Brass Families

There are three main families of wrought
alloy brasses:
􀂋 Copper-Zinc alloys
􀂋 Copper-Zinc-Lead alloys (Leaded
brasses)
􀂋 Copper-Zinc-Tin alloys (Tin brasses)
Cast brass alloys can be broken into four
main families:
􀂋 Copper-Tin-Zinc alloys
􀂋 Manganese Bronze (high strength
brasses) and Leaded Manganese Bronze
(high tensile brasses)
􀂋 Copper-Zinc-Silicon alloys (Silicon
brasses and bronzes)
􀂋 Cast Copper-Bismuth and Copper-
Bismuth-Selenium alloys.