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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Mueller Industries, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventor:
Barry Munce, Lexington, MI (US);
Assignee:
Mueller Industries, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 9/04 (2006.01); C22C 18/02 (2006.01); C22C 9/00 (2006.01); C22C 1/02 (2006.01); C22F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 9/00 (2013.01); C22C 1/02 (2013.01); C22C 9/04 (2013.01); C22C 18/02 (2013.01); C22F 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brass alloy containing trace amounts of iron, manganese and aluminum is disclosed. Phosphorus is added to a zinc, copper melt and combined with the iron, manganese and aluminum to form intermetallics. Additional phosphorus is added so the melt contains between about 0.08 to 0.15% phosphorus. The alloy has tin in the range of 0.15% to 0.35%.