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 Copper Alloy Div. discussed several issues, such as gating sand castings Casting is the process of production of objects by pouring molten material into a cavity called a mold which is the negative, or mirror image of the object, and allowing it to cool and solidify.  and a metalcaster's perspective on large copper castings.

Discussed in the presentation "Optimization of Composition and Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Bronze Noun 1. aluminum bronze - an alloy of copper and aluminum with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosion
aluminium bronze

copper-base alloy - any alloy whose principal component is copper
 Alloy C95400" (04-109) by K. Sadayappan and M. Sahoo, CANMET/MTL, and H.T. Michels, Copper Development Assn., were the effects alloying elements had on the mechanical properties and microstructures of aluminum bronze alloy C95400. The nominal composition typically recommended for the alloy was found not to be optimized. The authors discovered that if mechanical property requirements were to remain unchanged, then C95400 should have: less than 10.6% aluminum; 4% iron; and a nickel level of 0.25% or less.

M. Sadayappan, J. Thomson, R. Zavadil and M. Sahoo, CANMET/MTL, and H.T. Michels addressed in "Fading of Grain Refinement Grain refinement is a set of techniques used in metallurgy to ensure that the crystallites (grains) that make up a metallic object are sufficiently small, so as to increase its strength.  in Permanent Mold Cast Copper Alloys Copper alloys are alloys with Copper as their principial component. They have high resistance to corrosion.

Due to its high electric conductivity, pure electrolytic copper is used mostly for making of electrical cables.
" (04-112) how grain refinement, or fading, occurs in several materials, such as yellow brasses and silicon bronzes, but at different time lengths. It was determined that fading occurred when the refining element level fell below limits due to oxidation or melting losses.
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Title Annotation:108th Metalcasting Congress Report
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2004
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