Do you need custom fasteners created with Silicon Bronze 655? Since our inception, Vegas Fastener Group has met every challenge of providing
Quality, Timely, Cost-effective solutions for specialty fastener applications. Every product is built to your specifications, using your prints if necessary.
Below are the technical specifications of the Silicon Bronze 655 Bar Stock we have available to meet your needs.
Herculoy®, High-Silicon Bronze A, UNS C65500, H06 (50%) Temper rod
Subcategory: Bronze; Copper Alloy; Metal; Nonferrous Metal Key Words: HCDA 655, CS101, ISO CuSi3Mn1, CEN CS101, copper-silicon, silicon bronze
| Component | Wt. % |
| Cu | 97 |
| Fe | Max 0.8 |
| Mn | Max 1.5 |
| Ni | Max 0.6 |
| Pb | Max 0.5 |
| Si | 2.8 – 3.8 |
| Zn | Max 1.5 |
Material Notes: Good to excellent corrosion resistance. Excellent hot and cold workability. Fabricated by blanking, drawing, forming and bending, heading and upsetting, hot forging and pressing, roll threading and knurling, shearing, squeezing, and swaging. Applications: hydraulic pressure lines, anchor screws, bolts, cable clamps, cap screws, machine screws, marine hardware, nuts, pole-line hardware, rivets, U-bolts, electrical conduits, heat exchanger tubing, welding rod, propeller shafts.
Test specimen: wire – 2mm diameter.
| Physical Properties | Metric | English | Comments |
| Density | 8.53 g/cc | 0.308 lb/in³ | at 20°C (68°F) |
| Mechanical Properties | |||
| Hardness, Rockwell B | 95 | 95 | |
| Tensile Strength, Ultimate | 745 MPa | 108000 psi | |
| Tensile Strength, Yield | 415 MPa | 60200 psi | 0.5% extension under load |
| Elongation at Break | 13 % | 13 % | In 50 mm |
| Modulus of Elasticity | 105 GPa | 15200 ksi | |
| Poisson’s Ratio | 0.346 | 0.346 | |
| Machinability | 30 % | 30 % | UNS C36000 (free-cutting brass) = 100% |
| Shear Modulus | 39 GPa | 5660 ksi | |
| Shear Strength | 425 MPa | 61600 psi | |
| Electrical Properties | |||
| Electrical Resistivity | 2.46e-005 ohm-cm | 2.46e-005 ohm-cm | at 20°C (68°F) |
| Thermal Properties | |||
| CTE, linear 250°C | 18 µm/m-°C | 10 µin/in-°F | from 20-300°C (68-570°F) |
| Heat Capacity | 0.38 J/g-°C | 0.0908 BTU/lb-°F | |
| Thermal Conductivity | 36 W/m-K | 250 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F | |
| Melting Point | 970 – 1025 °C | 1780 – 1880 °F | |
| Solidus | 970 °C | 1780 °F | |
| Liquidus | 1025 °C | 1880 °F | |
| Processing Properties | |||
| Annealing Temperature | 475 – 700 °C | 887 – 1290 °F | |
| Hot-Working Temperature | 700 – 875 °C | 1290 – 1610 °F | |
| Recrystallization Temperature | 4.44 °C | 40 °F | C37700 (forging brass) = 100% |
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