Any metallurgists or engineers re: brass

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:42 pm

I'm not referring to the character, Brass in CSI. I am talking about brass for everyday things.

Can brass withstand heat up to 500 degrees? Is it useful for that purpose and is it easily corroded or very tough to corrode?

I was reading about brass, so that got me thinking and asking if any of you may know about this.

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by **Beta** on Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:16 pm

I don't remember the exact figures but (ballpark) brass will melt at 1500 degrees F. Brass doesn't corrode very easily also btw...it will turn green...but virtually not corrode.

Brass WILL lose 1/3 of it's integrity @ 300 degrees though. But that's more in a "structural" type scenario. May I ask what you're using it for?

by **Brent Burns** on Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:37 pm

Beta wrote:I don't remember the exact figures but (ballpark) brass will melt at 1500 degrees F. Brass doesn't corrode very easily also btw...it will turn green...but virtually not corrode.

Brass WILL lose 1/3 of it's integrity @ 300 degrees though. But that's more in a "structural" type scenario. May I ask what you're using it for?

I am not going to use brass for anything, but I was just reading about the ancient Hebrews using an altar that was totally brass overlaying acacia wood (shittim wood found in the Sinai Desert). The dimensions of that altar was 7 1/2 feet long, 7 1/2 feet wide, and 4 1/2 feet high (I don't remember the exact cubits), so I kind of figured out that the heat probably was disspiated throughout that altar. I also read that the fire in the altar had to be continually kept burning, so that just made me wonder how durable and how much that brass could withstand. Of course, there was no information exactly what was included in that type of brass. Today, the properties of brass in our world varies.