Brass is not just a solitary composition. It’s made up of alloys of copper and zinc ranging from five to 40 per cent in quantities. Furthermore, smaller amounts of other alloying uded to give improved properties, including:
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- Aluminium – to improve resistance to corrosion
- Manganese, iron, tin and aluminium – to improve overall durability
- Lead – to improve machinability
Brass is available in a range of attractive colours and can be easily shaped for a plethora of applications and furnishings. Brasses also have a host of other useful properties, including:
- High electrical conductivity – very useful properties given that brass is used for the pins in a 13-amp plug.
- High thermal conductivity – extremely useful for instances when heat needs to be removed efficiently (take car radiators for example!)
- Impressive strength – this durability makes brass very useful for security products i.e. door locks which must resist bending.
With most brass products, at the end of their useful life they will be available for recycling. Here are some of the possible brass items you might have in your own home capable of being sold on to us for scrap:
- Taps
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- Locks
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- Piping
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- Letter boxes
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- Ornaments
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- And many more items
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Bronze is one of the world's oldest alloys that dates back several hundred years BC. Bronze and Brassare copper alloys, which means that they primarily contain copper with various other metals, such as zinc, tin, and lead to form a new metal in the form of bronze or brass. Some other metals can also be added, which ..
