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Description of Materials

Specification B.S.S.or i.S.S Nominal Composition(%) U.T.S. Kg/mm2 Elon- gation % (Min) End uses
Copper Lead Zinc Tin Other Elements
Free Cutting Brass Rods ISS 319 Type 1 BSS 249 or 59 to 60 56 to 59 2.5 to 3.5 2 to 3.5 Bal Bal - 39 39/15 15 Free Cutting Tumong & Maching
Hot Forging Brass Rods ISS 3488 BSS 218 or 56 to 60 56 to 60 1 to 2 1 to 2.5 -do- -do- - 35 35/15 15 Hot Forgings and Stamping Marinel Hardware
Naval brass Rod ISS 291 BSS 251 or 61 to 64 0.2 -do- 1 to 15 - 35 18  
Cold Headings BSS 2874 59 to 62 0.1 -do- - - 34 26 Spoke nipples, rivets and cold headung jobs high tensile
Brass Rods DTD 627 CZ 109 - - - - - - - -
High Tensile Brass Rods BSS 250 56 to 61 0.5 -do- Sn.0.5 Fe. 1.0 53 15  
(Mn.Bronze) ISS 320         Mn.1.0 - - Jobs like Railay Hardware, Value Spindles etc.
High Tensile Forging Brass Rods BSS 1001 56 to 60 5 to 1.5 -do- A 1.08 6 to 1.1 min 0.3 to 2 47 15 -
Copper Electrolytic high conductivity Rods ISS 613 99.9 - - - to 1.2.03 24 45 Electrical Equipment Bus-Bars
Arsenical Copper Rods (0.3% to 0.5% Arsenic) ISS 288 99.2 - - - Ph.05 22 40 Railways Components
Ph.Deoxidsed Copper ISS 41171 99.85 - - - Ph.05 23 33 Electrical Components