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Default Which Bronze?

"Marty" wrote in message
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William Longyard wrote:
What type of bronze is best for underwater use? Aluminum bronze, silicon
bronze, other?


Salt or Fresh, Tropical, arctic.....? What use, mechanical load,
vibration, stress, compression, tension, torsion...etc?

Cheers
Marty



One with a low zinc content. :-)

http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/chemdata/alloys.htm
http://preview.tinyurl.com/466lml

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