Red brass is the most durable of all metals for the plumbing industry and commercial water pipe applications. It is excellent for resistance to dezincification and season cracking which most high copper brasses are known for. Dezincification Resistant Alloys (also known as DZR or DR Alloys) such as Red Brass C352 has a small amount of arsenic added to the alloy in order to prevent chlorinated water from leaching the zinc from your plumbing products which eventually leads to the weaking and cracking of your plumbing products.
Red brass is also specified for underground service lines since it offers great corrosion resistance to all types of potable waters, and has moderate strength and good retention of spring properties.
ASTM B134, ASTM B135, ASTM B43, SAE J461
C230 brass is the most durable of all metals for commercial water pipe in the practical price range. Excellent for its resistance to dezincification and season cracking for which the high copper brasses are known. Moderate strength and good retention of spring properties. Specified for underground service lines since it offers greatest corrosion resistance to all types of potable waters. Applications for C230 brass include costume jewelry, fire hose couplings, zippers, condenser and heat exchanger tubes. Popular as an outdoor metal and has found for itself a very important place in modern architecture. Also known as Nordic Brass. The EN equivalent for this alloy is CuZn15.
Typical Uses for C23000 Red Brass:
ARCHITECTURE: Etching Parts, Weather Strip, Trim
ELECTRICAL: Sockets, Screw Shells, Conduit, Rotor Bars, AC Motors
FASTENERS: Fasteners, Eyelets
INDUSTRIAL: Heat Exchanger Shells, Flexible Metal Hose, Pump Cylinder Liners, Tags, Radiator Cores, Pickling Crates, Condenser Tubes, Fire Extinguishers, Tubing for Instrumentation, Tubing for Heat Exchangers, Heat Exchangers
BUILDERS HARDWARE: Kick Plates
PLUMBING: Fittings, Pump Lines, Pipe Service Lines, Pipe Nipples, Pipe, Service Lines, J-Bends, Traps
OTHER: Fire Hose Couplings
Typical Uses for C836 Leaded Red Brass "SAE 40":
ARCHITECTURE: Ornamental Fixtures
BUILDERS HARDWARE: Hardware
BUILDING: Lightning Protection, Heating Equipment, Cooling Equipment, Trowels for Cement Working
ELECTRICAL: Electrical Hardware, Switches, Electrical Equipment
FASTENERS: Large Hold Down Screws
INDUSTRIAL: Handles for Dental Equipment, Air Actuators, Valve Bodies, Valves, Bushings, Pump Parts, Pumps, Valve Bodies, Impellers, Pump Fixtures, Couplings, Valves, Transducer Housings, Valve Bodies for the Water Meter Industry, Valves for the Water Meter Industry, Pumps, Low Pressure Valves, Small Gears, Bearings, Bearing Segments for Steel Industry, Pressure Blocks for Steel Industry, Rings, Printing Presses, Furnace
MARINE: Marine Products, Parts for Boats
PLUMBING: Faucets, Fixtures, Pipe Fittings
Typical Uses for C84400 Leaded Semi-Red Brass:
ARCHITECTURE: Ornamental Fixtures
BUILDERS HARDWARE: Door Hardware for Prisons, Hardware, Dead Bolt Locks, Cases for Dead Bolt Locks
BUILDING: Cooling Equipment, Heating Equipment
CONSUMER: Musical Instruments
ELECTRICAL: Electrical Equipment
INDUSTRIAL: Valves, Valves for Water Meters, Low Pressure Fittings, Valve Bodies for the Water Industry, Valve Seat, Pump Fixtures
MARINE: Marine Hardware, Boat Parts, Nuts for Transducers
PLUMBING: Fixtures, Pipe Fittings