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Copper alloy NRB

Copper alloy NRB

Copper alloy NRB

(OP)
Does anybody know what type of copper alloy is NRB. What would be the C number or chemical composition?

RE: Copper alloy NRB

Not sure, but it may well be Naval Rolled Brass (Tobin bronze) i.e. 60% copper, 39% zinc, 0.75% tin. This brass has increased corrosion resistance and is commonly used for condenser tube plates.

RE: Copper alloy NRB

What's the application or from what component?

RE: Copper alloy NRB

(OP)
It is specified on an old drawing (1956) for a Heat Exchanger Tubesheet. It says: B171 NRB. Tubes are Cu/Ni 90/10 , so it could well be Naval Rolled Brass as suggested.

RE: Copper alloy NRB

Without looking it up, 60% Cu sounds like Muntz (C28000), a common tubesheet material.
Naval is C46400, also 60%Cu.  There used to be a dozen variations of this with Sb, As, and all sorts of other additions.

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RE: Copper alloy NRB

ijzer, just noticed this thread. An older copy of SB-171 lists "Naval Brass, Uninhibited" as C46400 and "Naval Brass, Arsenical" as C46500. Bound to be one or the other.

Regards,

Mike

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