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This document discusses material selections for various applications involving corrosion resistance in polluted, industrial, and fresh water environments. It recommends aluminium bronze AB1 or AB2 for heavy sulphur dioxide pollution or as reinforcing fixings near chimneys due to their high strength and resistance to stress corrosion. For larger, higher duty pumps and valves in fresh water, it recommends gunmetals LG2 or LG4, with LG4 being more suitable for higher water speeds. Aluminium bronze AB2 impellers may be used for still higher water velocities up to 45m/sec, often with LG4 pump bodies.

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This document discusses material selections for various applications involving corrosion resistance in polluted, industrial, and fresh water environments. It recommends aluminium bronze AB1 or AB2 for heavy sulphur dioxide pollution or as reinforcing fixings near chimneys due to their high strength and resistance to stress corrosion. For larger, higher duty pumps and valves in fresh water, it recommends gunmetals LG2 or LG4, with LG4 being more suitable for higher water speeds. Aluminium bronze AB2 impellers may be used for still higher water velocities up to 45m/sec, often with LG4 pump bodies.

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This document discusses material selections for various applications involving corrosion resistance in polluted, industrial, and fresh water environments. It recommends aluminium bronze AB1 or AB2 for heavy sulphur dioxide pollution or as reinforcing fixings near chimneys due to their high strength and resistance to stress corrosion. For larger, higher duty pumps and valves in fresh water, it recommends gunmetals LG2 or LG4, with LG4 being more suitable for higher water speeds. Aluminium bronze AB2 impellers may be used for still higher water velocities up to 45m/sec, often with LG4 pump bodies.

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This document discusses material selections for various applications involving corrosion resistance in polluted, industrial, and fresh water environments. It recommends aluminium bronze AB1 or AB2 for heavy sulphur dioxide pollution or as reinforcing fixings near chimneys due to their high strength and resistance to stress corrosion. For larger, higher duty pumps and valves in fresh water, it recommends gunmetals LG2 or LG4, with LG4 being more suitable for higher water speeds. Aluminium bronze AB2 impellers may be used for still higher water velocities up to 45m/sec, often with LG4 pump bodies.

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iii.

Polluted urban or industrial sites


The presence of sulphur compounds results in a darker tarnish film, but surface attack is unlikely to
exceed 0.007mm penetration a year.
Brightness is best retained by aluminium bronzes such as CuAl9.

iv. Heavy sulphur dioxide pollution


For high concentrations of combustion products such as sulphur dioxide, for example in the vicinity of
chimneys, use aluminium bronze such as AB1 or AB2.

3.2.3. Load bearing applications


While most brasses have good corrosion resistance in normal atmospheres, they are less suitable for use in
aggressive environments as they are subject to stress corrosion cracking in some circumstances. Special
brasses such as silicon brass and arsenical brass are more resistant.
Aluminium bronzes such as AB1 or AB2 have high strength and low susceptibility to stress corrosion.
AB2 has been used for access fittings for chimneys and as reinforcing fixings in the repair of old stone
work. Experience has shown that the large volume expansion occurring when iron rusts can cause severe
damage to stone work.
Alternatively gunmetals, or tin bronzes such CT1 or CuSn10 are suitable. Although of lower strength they
also have high resistance to stress corrosion.

3.3. Service in fresh waters

3.3.1. Pumps and other plumbing fittings


For many plumbing fittings such as valves, tees and branches, brasses to SCB3 and DCB3 specifications
are used extensively. They have good castability, are inexpensive, easily machined and they may be
electroplated without difficulty for decorative purposes. Alternatively gunmetals LG1 and LG2 are used.
Where dezincification is likely to be a problem, either of the brasses DZR1 or DZR2 should be used in
preference to SCB3 or DCB3, or alternatively gunmetals LG1 or LG2. These materials are also suitable
for underground fittings where attack from acidic waters is a possibility.
In circumstances where the presence of lead may be undesirable, silicon brass is recommended. It has
excellent casting qualities for both sand and diecasting, good resistance to corrosion and satisfactory
machinability although it is more expensive than other brasses.

3.3.2. Higher duty pumps and valves


The design of heavy-duty pumps needs significant expertise, especially if the fluid is corrosive and
contains abrasive suspended solids. Due to the severe turbulence experienced, flow rates are not easy to
predict. Impellers can be subject to cavitation corrosion and the bodies to erosion. Where electrolytic
corrosion is possible, such as in most aqueous liquids, it is normal to make the impeller of an alloy that is
more noble than the body so that the much larger mass of the body can be sacrificial. Similar
considerations apply to other small parts such as sealing rings and bearings.
For larger higher duty pumps and valves LG2 or LG4 are recommended. LG4 is more suitable where
water speeds are high. For pump parts such as impellers or bodies, LG2 is satisfactory for lower water
velocities and LG4 where impeller peripheral velocities are higher (up to 25m/sec). For still higher
velocities, aluminium bronze AB2 impellers may be used for peripheral velocities up to 45m/sec often
with LG4 pump bodies. Gunmetal impellers are also frequently used in conjunction with cast iron bodies.

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