Product Description

A Copper Alloy is an alloy of primarily copper, mixed with different alloying elements that give rise to an entire range of materials, each of which is designed to maximize a particular characteristic such as strength, ductility, form-ability, mach-inability, or electrical conductivity. These alloys are grouped into "families", the names of which have become familiar - coppers, brasses, bronzes, copper-nickels, and nickel-silvers.

Coppers are made from copper with trace elements. Bronzes are made from copper alloyed primarily with tin. Copper-Nickels are made from copper alloyed primarily with nickel and manganese. Nickel Silvers are made from copper alloyed primarily with nickel and zinc.