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Copper Alloys
Copper Alloys C10100
Annealing Procedure
The annealing temperature for this alloy is between 700 and 1200 F.
Applications
Used for electrical and electronic conductors, wave guides, cavity resonators, superconductor matrixes, vacuum tube and solid-state devices, and glass-to-metal seals.
Cold Workability
The capacity for cold working this alloy is rated as "excellent".
Forgeability
The hot forgeability rating of this alloy is 65. (Forging brass = 100). The recommended hot working temperature for this alloy is between 1400 and 1600 F.
Hot Workability
This alloy's capacity for being hot formed is rated as "excellent".
Machinability
The machinability rating of this alloy is 20. (Where Alloy 360 FC Brass is 100).
Principle Design Features
Copper, OFE, Oxygen Free Electronic. C10100 has conductivity 101% IACS, the highest among coppers.
Weldability
Soldering is rated as "excellent", brazing is rated as "excellent", oxyacetylene welding is rated as "fair", gas shielded arc welding is rated as "good", coated metal arc welding is "not recommended", spot welding is "not recommended", seam welding is "not recommended" and butt welding is rated as "fair"
Known Forms
Bar-Hollow
Bus Bar
Casting
Casting-Centrifugal
Flat Bar
Foil
Forgings-Discs
Hexagon Bar
Open Die Forgings
Pipe-Seamless
Plate
Plate-Clad
Round Bar
Round Bar - Precision Ground
Seamless Rolled Rings
Sheet
Sheet-Flattened & Expanded
Sheet-Perforated
Square Bar
Strip
Tube-Hypodermic
Tube-Rectangular
Tube-Round (Seamless)
Tube-Round (Welded)
Tube-Square
Wire Cloth
Wire Rod
Wire-Flat
Wire-Round
Wire-Shaped
Wire-Square
Billet
Coil
Coil-Perforated
Contour Rings
Mandrel Rings
Ribbon
Round-Continuous Cast
Shafts
Shapes-CD
Shapes-Extruded
Tube-Finned
Tube-Hexagonal
Tube-Octagonal
Tube-Oval/Oblong
Tubulars-Continuous Cast
Welded Rings
Additional Data
Specifications
4700,B1,B111,B133,B152,B172,B173,B174,B187,B188,B189,B2,B224,B246,B272,B280,B286,B298,B3,B33,B355,B359,B432,B447,B451,B470,B48,B49,B496,B640,B641,B698,B75,F68,B-18907,W-3318,W-85,B575,B650,W343,C10100Dismiss
Chemical Elements
| Copper | 99.99 nom |
| Phosphorus | 0.0003 max |
| Remainder Total | 0.004 max |
| Tellurium | 0.001 max |
Physical Properties
Density: 0.323lb/in³
Electrical Resistivity: 10.3µΩ·cm
Melting Point: 1981°F
Thermal Conductivity: 18.8333BTU/hr·ft·°F
Thermal Expansion: 9.4µin/in·°F
Mechanical Properties
Modulus of Elasticity – Tension: 17MSI
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