C65500 High Silicon Bronze "A"
Short Description:
C65500 is a high strength, engineering alloy that has excellent resistance to a wide range of corrosives, including fresh and salt water, most acids, alkalies, salts, and organic chemicals. However, it is not suitable for use with sulfides, nitric acid, acid chromates, or oxidizing salts such as ferric chloride. 655 Bronze has a combination of corrosion resistance, strength, resilience, and formability that makes them among the most widely used copper alloys. Noted to be non-sparking, galling resistant, and fatigue resistant. Typical applications of C65500 include electrical conduit, pump shafts, valve stems, tie rods, fasteners, marine and pole-line hardware, nuts, bolts, screws, rivets, nails, bushings, screen cloth and wire.
| Bronze, Copper & Brass Rectangular Bars (Flat Bars) | |||
| Parameter | Bronze Rectangular Bar (C93200 / C95400) | Copper Rectangular Bar (C11000 / C12200) | Brass Rectangular Bar (C36000 / C38500) |
| Material Type | Bearing Bronze / Aluminum Bronze | Electrolytic Tough Pitch (ETP) / Phosphorus Deoxidized | Free-Cutting Brass / Architectural Bronze |
| Standard | ASTM B505 / B124 | ASTM B187 / B124 | ASTM B16 / B453 |
| Thickness Range | 1/8" to 4" (3 mm to 102 mm) | 1/16" to 4" (1.6 mm to 102 mm) | 1/8" to 4" (3 mm to 102 mm) |
| Width Range | 1/4" to 12" (6 mm to 305 mm) | 1/4" to 12" (6 mm to 305 mm) | 1/4" to 12" (6 mm to 305 mm) |
| Length | 13" (330 mm) or 6.5 ft (2 m) stock | 12 ft (3.66 m) or Custom | 12 ft (3.66 m) or Custom |
| Temper Condition | As Cast / Annealed (O60) | Soft (Annealed – O60), Half-Hard (H58), Hard (H80) | Half-Hard (H02), Hard (H04) |
| Tensile Strength (Ultimate) | 35,000 – 103,000 psi (240 – 710 MPa) * | 30 – 38 ksi (210 – 260 MPa) | 48 – 65 ksi (330 – 450 MPa) |
| Yield Strength (0.5% Ext.) | 18,000 – 52,000 psi (125 – 360 MPa) * | 10 – 30 ksi (70 – 205 MPa) | 20 – 45 ksi (140 – 310 MPa) |
| Hardness (Brinell) | 65 – 220 HB * | 40 – 50 HB | 80 – 110 HB |
| Corrosion Resistance | Excellent (seawater) to Moderate * | Excellent | Good |
| Typical Applications | Wear plates, machine slides, bushings, bearing blocks, pump components, gear racks | Bus bars, grounding straps, electrical connectors, heat exchanger plates, transformer windings, gaskets | Valve plates, lock components, decorative trim, architectural hardware, screw machine parts, shims, nameplates |








