I need to drill and tap for a brass insert into aluminium. Can anybody tell me which expands more - brass or aluminium?
Tia,
Cic.
Expansion of brass and aluminium
Nov 28, 2004
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Google is your friend (well in this case Yahoo but you know what I mean)
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0.02mm/m/K for brass 0.185mm/m/K for ally.
-- Malc
Also sprach "Cicero" :-
Ain't you got google?
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Thanks both for replies. I have got 'Google' but couldn't find an answer because I couldn't think of an appropriate search word / phrase.
What Google entry did you use to find these pages?
Cic.
Also sprach "Cicero" :-
"Coefficient of expansion" aluminum brass
Note the American spelling.
expansion coefficient of brass
without quotes too.
-- Malc
Of course that should be the other way round. Just testing, harumph.
-- Malc
"Thanks again, both. It's a long, long time since I did "O" levels.
Cic.
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