Yellow Brass Pipe
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There are various alloys referred to as Yellow Brass. The alloy Trenton carries is Alloy 260 otherwise known as alloy UNS No. C26000. The pipe Standard applicable is ASTM B 135 - Seamless Brass Tube
Chemical Composition
Copper (Cu) = 68.5 to 71.5%
Lead (Pb) = max. 0.07%
Iron (Fe) = max. 0.05%
Zinc (Zn) = remainder (approx 30%)
Mechanical Properties
| Tensile Strength | Rockwell | Avg Grain size | |
| Temper designations | min. (ksi) | scale | max. (mm) |
| Standard O50 - Light Annealed | --- | F | 90 max 0.035 |
| Standard H58 - Drawn temper | 54.0 | 30T | 53 min --- |
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