CZ101 / CW501L
Product Datasheet
Gilding Brass Service. Quality. Value.
Gilding Brass
A popular sheet product for architectural,
decorative and craft applications.
With approximately 90% copper and 10% zinc,
CZ101 (CW501L) offers excellent cold working and
formability characteristics; for this reason, the
product generally supplied in sheet form. The alloys
striking golden coloured appearance makes this
product popular in craft and architectural
applications. CZ101 (CW501L) is easy to engrave,
braze, solder or enamel. The alloy offers high
resilience to dezincification and stress corrosion.
We stock CZ101 (CW501L) gilding brass in sheet
and strip form.
Key Features Applications
Good overall strength Naval hardware
Excellent corrosion resistance Propeller shafts
Resistance to dezincification Missile components
Good rigidity Plumbing hardware
Can be hot worked Pressure vessels
Chemical Composition (weight %)
Cu Pb Fe Zn Other
Min 89.0
Max 91.0 0.05 0.1 Rem 0.4
Physical Properties
Melting Density Electrical Electrical Thermal Coefficient of Thermal
Point Conductivity Resistivity Conductivity (RT) Expansion (20 - 200°C)
1045°C 8.80 g/cm3 44% IACS 0.039 ohn mm2/m 188 W/m°K 18 x 10-6 / °C
UK Service Centres: Quality & Testing:
Smiths Belfast 02895 908 897 Smiths Leeds 0113 307 5167
Smiths Biggleswade 01767 604 704 Smiths Manchester 0161 794 8650
Smiths Birmingham 0121 728 4940 Smiths Norwich 01603 789 878
Smiths Bristol 0117 971 2800 Smiths Nottingham 0115 925 4801
Smiths Chelmsford 01245 466 664 Smiths Redruth 01209 315 512
Smiths Gateshead 0191 469 5428 Smiths Verwood 01202 824 347
Smiths Horsham 01403 261 981 Main Office 0845 527 3331 www.smithmetal.com [email protected]
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