Originally Posted by
Tdotbikes
I was at a local welding supply store and asked for some 1/16” bare brass rod. The old guy behind the counter snarled at me and said “You mean bronze rod!”
Yeah not everyone is agnostic about that!
Again I'm not saying brass is right and bronze is wrong, but look up the dictionary definitions:
bronze = copper/tin
brass = copper/zinc
Then look up the AWS designation of, say, C-04 bronze: RBCuZn-B. CuZn means copper and zinc. QED.
The following is from
brazing.com (Aufhauser):
Q: WHAT ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRASS AND BRONZE?
- Composition
- Brass: Copper and Zinc alloy
- Bronze: Copper and Tin alloy
- Properties
- Brass: Higher Malleability
- Bronze: Hard and brittle <- [does this sound like braze filler to you?]
- Melt Point
- Brass: Lower (~900°C); flows when melted <- [C-04 solidus is 866° C, Liquidus is 882° C.]
- Bronze: Higher (~950°C) depending on Tin quantity <- [higher than any CuZn braze filler]
Again, if you want to call C-04 bronze, you're in good company and you are
not wrong.