What are the practical characteristics of Sand-Cast Brass?
Aside from being ornamental, what are its traits in terms of strength, durability, malleability, resistance to chemicals and corrosion, etc.?
Sand cast bass is a name given to molded pieces where a positive article is pressed into sand, and then removed, and then molten brass is poured into the depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_casting
The physical properties of the metal largely come from the type of brass that is used. There are many, many types of brass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass
Generally brasses used for molding (low melting point), lack the ductility for metal forming. So once you cast an item you really can not pound it into a different shape.
Properties like hardness, corrosion resistance, color are all dependant on the type of brass selected.
December 27th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Sand cast bass is a name given to molded pieces where a positive article is pressed into sand, and then removed, and then molten brass is poured into the depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_casting
The physical properties of the metal largely come from the type of brass that is used. There are many, many types of brass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass
Generally brasses used for molding (low melting point), lack the ductility for metal forming. So once you cast an item you really can not pound it into a different shape.
Properties like hardness, corrosion resistance, color are all dependant on the type of brass selected.
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