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Old 10-05-2009, 08:11 PM
blahman blahman is offline
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Douglas and others,

Hello all,

onlinemetals.com offers Aluminum Bronze, alloy C95400, in 3/8"x2" and 1.5". The total cost for all of the bronze I need (12ft of 2", 6ft of 1.5") would be about $300.

I have seen people say that aluminum nickle bronze and silicon bronze are good choices for use as chainplates. However, I'm not sure about "aluminum bronze". It's specifications are thus:

Aluminum Bronze, C954
Minimum Properties Ultimate Tensile Strength, psi 85,000
Yield Strength, psi 32,000
Elongation in 2" 12%
Brinell Hardness 170
Chemistry Copper (Cu) 83.0% min
Iron (Fe) 3.0 - 5.0%
Aluminum (Al) 10.0 - 11.5%


As opposed to silicon bronze:

Silicon Bronze, C655
Minimum Properties Ultimate Tensile Strength, psi 85,000
Yield Strength, psi 55,000
Elongation in 2" 20%
Rockwell Hardness B90
Chemistry Copper (Cu) 97.0% min
Iron (Fe) 0.8% max
Manganese (Mn) 1.5% max
Nickel (Ni) 0.6% max
Lead (Pb) 0.5% max
Silicon (Si) 2.8 - 3.8%
Zinc (Zn) 1.5% max


Does anyone have experience using aluminum bronze; I want to make sure it is a strong enough metal. I'm not sure if "32,000 psi" for yield strength is enough compared to silicon bronze's "55,000 psi". I have found sources for aluminum nickle and silicon bronze sheet, but the total cost is near or above $1000, and I'd still have to cut it, so if this "aluminum bronze" is acceptable, it would be nice!

Thank you for your time!
Aaron
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