention alloys contain machinability improving elements such as silicon and have an excellent machinability because of the addition of such elements. Of those invention alloys, the alloys with a high copper content which have great amounts of other phases, mainly kappa phase, than alpha, beta, gamma and delta phases can further improve in machinability in a heat treatment. In the heat treatment, the kappa phase turns to a gamma phase. The gamma phase finely disperses and precipitates to further enhance the machinability. The alloys with a high content of copper are high in ductility of the matrix and low in absolute quantity of gamma phase, and therefore are excellent in cold workability. But in case cold working such as caulking and cutting are required, the aforesaid heat treatment is very useful. In other words, among the invention alloys, those which are high in copper content with gamma phase in small quantities and kappa phase in large quantities (hereinafter referred to as the "high copper content alloy") undergo a change in phase from the kappa phase to the gamma phase in a heat treatment. As a result, the gamma phase is finely dispersed and precipitated, and the machinability is improved. In the manufacturing process of castings, expanded metals and hot forgings in practice, the materials are often force-air-cooled or water cooled depending on the forging conditions, productivity after hot working (hot extrusion, hot forging etc.), working environment and other factors. In such cases, among the invention alloys, those with a low content of copper (hereinafter called the low copper content alloy") are rather low in the content of the gamma phase and contain beta phase. In a heat treatment, the beta phase changes into gamma phase, and the gamma phase is finely dispersed and precipitated, whereby the machinability is improved. Experiments showed that heat treatment is especially effective with high copper content alloys where mixing ratio of copper and silicon to other added elements (except for zinc) A is given as 67 ≤ Cu - 3Si + aA or low copper content alloys with such a composition with 64 ≥ Cu - 3Si + aA. It is noted that a is a coefficient. The coefficient is different depending on the added element A. For example, with tin a is - 0.5; aluminum, -2; phosphorus, -3; antimony, 0; arsenic, 0; manganese, +2.5; and nickel, +2.5.

[0030] But a heat treatment temperature at less than 400°C is not economical and practical, because the aforesaid phase change will proceed slowly and much time will be needed. At temperatures over 600 C, on the other hand, the kappa phase will grow or the beta phase will appear, bringing about no improvement in machinability. From the practical viewpoint, therefore, it is desired to perform the heat treatment for 30 minutes to 5 hours at 400 to 600 C.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING



[0031] 

Fig. 1 shows perspective views of cuttings formed in cutting a round bar of copper alloy by lathe.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS


Example 1



[0032] As the first series of examples, cylindrical ingots with compositions given in Tables 1 to 35, each 100 mm in outside diameter and 150 mm in length, were hot extruded into a round bar 15 mm in outside diameter at 750°C to produce the following test pieces: first alloys Nos. 1001 to 1008, second alloys Nos. 2001 to 2011, third alloys Nos. 3001 to 3012, fourth alloys Nos. 4001 to 4049, fifth alloys Nos. 5001 to 5020, sixth alloys Nos. 6001 to 6105, seventh alloys Nos. 7001 to 7030, eighth alloys Nos. 8001 to 8147, ninth invention alloys Nos. 9001 to 9005, tenth invention alloys Nos. 10001 to 10008, eleventh invention alloys Nos. 11001 to 11007, and twelfth invention alloys Nos. 12001 to 12021. Also, cylindrical ingots with the compositions given in Table 36, each 100 mm in outside diameter and 150 mm in length, were hot extruded into a round bar 15 mm in outside diameter at 750°C to produce the following test pieces: thirteenth alloys Nos. 13001 to 13006. That is, No. 13001 is an alloy test piece obtained by heat-treating an extruded test piece with the same composition as first alloy No. 1005 for 30 minutes at 580°C, No. 13002 is an alloy test piece obtained by heat-treating an extruded test piece with the same composition as No. 13001 for two hours at 450°C. No. 13003 is an alloy test piece obtained by heat-treating an extruded test piece with the same composition as first alloy No. 1007 under the same conditions as for No. 13001 - for 30 minutes at 580°C. No. 13004 is an alloy test piece obtained by heat-treating an extruded test piece with the same composition as No. 13007 under the same conditions as for 13002 - for two hours at 450°C. No. 13005 is an alloy test piece obtained by heat-treating an extruded test piece with the same composition as first alloy No. 1008 under the same conditions as for No. 13001 - for 30 minutes at 580°C. No. 13006 is an alloy test piece obtained by heat-treating an extruded test piece with the same composition as No. 1008 and heat-treated under the same conditions as for 13002 - for two hours at 450°C.

[0033] As comparative examples, cylindrical ingots with the compositions as shown in Table 37, each 100 mm in outside diameter and 150 mm in length, were hot extruded into a round bar 15 mm in outside diameter at 750 C to obtain the following round extruded test pieces: Nos. 14001 to 14006 (hereinafter referred to as the "conventional alloys"). No. 14001 corresponds to the alloy "JIS C 3604," No. 14002 to the alloy "CDA C 36000," No. 14003 to the alloy "JIS C 3771" and No. 14004 to the alloy "CDA C 69800." No. 14005 corresponds to the alloy "JIS C 6191." This aluminum bronze is the most excellent of the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations with regard to strength and wear resistance. No. 14006 corresponds to the naval brass alloy "JIS C 4622" and is the most excellent of the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations with regard to corrosion resistance.

[0034] To study the machinability of the alloys in comparison with the conventional alloys, cutting tests were carried out. In the tests, evaluations were made on the basis of cutting force, condition of chips cut surface condition.

[0035] The tests were conducted this way: The extruded test pieces obtained, as mentioned above, were cut on the circumferential surface by a lathe mounted with a point noise straight tool at a rake angle of - 8 degrees and at a cutting rate of 50 meters/minute, a cutting depth of 1.5 mm, a feed of 0.11 mm/rev. Signals from a three-component dynamometer mounted on the tool were converted into electric voltage signals and recorded on a recorder. From the signals were then calculated the cutting resistance. It is noted that while, to be perfectly exact, an amount of the cutting resistance should be judged by three component forces - cutting force, feed force and thrust force, the judgement was made on the basis of the cutting force (N) of the three component forces in the present example. The results are shown in Table 38 to Table 66.

[0036] Furthermore, the chips from the cutting work were examined and classified into four forms (A) to (D) as shown in Fig. 1. The results are enumerated in Table 38 to Table 66. In this regard, the chips in the form of a spiral with three or more windings as (D) in Fig. 1 are difficult to process, that is, recover or recycle, and could cause trouble in cutting work as, for example, getting tangled with the tool and damaging the cut metal surface. Chips in the form of an arc with a half winding to a spiral with two about windings as shown in (C), Fig. 1 do not cause such serous trouble as the chips in the form of a spiral with three or more windings yet are not easy to remove and could get tangled with the tool or damage the cut metal surface. In contrast, chips in the form of a fine needle as (A) in Fig. 1 or in the form of an arc as (B) will not present such problems as mentioned above and are not bulky as the chips in (C) and (D) and easy to process. But fine chips as (A) still could creep into the sliding surfaces of a machine tool such as a lathe and cause mechanical trouble, or could be dangerous because they could stick into the worker's finger, eye or other body parts. Those taken into account, it is appropriate to consider that the chips in (B) are the best, and the second best are the chips in (A). Those in (C) and (D) are not good. In Table 38 to Table 66, the chips judged to be shown in (B), (A), (C) and (D) are indicated by the symbols "ⓞ", "o", "Δ" and "x" respectively.

[0037] In addition, the surface condition of the cut metal surface was checked after cutting work. The results are shown in Table 38 to Table 66. In this regard, the commonly used basis for indication of the surface roughness is the maximum roughness (Rmax). While requirements are different depending on the application field of brass articles, the alloys with Rmax < 10 microns are generally considered excellent in machinability. The alloys with 10 microns s Rmax < 15 microns are judged as industrially acceptable, while those with Rmax ≥ 15 microns are taken as poor in machinability. In Table 38 to Table 65, the alloys with Rmax < 10 microns are marked "o", those with 10 microns Rmax < 15 microns are indicated as "Δ" and those with Rmax ≥ 15 microns are represented by a symbol "x".

[0038] As is evident from the results of the cutting tests shown in Table 38 to Table 66, the following alloys are all equal to the conventional lead- contained alloys Nos. 14001 to 14003 in machinability: first alloys Nos. 1001 to 1008, second alloys Nos. 2001 to 2011, third alloys Nos. 3001 to 3012, fourth alloys Nos. 4001 to 4049, fifth alloys Nos. 5001 to 5020, sixth alloys Nos. 6001 to 6105, seventh alloys Nos. 7001 to 7030, eighth alloys Nos. 8001 to 8147, ninth invention alloys Nos. 9001 to 9005, tenth invention alloys Nos. 10001 to 10008, eleventh invention alloys Nos. 11001 to 11007, twelfth invention alloys Nos. 12001 to 12021. Especially with regard to formation of the chips, those invention alloys are favourably compared not only with the conventional alloys Nos. 14004 to 14006 with a lead content of not higher than 0.1 percent by weight but also Nos. 14001 to 14003 which contain large quantities of lead.

[0039] Also to be noted is that as is clear from Tables Nos. 38 to 65, thirteenth alloys Nos. 13001 to 13006 are improved over first alloy No. 1005, No. 1007 and No. 1008 with the same composition as the' thirteenth alloys in machinability. It is thus confirmed that a proper heat treatment could further enhance the machinability.

[0040] In another series of tests, the first to thirteenth alloys were examined in comparison with the conventional alloys in hot workability and mechanical properties. For the purpose, hot compression and tensile tests were conducted the following way.

[0041] First, two test pieces, first and second test pieces, in the same shape 15 mm in outside diameter and 25 mm in length were cut out of each extruded test piece obtained as described above. In the hot compression tests, the first test piece was held for 30 minutes at 7000C, and then compressed 70 percent in the direction of axis to reduce the length from 25 mm to 7.5 mm. The surface condition after the compression (700°C deformability) was visually evaluated. The results are given in Table 38 to Table 66. The evaluation of deformability was made by visually checking for cracks on the side of the test piece. In Table 38 to Table 66, the test pieces with no cracks found are marked "o", those with small cracks are indicated in "Δ" and those with large cracks are represented by a symbol "x".

[0042] The second test pieces were put to a tensile test by the commonly practised test method to determine the tensile strength, N/mm2 and elongation, %.

[0043] As the test results of the hot compression and tensile tests in Table 38 to Table 66 indicate, it was confirmed that the first to thirteenth alloys are equal to or superior to the conventional alloys Nos. 14001 to 14004 and No. 14006 in hot workability and mechanical properties and are suitable for industrial use. The seventh and eighth alloys in particular have the same level of mechanical properties as the conventional alloy No. 14005, the aluminum bronze which is the most excellent in strength of the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations, and thus have understandably a prominent high strength feature.

[0044] Furthermore, the first to six and ninth to thirteenth alloys were put to dezincification and stress corrosion cracking tests in accordance with the test methods specified under "ISO 6509" and "JIS H 3250" respectively to examine the corrosion resistance and resistance to stress corrosion cracking in comparison with the conventional alloys.

[0045] In the dezincification test by the "ISO 6509" method, a sample taken from each extruded test piece was imbedded in a phenolic resin material in such a way that part of the side surface of the sample is exposed, the exposed surface perpendicular to the extrusion direction of the extruded test piece. The surface of the example was polished with emery paper No. 1200, and then ultrasonic-washed in pure water and dried. The sample thus prepared was dipped in a 12.7 g/l aqueous solution of cupric chloride dihydrate (CuCl2.2H2O) 1.0% and left standing for 24 hours at 75°C. The sample was taken out of the aqueous solution and the maximum depth of dezincification was determined. The measurements of the maximum dezincification depth are given in Table 38 to Table 50 and Table 61 to Table 66.

[0046] As is clear from the results of dezincification tests shown in Table 38 to Table 50 and Table 61 to Table 66, the first to fourth alloys and the ninth to thirteenth alloys are excellent in corrosion resistance and favourably comparable with the conventional alloys Nos. 14001 to 14003 containing great amounts of lead. And it was confirmed that especially the fifth and sixth alloys which seek improvement in both machinability and corrosion resistance are very high in corrosion resistance and superior in corrosion resistance to the conventional alloy No. 14006, a naval brass which is the most resistant to corrosion of all the expanded alloys under the JIS designations.

[0047] In the stress corrosion cracking tests in accordance with the test method described in "JIS H 3250," a 150-mm-long sample was cut out from each extruded test piece. The sample was bent with its centre placed on an arc-shaped tester with a radius of 40 mm in such a way that one end and the other end subtend an angle of 45 degrees. The test sample thus subjected to a tensile residual stress was degreased and dried, and then placed in an ammonia environment in the desiccator with a 12.5% aqueous ammonia (ammonia diluted in the equivalent of pure water). To be exact, the test sample was held some 80 mm above the surface of aqueous ammonia in the desiccator. After the test sample was left standing in the ammonia environment for two hours, 8 hours and 24 hours, the test sample was taken out from the desiccator, washed in sulfuric acid solution 10% and examined for cracks under a magnifier of 10 magnifications. The results are given in Table 38 to Table 50 and Table 61 to Table 66. In those tables, the alloys which have developed clear cracks when held in the ammonia environment for two hours are marked "xx." The test samples which had no cracks at passage of two hours but were found to have clear cracks at 8 hours are indicated by "x." The test samples which had no cracks at 8 hours, but were found to have clear cracks at 24 hours were indicated by "Δ". The test samples which were found to have no cracks at all at 24 hours are given a symbol "o."

[0048] As is indicated by the results of the stress corrosion cracking test given in Table 38 to Table 50 and Table 61 to Table 66, it was confirmed that not only the fifth and sixth alloys which seek improvement in both machinability and corrosion resistance but also the first to fourth alloys and the ninth and thirteenth alloys in which nothing particular was done to improve corrosion resistance were both equal to the conventional alloy No. 14005, an aluminum bronze containing no zinc, in stress corrosion cracking resistance and were superior in stress corrosion cracking resistance to the conventional naval brass alloy No. 14006, the one which has a highest corrosion resistance of all the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations.

[0049] In addition, oxidation tests were carried out to study the high-temperature oxidation resistance of the ninth to twelfth invention alloys in comparison with the conventional alloys.

[0050] A test piece in the shape of a round bar with the surface cut to a outside diameter of 14 mm and the length cut to 30 mm was prepared from each of the following extruded test pieces: No. 9001 to No. 9005, No. 10001 to No. 10008, No. 11001 to No. 11007, No. 12001 to No. 12021 and No. 14001 to No. 14006. Each test piece was then weighed to measure the weight before oxidation. After that, the test piece was placed in a porcelain crucible and held in an electric furnace maintained at 500°C. At passage of 100 hours, the test piece was taken out of the electric furnace and weighed to measure the weight after oxidation. From the measurements before and after oxidation was calculated the increase in weight by oxidation. It is understood that the increase by oxidation is an amount, mg, of increase in weight by oxidation per 10cm2 of the surface area of the test piece and is calculated by the equation: increase in weight by oxidation, mg/10cm2 = (weight, mg, after oxidation - weight, mg, before oxidation) x (10cm2 / surface area, cm2, of test piece). The weight of each test piece increased after oxidation. The increase was brought about by high-temperature oxidation. Subjected to a high temperature, oxygen combines with copper, zinc and silicon to form Cu2O, ZnO, SiO2. That is, oxygen increase contributes to the weight gain. It can be said, therefore, that the alloys which are the smaller in weight increase by oxidation are the more excellent in high-temperature oxidation resistance. The results obtained are shown in Table 61 to Table 64 and Table 66.

[0051] As is evident from the test results shown in Table 61 to Table 64 and Table 66, the ninth to twelfth invention alloys are equal to the conventional alloy No. 14005, an aluminum bronze ranking high in resistance to high-temperature oxidation among the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations and are far smaller than any other conventional copper alloy. Thus, it was confirmed that the ninth to twelfth invention alloys are very excellent in machinability and resistance to high-temperature oxidation as well.

Example 2



[0052] As the second series of examples, cylindrical ingots with compositions given in Tables 14 to 31, each 100 mm in outside diameter and 200 mm in length, were hot extruded into a round bar 35 mm in outside diameter at 700 C to produce the following test pieces: seventh alloys Nos. 7001a to 7030a and eighth alloys Nos. 8001a to 8147a. In parallel, cylindrical ingots with compositions given in Table 37, each 100 mm in outside diameter and 200 mm in length, were hot extruded into a round bar 35 mm in outside diameter at 700 C to produce the following alloy test pieces: Nos. 14001a to 14006a as second comparative examples (hereinafter referred to as the "conventional alloys"). It is noted that the alloys Nos. 7001a to 7030a, Nos. 8001a to 8147a and Nos. 14001a to 14006a are identical in composition with the aforesaid copper alloys Nos. 7001 to 7030, Nos. 8001 to 8147 and Nos. 14001 to No. 14006 respectively.

[0053] Those seventh alloys Nos. 7001a to 7030a and eighth alloys Nos. 8001a to 8147a were put to wear resistance tests in comparison with the conventional alloys Nos. 14001a to 14006a.

[0054] The tests were carried out in this procedure. Each extruded test piece thus obtained was cut on the circumferential surface, holed and cut down into a ring-shaped test piece 32 mm in outside diameter and 10 mm in thickness (that is, the length in the axial direction). The test piece was then fitted around a free-rotating shaft, and a roll 48 mm in outside diameter placed in parallel with the axis of the shaft was urged against the test piece under a load of 50 kg. The roll was made of stainless steel under the JIS designation SUS 304. Then, the SUS 304 roll and the test piece put in rotational sliding contact with the roll were rotated at the same rate of revolutions/minute - 209 r.p.m., with multipurpose gear oil being dropped onto the circumferential surface of the test piece. When the number of revolutions reached 100,000, the SUS 304 roll and the test piece were stopped, and the weight difference between the start and the end of rotation, that is, the loss of weight by wear, mg, was determined. It can be said that the alloys which are smaller in the loss of weight by wear are higher in wear resistance. The results are given in Tables 67 to 77.

[0055] As is clear from the wear resistance test results shown in Tables 67 to 77, the tests showed that those seventh alloys Nos. 7001a to 7030a and eighth alloys Nos. 8001a to 8147a were excellent in wear resistance as compared with not only the conventional alloys Nos. 14001a to 14004a and 14006a but also No. 14005a, which is an aluminium bronze having a highest wear resistance of the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations. From comprehensive considerations of the test results including the tensile test results, it may safely be said that the seventh and eighth alloys are excellent in machinability and also possess a higher strength feature and wear resistance than the aluminum bronze which is the highest in wear resistance of all the expanded copper alloys under the JIS designations.

[0056] The alloys of tables 1 to 31, 36 and 37 are not according to the present invention, with the exception of alloys 4037, 4038 and 4040 which are invention alloys.
[Table 1]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Zn
1001 70.2 2.1 remainder
1002 74.1 2.9 remainder
1003 74.8 3.1 remainder
1004 77.6 3.7 remainder
1005 78.5 3.2 remainder
1006 73.3 2.4 remainder
1007 77.0 2.9 remainder
1008 69.9 2.3 remainder
[Table 2]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Bi Te Se Zn
2001 74.5 2.9 0.05     remainder
2002 74.8 2.8   0.25   remainder
2003 75.0 2.9     0.13 remainder
2004 69.9 2.1 0.32 0.03   remainder
2005 72.4 2.3 0.11   0.31 remainder
2006 78.2 3.4   0.14 0.03 remainder
2007 76.2 2.9 0.03 0.05 0.12 remainder
2008 78.2 3.7 0.33     remainder
2009 73.0 2.4 0.16     remainder
2010 74.7 2.8 0.04 0.30   remainder
2011 76.3 3.0 0.18 0.12   remainder
[Table 3]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al P Zn
3001 71.8 2.4 3.1     remainder
3002 78.2 2.3   3.3   remainder
3003 75.0 1.9 1.5 1.4   remainder
3004 74.9 3.2     0.09 remainder
3005 71.6 2.4 2.3   0.03 remainder
3006 76.5 2.7   2.4 0.21 remainder
3007 76.5 3.1 0.6 1.1 0.04 remainder
3008 77.5 3.5 0.4     remainder
3009 75.4 3.0 1.7     remainder
3010 76.5 3.3     0.21 remainder
3011 73.8 2.7     0.04 remainder
3012 75.0 2.9 1.6   0.10 remainder
[Table 4]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se Zn
4001 70.8 1.9 3.4   0.36     remainder
4002 76.3 3.4 1.3     0.03   remainder
4003 73.2 2.5 1.9       0.15 remainder
4004 72.3 2.4 0.6   0.29 0.23   remainder
4005 74.2 2.7 2.0   0.03   0.26 remainder
4006 75.4 2.9 0.4     0.31 0.03 remainder
4007 71.5 2.1 2.6   0.11 0.05 0.23 remainder
4008 79.1 1.9   3.3 0.28     remainder
4009 76.3 2.7   1.2   0.13   remainder
4010 77.2 2.5   2.0     0.07 remainder
4011 79.2 3.1   1.1 0.04 0.06   remainder
4012 76.3 2.3   1.3 0.13   0.04 remainder
4013 77.4 2.6   2.6   0.22 0.03 remainder
4014 77.9 2.2   2.3 0.09 0.05 0.11 remainder
4015 73.5 2.0 2.9 1.2 0.23     remainder
4016 76.3 2.5 0.7 3.2   0.04   remainder
4017 75.5 2.3 1.2 2.0     0.12 remainder
4018 77.1 2.1 0.9 3.4 0.03 0.03   remainder
4019 72.9 3.2 3.3 1.7 0.11   0.04 remainder
4020 74.2 2.8 2.7 1.1   0.33 0.03 remainder
[Table 5]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Zn
4021 74.2 2.3 1.5 2.3 0.07 0.05 0.09   remainder
4022 70.9 2.1     0.11     0.11 remainder
4023 74.8 3.1       0.07   0.06 remainder
4024 76.3 3.2         0.05 0.02 remainder
4025 78.1 3.1     0.26 0.02   0.15 remainder
4026 71.1 2.2     0.13   0.02 0.05 remainder
4027 74.1 2.7     0.03 0.06 0.03 0.03 remainder
4028 70.6 1.9 3.2   0.31     0.04 remainder
4029 73.6 2.4 2.3     0.03   0.04 remainder
4030 73.4 2.6 1.7       0.31 0.22 remainder
4031 74.8 2.9 0.5   0.03 0.02   0.05 remainder
4032 73.0 2.6 0.7   0.09   0.02 0.08 remainder
4033 74.5 2.8       0.03 0.12 0.05 remainder
4034 77.2 3.3 1.3     0.03 0.12 0.04 remainder
4035 74.9 3.1 0.4   0.02 0.05 0.05 0.08 remainder
4036 79.2 3.3   2.5 0.05     0.12 remainder
4037 74.2 2.6   1.2   0.12   0.05 remainder
4038 77.0 2.8   1.3     0.05 0.20 remainder
4039 76.0 2.4   3.2 0.10 0.04   0.05 remainder
4040 74.8 2.4   1.1 0.07   0.04 0.03 remainder
[Table 6]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Zn
4041 77.2 2.7   2.1   0.33 0.05 0.05 remainder
4042 78.0 2.6   2.5 0.03 0.02 0.10 0.14 remainder
4043 72.5 2.4 1.9 1.1 0.12     0.03 remainder
4044 76.0 2.6 0.5 2.0   0.20   0.07 remainder
4045 77.5 2.6 0.7 3.1     0.21 0.12 remainder
4046 75.0 2.6 0.8 2.2 0.04 0.05   0.06 remainder
4047 71.0 1.9 3.1 1.0 0.15   0.02 0.04 remainder
4048 73.3 2.1 2.6 1.2   0.04 0.03 0.05 remainder
4049 74.8 2.5 0.6 1.1 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.07 remainder
[Table 7]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn P Sb As Zn
5001 69.9 2.1 3.3       remainder
5002 74.1 2.7   0.21     remainder
5003 75.8 2.4     0.14   remainder
5004 77.3 3.4       0.05 remainder
5005 73.4 2.4 2.1 0.04     remainder
5006 75.3 2.7 0.4   0.04   remainder
5007 70.9 2.2 2.4     0.07 remainder
5008 71.2 2.6 1.1 0.03 0.03   remainder
5009 77.3 2.9 0.7 0.19   0.03 remainder
5010 78.2 3.1 0.4   0.09 0.15 remainder
5011 72.5 2.1 2.8 0.02 0.10 0.03 remainder
5012 79.0 3.3   0.24 0.02   remainder
5013 75.6 2.9   0.07   0.14 remainder
5014 74.8 3.0     0.11 0.02 remainder
5015 74.3 2.8   0.06 0.02 0.03 remainder
5016 72.9 2.5   0.03     remainder
5017 77.0 3.4   0.14     remainder
5018 76.8 3.2 0.7 0.12     remainder
5019 74.5 2.8 1.8       remainder
5020 74.9 3.0   0.20 0.05   remainder
[Table 8]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Bi Te P Sb As Zn
6001 69.6 2.1 3.2 0.15         remainder
6002 77.3 3.7 0.5 0.02   0.23     remainder
6003 75.2 2.4 1.1 0.33     0.12   remainder
6004 70.9 2.3 3.1 0.11       0.03 remainder
6005 78.1 2.7 0.6 0.14   0.02 0.07   remainder
6006 74.5 2.6 1.5 0.21   0.10   0.04 remainder
6007 74.7 3.2 2.1 0.05     0.02 0.12 remainder
6008 73.8 2.5 0.7 0.31   0.03 0.02 0.10 remainder
6009 74.5 2.9   0.05   0.19     remainder
6010 78.1 3.1   0.11     0.15   remainder
6011 74.6 3.3   0.02       0.22 remainder
6012 69.9 2.3   0.35   0.08 0.02   remainder
6013 73.2 2.6   0.21   0.03   0.07 remainder
6014 76.3 2.9   0.07     0.09 0.02 remainder
6015 74.4 2.8   0.19   0.13 0.03 0.02 remainder
6016 70.5 2.3 2.9 0.10 0.02       remainder
6017 74.7 2.4 0.9 0.31 0.04 0.05     remainder
6018 78.1 3.8 0.6 0.02 0.33   0.07   remainder
6019 69.4 2.0 3.4 0.11 0.03     0.03 remainder
6020 77.8 2.8 0.5 0.06 0.11 0.21 0.02   remainder
[Table 9]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Bi Te Se P Sb As Zn
6021 74.2 2.6 0.6 0.20 0.03   0.02   0.14 remainder
6022 75.8 3.3 1.8 0.03 0.06     0.11 0.02 remainder
6023 74.4 2.6 1.5 0.09 0.12   0.03 0.02 0.06 remainder
6024 77.3 3.1   0.02 0.25   0.08     remainder
6025 70.5 2.4   0.12 0.04   0.06 0.03   remainder
6026 74.3 2.9   0.24 0.02   0.13   0.11 remainder
6027 69.8 2.3   0.34 0.03   0.21 0.02 0.02 remainder
6028 74.5 2.9   0.03 0.11     0.13   remainder
6029 78.4 3.2   0.02 0.08     0.04 0.05 remainder
6030 73.8 3.0   0.08 0.31       0.23 remainder
6031 72.8 2.5 1.6 0.11   0.36       remainder
6032 78.1 3.7 0.5 0.03   0.02 0.05     remainder
6033 77.2 2.8 0.6 0.09   0.04   0.07   remainder
6034 76.9 3.8 0.4 0.03   0.06     0.07 remainder
6035 74.1 2.3 3.3 0.06   0.03 0.02 0.05   remainder
6036 69.8 2.0 2.5 0.31   0.12 0.03   0.06 remainder
6037 74.9 3.0 1.1 0.07   0.21   0.12 0.02 remainder
6038 72.6 2.8 0.6 0.20   0.05 0.21 0.07 0.03 remainder
6039 69.7 2.3   0.23   0.06 0.10     remainder
6040 75.4 3.0   0.02   0.09 0.11 0.03   remainder
[Table 10]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Bi Te Se P Sb As Zn
6041 73.2 2.5   0.11   0.36 0.05   0.02 remainder
6042 78.2 3.7   0.03   0.04 0.03 0.04 0.10 remainder
6043 77.8 2.8   0.09   0.02   0.04   remainder
6044 73.4 2.6   0.16   0.06   0.03 0.02 remainder
6045 71.2 2.4   0.35   0.14     0.08 remainder
6046 70.3 2.5 1.9 0.09 0.05 0.03       remainder
6047 74.5 3.6 2.2 0.02 0.20 0.04 0.04     remainder
6048 73.8 2.9 1.2 0.03 0.10 0.05   0.12   remainder
6049 69.8 2.1 3.1 0.32 0.03 0.05     0.13 remainder
6050 74.2 2.2 0.6 0.19 0.11 0.02 0.02 0.03   remainder
6051 74.8 3.2 0.5 0.03 0.07 0.03 0.05   0.02 remainder
6052 78.0 2.8 0.6 0.06 0.04 0.11   0.11 0.03 remainder
6053 76.3 2.4 0.8 0.05 0.03 0.22 0.03 0.04 0.03 remainder
6054 74.2 2.6   0.21 0.02 0.04 0.05     remainder
6055 78.2 2.9   0.16 0.08 0.03 0.21 0.03   remainder
6056 72.3 2.5   0.08 0.36 0.02 0.10   0.04 remainder
6057 69.8 2.4   0.36 0.04 0.04 0.06 0.07 0.02 remainder
6058 74.6 3.1   0.05 0.09 0.04   0.14   remainder
6059 73.8 2.5   0.08 0.05 0.03   0.02 0.04 remainder
6060 74.9 2.7   0.03 0.16 0.02     0.03 remainder
[Table 11]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Te Se P Sb As Zn
6061 69.7 2.6 3.1 0.26         remainder
6062 74.2 3.2 0.6 0.03   0.04     remainder
6063 74.9 2.6 0.7 0.14     0.14   remainder
6064 73.8 3.0 0.4 0.07       0.13 remainder
6065 78.1 3.3 0.8 0.02   0.12 0.02   remainder
6066 72.8 2.4 1.2 0.32   0.03   0.05 remainder
6067 73.6 2.7 2.1 0.03     0.07 0.02 remainder
6068 72.3 2.6 0.5 0.16   0.02 0.04 0.03 remainder
6069 70.6 2.3   0.33   0.09     remainder
6070 76.5 3.2   0.14   0.21 0.03   remainder
6071 74.5 3.1   0.05   0.03   0.03 remainder
6072 72.8 2.7   0.08     0.13   remainder
6073 78.0 3.8   0.04     0.02 0.12 remainder
6074 73.8 2.9   0.20       0.10 remainder
6075 74.5 2.9   0.07   0.04 0.10 0.02 remainder
6076 73.6 3.2 2.1 0.04 0.07       remainder
6077 74.1 2.5 0.8 0.21 0.18 0.05     remainder
6078 77.8 2.9 0.6 0.11 0.05   0.07   remainder
6079 71.5 2.1 1.1 0.06 0.03     0.06 remainder
6080 72.6 2.3 0.5 0.15 0.23 0.11 0.02   remainder
[Table 12]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Te Se P Sb As Zn
6081 74.2 3.0 0.5 0.03 0.03 0.20   0.02 remainder
6082 70.6 2.2 2.6 0.32 0.05   0.13 0.03 remainder
6083 73.7 2.6 0.8 0.14 0.16 0.06 0.02 0.03 remainder
6084 74.5 3.1   0.04 0.04 0.05     remainder
6085 72.8 2.7   0.09 0.21 0.04 0.02   remainder
6086 76.2 3.3   0.03 0.04 0.11   0.04 remainder
6087 73.8 2.7   0.11 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.03 remainder
6088 74.9 2.9   0.05 0.31   0.05   remainder
6089 75.8 2.8   0.08 0.04   0.03 0.14 remainder
6090 73.6 2.4   0.27 0.10     0.06 remainder
6091 72.4 2.2 3.2   0.33       remainder
6092 75.0 3.2 0.6   0.05 0.10     remainder
6093 76.8 3.1 0.5   0.04   0.11   remainder
6094 74.5 2.9 0.7   0.08     0.15 remainder
6095 73.2 2.7 1.2   0.12 0.06 0.03   remainder
6096 69.6 2.4 2.3   0.14 0.04   0.02 remainder
6097 74.2 2.8 0.8   0.07   0.02 0.03 remainder
6098 74.4 2.9 0.8   0.06 0.03 0.03 0.03 remainder
6099 74.8 3.1     0.09 0.04     remainder
6100 73.9 2.8     0.05 0.10 0.04   remainder
[Table 13]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Se P Sb As Zn
6101 76.1 3.0 0.04 0.05   0.02 remainder
6102 74.5 2.8 0.03 0.04 0.02 0.03 remainder
6103 74.3 2.6 0.31   0.04   remainder
6104 75.0 3.3 0.06   0.02 0.05 remainder
6105 73.9 2.9 0.10     0.11 remainder
[Table 14]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al P Mn Ni Zn
7001 62.9 2.7 2.6     2.2   remainder
7001a
7002 64.8 3.4 1.8       3.1 remainder
7002a
7003 68.2 4.1 0.6     1.9 1.5 remainder
7003a
7004 66.5 3.5 1.9 0.9   1.9   remainder
7004a
7005 71.3 3.7 0.4 1.8     2.3 remainder
7005a
7006 73.6 2.9 0.7 2.1   1.3 0.8 remainder
7006a
7007 70.1 3.2 0.5 1.4 0.11 1.8   remainder
7007a
7008 77.1 4.2 0.8 2.3 0.03   1.8 remainder
7008a
7009 67.3 3.7 2.6 0.2 0.08 0.9 1.8 remainder
7009a
7010 75.5 3.9   2.3   0.8   remainder
7010a
[Table 15]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al P Mn Ni Zn
7011 69.8 3.4   0.3     1.3 remainder
7011a
7012 71.2 4.0   1.4   2.1 1.2 remainder
7012a
7013 73.3 3.9   2.0 0.03 3.2   remainder
7013a
7014 65.9 2.9   0.3 0.21   1.3 remainder
7014a
7015 68.8 3.9   1.1 0.05 0.9 2.0 remainder
7015a
7016 68.1 4.0 0.4   0.04 2.8   remainder
7016a
7017 63.8 2.6 2.7   0.19   0.9 remainder
7017a
7018 66.7 3.4 1.3   0.07 1.2 0.8 remainder
7018a
7019 67.2 3.6     0.21 1.9   remainder
7019a
7020 69.1 3.8     0.06   2.2 remainder
7020a
[Table 16]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al P Mn Ni Zn
7021 72.1 4.3     0.07 2.0 0.8 remainder
7021a
7022 71.3 3.9   1.1   3.1   remainder
7022a
7023 70.5 3.5   1.6   2.3   remainder
7023a
7024 70.0 3.6   1.5     3.2 remainder
7024a
7025 69.3 2.7   2.1   0.9   remainder
7025a
7026 70.2 3.5   1.4     2.1 remainder
7026a
7027 65.0 2.8 2.6 2.3   0.8   remainder
7027a
7028 69.8 3.6 1.5 1.7   2.4   remainder
7028a
7029 71.0 3.6 0.4 0.3   2.2   remainder
7029a
7030 68.4 4.2 2.6     3.3   remainder
7030a
[Table 17]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se Mn Zn
8001 62.6 2.6 2.6   0.31     1.9 remainder
8001a
8002 65.3 3.4 1.8   0.11 0.02   2.5 remainder
8002a
8003 66.4 4.2 0.5   0.05   0.03 3.4 remainder
8003a
8004 72.1 4.4 0.4   0.06 0.05 0.02 2.8 remainder
8004a
8005 67.4 3.3 2.3     0.31   0.9 remainder
8005a
8006 63.8 2.8 2.9     0.06 0.07 2.1 remainder
8006a
8007 71.5 3.9 1.5       0.20 1.4 remainder
8007a
8008 64.2 2.9 2.4 0.3 0.28     2.1 remainder
8008a
8009 68.8 3.4 1.0 1.5 0.07 0.20   1.7 remainder
8009a
8010 65.3 3.6 2.8 0.2 0.05   0.13 2.2 remainder
8010a
[Table 18]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Mn Zn
8011 66.8 3.3 1.9 2.1 0.04 0.05 0.05   2.3 remainder
8011a
8012 75.1 4.1 0.4 2.4   0.03     1.8 remainder
8012a
8013 74.2 3.9 0.5 1.8   0.10 0.04   1.7 remainder
8013a
8014 77.1 4.2 0.4 2.1     0.32   2.0 remainder
8014a
8015 62.8 2.6 2.9   0.12     0.03 1.2 remainder
8015a
8016 64.4 2.9 2.7   0.23 0.09   0.13 1.8 remainder
8016a
8017 68.3 3.6 0.4   0.05   0.05 0.04 2.2 remainder
8017a
8018 73.2 4.3 0.5   0.06 0.02 0.11 0.02 3.1 remainder
8018a
8019 72.4 4.1 0.7     0.14   0.21 2.1 remainder
8019a
8020 69.5 3.7 0.7     0.06 0.04 0.05 1.9 remainder
8020a
[Table 19]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Mn Zn
8021 64.2 3.4 2.5       0.31 0.03 1.9 remainder
8021a
8022 65.6 3.7 2.3 0.2 0.06     0.03 1.4 remainder
8022a
8023 67.1 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.04 0.05   0.05 2.0 remainder
8023a
8024 73.2 4.0 0.5 2.1 0.03   0.05 0.12 2.4 remainder
8024a
8025 68.8 3.5 0.4 1.8 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.04 1.8 remainder
8025a
8026 66.5 3.4 1.2 0.3   0.24   0.21 1.7 remainder
8026a
8027 64.8 3.0 1.3 1.2   0.16 0.10 0.06 1.5 remainder
8027a
8028 71.2 3.9 0.4 1.0     0.14 0.03 2.6 remainder
8028a
8029 68.1 3.6   0.2 0.05       2.0 remainder
8029a
8030 64.9 2.9   0.3 0.28 0.08     1.0 remainder
8030a
[Table 20]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al Bi Te Se P Mn Zn
8031 75.3 3.9 2.1 0.07   0.04   0.8 remainder
8031a
8032 77.2 4.3 2.3 0.03 0.25 0.04   2.8 remainder
8032a
8033 64.7 2.8 2.2   0.33     0.9 remainder
8033a
8034 69.3 3.5 1.6   0.03 0.03   1.8 remainder
8034a
8035 71.2 3.8 1.5     0.21   2.0 remainder
8035a
8036 70.6 3.7 0.3 0.04     0.13 1.7 remainder
8036a
8037 69.7 3.8 1.4 0.12 0.04   0.04 1.8 remainder
8037a
8038 70.7 4.2 1.5 0.03   0.16 0.03 3.3 remainder
8038a
8039 70.4 3.9 0.2 0.15 0.10 0.02 0.04 2.2 remainder
8039a
8040 68.8 3.7 0.4   0.05   0.12 1.9 remainder
8040a
[Table 21]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Mn Ni Zn
8041 70.3 3.9   0.2   0.20 0.03 0.22 2.1   remainder
8041a
8042 74.6 4.3   2.1     0.12 0.03 2.4   remainder
8042a
8043 77.0 4.5     0.03     0.12 1.7   remainder
8043a
8044 70.6 3.9     0.10 0.06   0.04 2.6   remainder
8044a
8045 74.2 4.3     0.11   0.21 0.16 2.8   remainder
8045a
8046 69.9 3.8     0.06 0.11 0.03 0.08 1.2   remainder
8046a
8047 66.8 3.4       0.09   0.06 2.2   remainder
8047a
8048 71.3 4.2       0.04 0.05 0.05 1.4   remainder
8048a
8049 72.4 4.1         0.12 0.09 2.7   remainder
8049a
8050 62.9 2.8 2.8   0.12         1.5 remainder
8050a
[Table 22]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se Ni Zn
8051 64.8 3.1 2.4   0.08 0.03   2.0 remainder
8051a
8052 68.9 3.9 0.3   0.03   0.06 1.8 remainder
8052a
8053 67.3 3.7 0.7   0.05 0.04 0.04 2.1 remainder
8053a
8054 66.5 3.8 0.9     0.31   2.2 remainder
8054a
8055 73.8 4.3 2.1     0.03 0.05 3.3 remainder
8055a
8056 74.2 4.4 1.3       0.03 2.7 remainder
8056a
8057 70.1 3.8 1.5 1.9 0.06     1.8 remainder
8057a
8058 67.9 2.9 0.8 2.3 0.16 0.06   0.9 remainder
8058a
8059 68.2 3.6 2.0 0.6 0.04   0.09 1.7 remainder
8059a
8060 66.6 3.5 1.8 0.2 0.10 0.05 0.05 1.2 remainder
8060a
[Table 23]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Ni Zn
8061 67.6 3.6 0.4 0.6   0.30     1.8 remainder
8061a
8062 68.8 3.0 0.6 2.1   0.08 0.03   1.1 remainder
8062a
8063 71.2 4.1 2.4 0.8     0.31   2.2 remainder
8063a
8064 68.2 3.6 2.6   0.04     0.05 1.5 remainder
8064a
8065 63.9 2.9 2.3   0.32 0.02   0.08 0.8 remainder
8065a
8066 70.5 3.9 1.1   0.05   0.05 0.05 2.2 remainder
8066a
8067 67.7 3.7 1.2   0.09 0.03 0.02 0.04 2.0 remainder
8067a
8068 66.6 3.5 1.4     0.06   0.04 2.6 remainder
8068a
8069 72.3 4.1 0.6     0.05 0.04 0.10 3.0 remainder
8069a
8070 70.6 4.0 0.4       0.16 0.05 3.2 remainder
8070a
[Table 24]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Ni Zn
8071 75.6 3.9 0.5 2.2 0.21     0.21 1.4 remainder
8071a
8072 71.2 3.4 0.7 1.5 0.18 0.10   0.14 1.3 remainder
8072a
8073 68.5 3.7 0.7 1.2 0.03   0.08 0.03 1.9 remainder
8073a
8074 64.9 3.2 0.8 0.4 0.12 0.03 0.04 0.04 1.8 remainder
8074a
8075 65.3 3.3 2.8 0.2   0.06   0.05 1.5 remainder
8075a
8076 68.8 4.0 2.5 0.6   0.05 0.13 0.03 2.7 remainder
8076a
8077 67.3 3.4 1.6 0.5     0.06 0.12 2.4 remainder
8077a
8078 77.0 4.1   2.2 0.13       2.1 remainder
8078a
8079 71.2 3.8   1.4 0.05 0.20     2.0 remainder
8079a
8080 68.2 3.6   1.3 0.04   0.05   2.6 remainder
8080a
[Table 25]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al Bi Te Se P Ni Zn
8081 67.3 3.4 0.8 0.05 0.06 0.03   1.7 remainder
8081a
8082 70.4 3.9 1.2   0.05     2.2 remainder
8082a
8083 73.6 3.9 1.3   0.21 0.06   3.1 remainder
8083a
8084 68.8 3.8 1.2     0.18   2.6 remainder
8084a
8085 67.5 3.5 1.2 0.04     0.16 1.8 remainder
8085a
8086 64.9 2.9 1.6 0.08 0.04   0.05 1.5 remainder
8086a
8087 76.3 4.3 1.5 0.29   0.05 0.10 2.8 remainder
8087a
8088 65.8 2.8 2.3 0.16 0.06 0.03 0.05 1.3 remainder
8088a
8089 66.7 3.3 2.1   0.32   0.03 1.8 remainder
8089a
8090 69.2 4.0 1.2   0.11 0.02 0.10 2.5 remainder
8090a
[Table 26]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Mn Ni Zn
8091 70.6 3.8   1.3     0.14 0.05   1.7 remainder
8091a
8092 67.2 3.4     0.05     0.04   2.0 remainder
8092a
8093 65.8 3.2     0.15 0.03   0.06   1.2 remainder
8093a
8094 67.7 3.7     0.06   0.10 0.08   2.1 remainder
8094a
8095 64.7 2.9     0.31 0.04 0.05 0.09   1.5 remainder
8095a
8096 66.5 3.6       0.18   0.21   2.3 remainder
8096a
8097 67.3 3.8       0.08 0.05 0.12   2.2 remainder
8097a
8098 65.9 3.6         0.21 0.20   2.5 remainder
8098a
8099 64.9 3.6 0.4   0.18       0.8 2.6 remainder
8099a
8100 67.3 3.8 1.8   0.03 0.06     1.9 1.0 remainder
8100a
[Table 27]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se Mn Ni Zn
8101 62.9 2.9 2.4   0.20   0.16 1.3 0.9 remainder
8101a
8102 66.3 3.4 0.5   0.04 0.04 0.05 1.5 0.8 remainder
8102a
8103 65.8 3.8 2.6     0.03   1.4 1.2 remainder
8103a
8104 64.7 3.6 2.7     0.25 0.03 1.3 1.6 remainder
8104a
8105 70.4 3.9 1.8       0.07 1.0 2.0 remainder
8105a
8106 70.3 3.8 0.4 1.8 0.05     2.3 0.7 remainder
8106a
8107 72.1 3.7 0.4 2.1 0.03 0.05   1.3 1.2 remainder
8107a
8108 69.8 3.8 0.6 1.5 0.05   0.05 1.5 2.1 remainder
8108a
8109 75.4 4.2 0.6 1.8 0.05 0.04 0.04 2.3 1.1 remainder
8109a
8110 66.4 3.5 2.5 0.2   0.12   1.6 0.9 remainder
8110a
[Table 28]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Mn Ni Zn
8111 64.9 3.3 2.5 0.3   0.08 0.05   1.2 1.3 remainder
8111a
8112 70.0 3.8 1.2 0.5     0.03   1.5 0.8 remainder
8112a
8113 72.0 3.9 1.1   0.25     0.20 2.4 0.9 remainder
8113a
8114 66.5 3.6 1.2   0.06 0.04   0.05 1.3 1.1 remainder
8114a
8115 67.0 3.5 1.3   0.12   0.04 0.08 0.9 1.2 remainder
8115a
8116 64.0 2.8 2.6   0.30 0.08 0.03 0.05 0.8 1.0 remainder
8116a
8117 67.3 3.7 2.3     0.03   0.03 1.2 1.3 remainder
8117a
8118 66.4 3.8 2.4     0.05 0.15 0.03 1.0 1.6 remainder
8118a
8119 70.2 3.9 0.5       0.30 0.07 1.7 0.9 remainder
8119a
8120 73.1 4.2 0.5 2.3 0.04     0.14 2.0 1.1 remainder
8120a
[Table 29]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Bi Te Se P Mn Ni Zn
8121 71.0 3.6 0.6 2.3 0.03 0.12   0.20 1.8 1.0 remainder
8121a
8122 70.0 3.5 0.5 1.8 0.06   0.03 0.10 1.2 1.3 remainder
8122a
8123 66.5 3.4 0.5 0.7 0.30 0.03 0.02 0.03 1.0 1.5 remainder
8123a
8124 68.8 3.9 1.2 0.2   0.06   0.05 1.0 1.2 remainder
8124a
8125 64.9 3.0 1.8 0.5   0.25 0.05 0.05 1.1 0.8 remainder
8125a
8126 63.7 2.9 2.7 1.0     0.31 0.03 1.2 0.8 remainder
8126a
8127 70.4 3.9   0.2 0.04       1.6 1.3 remainder
8127a
8128 66.5 3.6   0.3 0.02 0.04     1.2 1.1 remainder
8128a
8129 67.3 3.7   0.7 0.03   0.08   1.3 1.2 remainder
8129a
8130 66.0 3.4   0.7 0.22 0.06 0.04   1.3 1.0 remainder
8130a
[Table 30]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al Bi Te Se P Mn Ni Zn
8131 68.0 3.8 0.8   0.05     1.1 1.4 remainder
8131a
8132 70.0 3.4 2.1   0.03 0.22   0.9 1.1 remainder
8132a
8133 75.5 4.2 2.2     0.05   1.2 1.9 remainder
8133a
8134 68.5 3.8 1.8 0.10     0.04 1.4 1.6 remainder
8134a
8135 76.5 4.3 2.1 0.03 0.10   0.15 1.6 1.3 remainder
8135a
8136 66.5 3.6 1.2 0.05   0.16 0.05 1.2 1.3 remainder
8136a
8137 72.0 4.1 1.0 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.07 1.3 2.2 remainder
8137a
8138 70.2 4.0 1.0   0.04   0.03 2.1 1.4 remainder
8138a
8139 66.8 3.8 0.5   0.32 0.03 0.03 1.2 1.6 remainder
8139a
8140 67.3 3.9 0.4     0.05 0.03 1.8 1.0 remainder
8140a
[Table 31]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Bi Te Se P Mn Ni Zn
8141 66.5 3.6 0.05     0.05 1.5 1.2 remainder
8141a
8142 63.9 2.9 0.30 0.03   0.04 1.2 0.9 remainder
8142a
8143 68.4 3.8 0.03   0.05 0.12 0.9 2.5 remainder
8143a
8144 65.8 3.4 0.10 0.05 0.02 0.03 1.0 1.4 remainder
8144a
8145 70.5 3.9   0.12   0.05 2.6 0.8 remainder
8145a
8146 72.0 4.2   0.04 0.05 0.18 1.0 2.4 remainder
8146a
8147 68.0 3.7     0.20 0.06 1.5 1.0 remainder
8147a
[Table 32]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al P Zn
9001 72.6 2.3 0.8 0.03 remainder
9002 74.8 2.8 1.3 0.09 remainder
9003 77.2 3.6 0.2 0.21 remainder
9004 75.7 3.0 1.1 0.07 remainder
9005 78.0 3.8 0.7 0.12 remainder
[Table 33]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al P Cr Ti Zn
10001 74.3 2.9 0.6 0.05   0.03 remainder
10002 74.8 3.0 0.2 0.12   0.32 remainder
10003 74.9 2.8 0.9 0.08 0.33   remainder
10004 77.8 3.6 1.2 0.22 0.08   remainder
10005 71.9 2.3 1.4 0.07 0.02 0.24 remainder
10006 76.0 2.8 1.2 0.03   0.15 remainder
10007 75.5 3.0 0.3 0.06 0.20   remainder
10008 71.5 2.2 0.7 0.12 0.14 0.05 remainder
[Table 34]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al P Bi Te Se Zn
11001 74.8 2.8 1.4 0.10 0.03     remainder
11002 76.1 3.0 0.6 0.06   0.21   remainder
11003 78.3 3.5 1.3 0.19     0.18 remainder
11004 71.7 2.4 0.8 0.04 0.21 0.03   remainder
11005 73.9 2.8 0.3 0.09 0.33   0.03 remainder
11006 74.8 2.8 0.7 0.11   0.16 0.02 remainder
11007 78.3 3.8 1.1 0.05 0.22 0.05 0.04 remainder
[Table 35]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Al Bi Te Se P Cr Ti Zn
12001 73.8 2.6 0.5 0.21     0.05 0.11   remainder
12002 76.5 3.2 0.9   0.03   0.11 0.03   remainder
12003 78.1 3.4 1.3     0.09 0.20 0.05   remainder
12004 70.8 2.1 0.6 0.22 0.06   0.08 0.32   remainder
12005 77.8 3.8 0.2 0.02   0.03 0.03 0.26   remainder
12006 74.6 2.9 0.7   0.15 0.02 0.10 0.06   remainder
12007 73.9 2.8 0.3 0.04 0.05 0.16 0.03 0.18   remainder
12008 75.7 2.9 1.2 0.03     0.12   0.05 remainder
12009 72.9 2.6 0.5   0.33   0.04   0.12 remainder
12010 76.5 3.2 0.3     0.32 0.03   0.35 remainder
12011 71.9 2.5 0.8 0.19 0.03   0.03   0.03 remainder
12012 74.7 2.9 0.6 0.07   0.05 0.21   0.06 remainder
12013 74.8 2.8 1.3   0.04 0.21 0.06   0.26 remainder
12014 78.2 3.8 1.1 0.22 0.05 0.03 0.04   0.24 remainder
12015 74.6 2.7 1.0 0.15     0.03 0.02 0.10 remainder
12016 75.5 2.9 0.7   0.22   0.05 0.34 0.02 remainder
12017 76.2 3.4 0.3     0.05 0.12 0.08 0.31 remainder
12018 77.0 3.3 1.1 0.03 0.14   0.03 0.05 0.03 remainder
12019 73.7 2.8 0.3 0.32   0.03 0.10 0.03 0.19 remainder
12020 74.8 2.8 1.2   0.02 0.14 0.05 0.14 0.05 remainder
12021 74.0 2.9 0.4 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.11 0.26 remainder
[Table 36]
No. alloy composition (wt%) heat treatment
  Cu Si Zn temperature time
13001 78.5 3.2 remainder 580°C 30min.
13002 78.5 3.2 remainder 450°C 2hr.
13003 77.0 2.9 remainder 580°C 30min.
13004 77.0 2.9 remainder 450°C 2hr.
13005 69.9 2.3 remainder 580°C 30min.
13006 69.9 2.3 remainder 450°C 2hr.
[Table 37]
No. alloy composition (wt%)
  Cu Si Sn Al Mn Pb Fe Ni Zn
14001 58.8   0.2     3.1 0.2   remainder
14001a
14002 61.4   0.2     3.0 0.2   remainder
14002a
14003 59.1   0.2     2.0 0.2   remainder
14003a
14004 69.2 1.2       0.1     remainder
14004a
14005 remainder     9.8 1.1   3.9 1.2  
14005a  
14006 61.8   1.0     0.1     remainder
14006a
[Table 38]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
1001 Δ Δ 146 290 470 32 Δ
1002 122 210 524 36
1003 119 190 543 34
1004 126 170 Δ 590 37
1005 Δ 134 150 Δ 532 42
1006 Δ 129 230 490 34
1007 Δ 132 170 Δ 512 41
1008 Δ Δ 137 270 501 31 Δ
[Table 39]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
2001 116 190 523 34
2002 117 190 508 36
2003 118 180 525 36
2004 119 280 Δ 463 28 Δ
2005 119 240 Δ 481 30
2006 119 170 Δ 552 36
2007 116 180 520 41
2008 115 140 Δ 570 34
2009 117 200 Δ 485 31
2010 114 180 507 34
2011 115 170 Δ 522 33
[Table 40]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
3001 Δ 128 40 553 26
3002 126 130 Δ 538 32
3003 126 50 526 28
3004 119 <5 533 36
3005 125 50 525 28
3006 120 <5 546 38
3007 121 <5 552 34
3008 122 80 570 36
3009 123 50 541 29
3010 118 <5 560 35
3011 119 20 502 34
3012 120 <5 534 31
[Table 41]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
4001 119 40 Δ 512 24
4002 122 50 543 30
4003 123 50 533 30
4004 117 80 Δ 520 31
4005 119 50 535 32
4006 116 60 532 31
4007 122 50 528 26
4008 124 100 Δ 554 30
4009 119 130 542 34
4010 119 120 562 35
4011 122 100 Δ 563 34
4012 119 130 524 40
4013 120 110 548 37
4014 120 120 Δ 539 36
4015 121 40 528 28
4016 122 60 597 32
4017 120 50 520 33
4018 123 60 553 31
4019 118 40 606 24
4020 120 40 561 26
[Table 42]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
4021 120 50 540 29
4022 123 <5 487 32 Δ
4023 117 <5 524 34
4024 117 40 541 37
4025 115 <5 Δ 526 43
4026 122 30 498 30 Δ
4027 118 30 516 35
4028 120 <5 529 27
4029 121 <5 544 28
4030 118 <5 536 30
4031 116 <5 524 31
4032 114 <5 515 32
4033 118 <5 519 37
4034 118 <5 582 31
4035 117 <5 538 32
4036 118 <5 Δ 600 34
4037 117 20 523 34
4038 116 <5 Δ 539 38
4039 118 20 544 34
4040 117 40 522 31
[Table 43]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
4041 120 20 565 31
4042 119 <5 567 34
4043 121 <5 530 29
4044 120 <5 548 31
4045 121 <5 572 32
4046 119 <5 579 29
4047 123 <5 542 26
4048 123 <5 540 28
4049 120 <5 539 33
[Table 44]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
5001 Δ 127 30 501 25
5002 119 <5 524 37
5003 Δ 135 10 488 41
5004 126 20 Δ 552 38
5005 123 <5 518 29
5006 122 <5 520 34
5007 Δ 125 <5 507 23
5008 122 <5 515 30
5009 124 <5 544 35
5010 123 <5 Δ 536 36
5011 Δ 126 <5 511 27
5012 124 <5 596 36
5013 119 <5 519 39
5014 122 <5 523 37
5015 123 <5 510 40
5016 120 20 490 35 Δ
5017 121 <5 573 40
5018 120 <5 549 39
5019 122 50 537 30
5020 118 <5 521 37
[Table 45]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
6001 121 30 512 24
6002 122 <5 574 31
6003 117 <5 Δ 501 32
6004 120 <5 514 26
6005 121 <5 Δ 525 42
6006 115 <5 514 32
6007 120 <5 548 27
6008 119 <5 503 30
6009 117 <5 522 38
6010 122 <5 Δ 527 41
6011 119 <5 536 32
6012 123 20 478 27 Δ
6013 118 <5 506 30
6014 118 <5 525 39
6015 114 <5 503 35
6016 122 40 526 27
6017 119 <5 Δ 507 30
6018 121 <5 589 31
6019 120 <5 508 25
6020 121 <5 Δ 504 43
[Table 46]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
6021 116 <5 501 33
6022 120 <5 547 29
6023 119 <5 523 30
6024 120 <5 Δ 525 40
6025 120 <5 496 30
6026 114 <5 518 34
6027 119 <5 487 28 Δ
6028 118 <5 524 35
6029 122 <5 Δ 540 41
6030 118 <5 511 29
6031 119 40 519 28
6032 120 <5 572 32
6033 123 <5 Δ 515 36
6034 122 <5 580 35
6035 123 <5 517 27
6036 121 <5 503 26
6037 117 <5 536 30
6038 116 <5 506 30
6039 120 <5 485 28 Δ
6040 116 <5 528 36
[Table 47]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
6041 117 <5 496 30
6042 120 <5 Δ 574 34
6043 123 10 Δ 506 43
6044 115 10 500 30
6045 119 20 Δ 485 27 Δ
6046 121 40 512 24
6047 123 <5 557 25
6048 120 <5 526 30
6049 120 <5 502 24
6050 124 <5 480 31
6051 117 <5 534 32
6052 123 <5 Δ 523 38
6053 123 <5 506 39
6054 115 <5 485 31
6055 122 <5 Δ 512 44
6056 120 <5 480 33 Δ
6057 121 <5 479 25 Δ
6058 116 <5 525 34
6059 119 20 482 35
6060 118 30 513 38
[Table 48]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
6061 123 30 530 22
6062 119 10 538 33
6063 118 <5 504 37
6064 121 <5 526 30
6065 123 <5 565 35
6066 120 <5 501 25
6067 119 <5 526 26
6068 122 <5 502 30
6069 124 <5 484 28 Δ
6070 115 <5 548 37
6071 118 <5 530 34
6072 119 <5 515 30
6073 121 <5 Δ 579 35
6074 117 <5 517 32
6075 117 <5 513 38
6076 122 40 535 28
6077 119 <5 490 30
6078 122 <5 Δ 513 40
6079 118 <5 524 30
6080 123 <5 482 35
[Table 49]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
6081 118 <5 536 34
6082 123 <5 510 25
6083 119 <5 504 32
6084 117 <5 533 34
6085 118 10 501 30
6086 117 <5 545 37
6087 119 <5 503 34
6088 115 <5 526 36
6089 119 <5 514 39
6090 121 20 Δ 480 35
6091 122 30 516 24
6092 118 <5 532 30
6093 119 <5 539 34
6094 117 <5 528 32
6095 119 <5 507 30
6096 122 <5 508 22
6097 117 <5 510 31
6098 117 <5 527 32
6099 116 <5 529 34
6100 119 <5 515 32
[Table 50]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
6101 115 <5 530 38
6102 118 <5 512 36
6103 119 <5 501 35
6104 117 <5 535 32
6105 117 <5 517 37
[Table 51]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
7001 Δ 138 670 18
7002 Δ 136 712 20
7003 132 783 23
7004 138 736 21
7005 136 785 23
7006 Δ 139 700 24
7007 Δ 138 707 23
7008 131 805 22
7009 136 768 19
7010 135 778 23
7011 Δ 137 677 23
7012 134 800 21
7013 133 819 22
7014 Δ 138 641 21
7015 134 764 23
7016 129 759 20
7017 Δ 139 638 18
7018 135 717 20
7019 136 694 24
7020 Δ 138 712 25
[Table 52]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
7021 130 754 24
7022 Δ 134 780 23
7023 133 765 22
7024 135 772 23
7025 Δ 138 687 24
7026 135 718 24
7027 Δ 136 742 18
7028 Δ 138 785 20
7029 134 703 23
7030 135 820 18
[Table 53]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8001 132 655 15
8002 129 708 17
8003 127 768 20
8004 128 785 18
8005 131 714 16
8006 134 680 16
8007 132 764 17
8008 130 673 16
8009 132 759 18
8010 132 751 15
8011 134 767 17
8012 128 796 18
8013 129 784 18
8014 129 802 17
8015 133 679 15
8016 130 706 16
8017 129 707 18
8018 131 780 16
8019 128 768 16
8020 132 723 19
[Table 54]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8021 134 765 16
8022 132 770 16
8023 131 746 18
8024 132 816 19
8025 129 759 18
8026 130 726 17
8027 133 703 17
8028 132 737 18
8029 129 719 20
8030 133 645 23
8031 129 764 22
8032 131 790 19
8033 133 674 20
8034 131 748 23
8035 129 777 22
8036 131 725 23
8037 128 770 21
8038 131 815 18
8039 127 739 24
8040 130 721 22
[Table 55]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8041 128 735 23
8042 127 822 18
8043 131 780 18
8044 126 726 21
8045 128 766 22
8046 127 712 23
8047 128 674 21
8048 129 753 24
8049 127 768 22
8050 132 691 17
8051 131 717 17
8052 128 739 21
8053 128 730 22
8054 127 735 20
8055 134 818 15
8056 132 812 16
8057 131 755 18
8058 133 659 20
8059 132 740 17
8060 130 714 19
[Table 56]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8061 129 705 21
8062 131 690 22
8063 133 811 18
8064 131 746 17
8065 133 652 19
8066 130 758 19
8067 129 734 19
8068 131 710 17
8069 131 767 20
8070 131 753 18
8071 129 792 19
8072 131 736 21
8073 130 767 22
8074 132 679 19
8075 134 728 17
8076 133 795 16
8077 133 716 18
8078 132 809 18
8079 129 758 22
8080 130 724 21
[Table 57]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8081 132 706 23
8082 130 768 23
8083 128 774 25
8084 129 765 22
8085 130 729 23
8086 133 687 24
8087 131 798 20
8088 132 699 23
8089 130 740 21
8090 132 782 18
8091 129 763 22
8092 130 680 22
8093 131 655 23
8094 128 714 21
8095 132 638 24
8096 128 689 22
8097 129 711 21
8098 130 693 20
8099 127 702 21
8100 129 724 18
[Table 58]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8101 131 685 18
8102 132 690 21
8103 133 744 17
8104 130 726 17
8105 133 751 19
8106 130 752 21
8107 131 760 21
8108 132 748 22
8109 130 807 18
8110 133 739 16
8111 132 717 17
8112 134 763 20
8113 129 745 22
8114 132 722 20
8115 130 706 17
8116 133 684 19
8117 132 740 18
8118 133 765 16
8119 128 733 22
8120 131 819 19
[Table 59]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8121 130 788 20
8122 131 755 22
8123 127 711 21
8124 130 763 20
8125 131 687 18
8126 134 706 17
8127 128 730 22
8128 130 702 23
8129 132 727 21
8130 130 701 24
8131 129 745 22
8132 132 749 21
8133 130 826 18
8134 128 770 20
8135 129 828 17
8136 129 746 20
8137 130 784 23
8138 131 779 21
8139 128 710 22
8140 131 717 22
[Table 60]
No. machinability hot workability mechanical properties
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)
8141 131 687 22
8142 130 635 20
8143 129 710 23
8144 130 662 24
8145 128 728 23
8146 129 753 21
8147 130 709 24






[Table 65]
No. machinability corrosion resistance hot workability mechanical properties stress resistance corrosion cracking resistance
  form of chippings condition of cut surface cutting force (N) maximum depth of corrosion (µm) 700°C deformability tensile strength (N/mm2) elongation (%)  
13001 128 140 Δ 521 39
13002 126 130 Δ 524 41
13003 127 150 Δ 500 38
13004 127 160 Δ 508 38
13005 128 180 483 35
13006 129 170 488 37


[Table 67]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
7001a 1.3
7002a 0.8
7003a 0.9
7004a 1.4
7005a 1.3
7006a 1.7
7007a 1.8
7008a 1.2
7009a 0.8
7010a 2.4
7011a 1.9
7012a 1.2
7013a 1.1
7014a 2.7
7015a 1.4
7016a 1.3
7017a 1.6
7018a 1.4
7019a 1.9
7020a 1.5
[Table 68]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
7021a 1.3
7022a 0.9
7023a 1.2
7024a 1.0
7025a 2.3
7026a 1.7
7027a 1.8
7028a 1.1
7029a 1.5
7030a 1.4
[Table 69]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8001a 1.4
8002a 1.1
8003a 0.9
8004a 1.2
8005a 1.8
8006a 1.3
8007a 1.5
8008a 1.0
8009a 1.2
8010a 0.7
8011a 1.0
8012a 1.3
8013a 1.4
8014a 1.3
8015a 1.5
8016a 0.9
8017a 1.4
8019a 0.9
8019a 1.0
8020a 1.5
[Table 70]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8021a 1.0
8022a 1.4
8023a 1.4
8024a 0.8
8025a 1.2
8026a 1.4
8027a 1.9
8028a 0.9
8029a 1.4
8130a 2.2
8131a 2.1
8132a 1.0
8133a 2.4
8134a 1.4
8135a 1.2
8136a 1.5
8137a 1.3
8138a 0.8
8139a 1.4
8140a 1.5
[Table 71]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8041a 1.5
8042a 1.3
8043a 1.6
8044a 1.2
8045a 1.0
8046a 2.0
8047a 1.6
8048a 1.7
8049a 1.3
8050a 1.5
8051a 1.0
8052a 1.5
8053a 1.3
8054a 1.2
8055a 0.7
8056a 0.9
8057a 1.6
8058a 2.4
8059a 1.6
8060a 1.9
[Table 72]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8061a 1.6
8062a 1.9
8063a 1.2
8064a 1.7
8065a 2.0
8066a 1.4
8067a 1.5
8068a 1.2
8069a 0.9
8070a 1.0
8071a 1.7
8072a 1.9
8073a 1.6
8074a 1.6
8075a 1.8
8076a 0.8
8077a 1.3
8078a 1.2
8079a 1.4
8080a 1.3
[Table 73]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8081a 1.6
8082a 1.3
8083a 1.0
8084a 1.2
8085a 1.5
8086a 1.6
8087a 1.1
8088a 2.0
8089a 1.4
8090a 1.2
8091a 1.5
8092a 1.6
8093a 2.1
8094a 1.5
8095a 1.9
8096a 1.5
8097a 1.5
8098a 1.4
8099a 1.1
8100a 0.9
[Table 74]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8101 1.4
8102 1.3
8103 0.8
8104 0.8
8105 0.7
8106 0.9
8107 1.2
8108 1.1
8109 1.0
8110 0.7
8111 0.8
8112 1.2
8113 0.9
8114 1.2
8115 1.1
8116 1.4
8117 1.1
8118 0.9
8119 1.1
8120 0.9
[Table 75]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8121a 1.0
8122a 1.0
8123a 1.2
8124a 0.8
8125a 1.1
8126a 0.9
8127a 1.3
8128a 1.4
8129a 1.3
8130a 1.5
8131a 1.2
8132a 1.3
8133a 0.8
8134a 1.0
8135a 0.8
8136a 1.3
8137a 1.1
8138a 0.9
8139a 1.2
8140a 1.0
[Table 76]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
8141a 1.4
8142a 1.8
8143a 1.6
8144a 1.9
8145a 1.1
8146a 1.2
8147a 1.4
[Table 77]
No. wear resistance
  weight loss by wear (mg/100000rot.)
14001a 500
14002a 620
14003a 520
14004a 450
14005a 25
14006a 600



Claims

1. A lead-free, free-cutting copper alloy which comprises 69 to 79 wt% copper; 2.0 to 4.0 wt% silicon; 0.1 to 1.5 wt% aluminum; and 0.02 to 0.25 wt% phosphorus; and the remaining wt% zinc, and wherein the copper alloy optionally further includes one of:

a) at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 wt% chromium and 0.02 to 0.4 wt% titanium; or

b) at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 wt% bismuth, 0.02 to 0.4 wt% tellurium and 0.02 to 0.4 wt% selenium; or

c) at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 wt% chromium, and 0.02 to 0.4 wt% titanium; and at least one element selected from among 0.02 to 0.4 wt% bismuth, 0.02 to 0.4 wt% tellurium and 0.02 to 0.4 wt% selenium.


 
2. A lead-free free-cutting copper alloy as defined in claim 1, which is subjected to a heat treatment for 30 minutes to 5 hours at 400 to 600°C.
 


Ansprüche

1. Bleifreie Automatenkupferlegierung, umfassend 69 bis 79 Gewichtsprozent Kupfer; 2,0 bis 4,0 Gewichtsprozent Silicium; 0,1 bis 1,5 Gewichtsprozent Aluminium; und 0,02 bis 0,25 Gewichtsprozent Phosphor; und die übrigen Gewichtsprozent Zink, und wobei die Kupferlegierung ferner optional enthält:

a) zumindest ein Element ausgewählt aus 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Chrom und 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Titan; oder

b) zumindest ein Element ausgewählt aus 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Bismut, 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Tellur und 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Selen; oder

c) zumindest ein Element ausgewählt aus 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Chrom und 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Titan; und zumindest ein Element ausgewählt aus 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Bismut, 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Tellur und 0,02 bis 0,4 Gewichtsprozent Selen.


 
2. Bleifreie Automatenkupferlegierung nach Anspruch 1, die 30 Minuten bis 5 Stunden lang einer Hitzebehandlung bei 400 bis 600°C unterzogen wird.
 


Revendications

1. Alliage de cuivre de décolletage sans plomb, comprenant de 69 % 79 % en poids de cuivre, de 2,0 % à 4,0 % en poids de silicium, de 0,1 % à 1,5 % en poids d'aluminium, de 0,02 % à 0,25 % en poids de phosphore, le pourcentage en poids restant étant constitué de zinc, et dans lequel l'alliage de cuivre comprend en outre optionnellement un élément parmi:

a) au moins un élément sélectionné parmi 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de chrome, et 0,02 % et 0,4 % en poids de titane; ou

b) au moins un élément sélectionné parmi 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de bismuth, 0,02 % et 0,4 % en poids de tellure, et 0,02 % et 0,4 % en poids de sélénium; ou

c) au moins un élément sélectionné parmi 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de chrome, et 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de titane; et au moins un élément sélectionné parmi 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de bismuth, 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de tellure, et 0,02 % à 0,4 % en poids de sélénium.


 
2. Alliage de cuivre de décolletage sans plomb selon la revendication 1, qui est soumis à un traitement thermique pendant 30 minutes à 5 heures entre 400°C et 600°C.
 




Drawing