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Basis Material
Plare Coating Carbon Steel Zine Stainless Steel Aluminum Copper Brass Nylon Polyphenylene
Oxide		 Polyphenylene Bronze Alloy
Steels
Cadmium 1,2                   1,2
Zine 1,2                   1,2
Brass 2 2     2           2
Nickel 1,2   2   1,2 1,2       2 1,2
                       
Copper 6                   6
Tin 1,2,5,6       6 6         1,2,5,6
Chromium 4 4                 4
Silver         2 2       2  
                       
Gold         2 2       2  
Bronze 1,2 2     1,2           1,2
Copper-nickel 1,2 1,2         2 2 2    
Copper-nickel-chromium 1,2,3 1,2,3 2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3 2,3,4 2,3 2,3,4 2,3 1,2,3

*1 = corrosion protection; 2 = apperance; 3 = Iarnish resistance; 4 = physical properties; 5 = in-process protection; 6 = simplication of subsequent processing.

(Reproduced from Design for assembly, James Bralla)

 

 

 

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