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Material Description

Material Number Material Name Material Number (single) Standard Scope Standard Status Country Predecessor Successor VDA 231-106 classification
CW502L (DIN EN 12166 : 2016-11) CuZn15 CW502L DIN EN 12166 : 2016-11 DIN EN 12166 : 2016-11 replaced by DIN EN 12166 : 2024-12 Replaced Germany CuZn15 CuZn15 3.2 1)
1) Remark: Wire fom copper alloy for general purposes.

Chemical Composition

Al [%] Cu [%] Fe [%] Ni [%] Pb [%] Sn [%] Remainder
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Material Compliance

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Mechanical Properties

Semi-finished Product Strength Abbrevation Nominal Size [mm] Temperature [°C] Tensile Strength [MPa] Yield Strength (0.2% offset) [MPa] Elongation A100 [%] Elongation A11,3 [%] Elongation A [%] Hardness HV
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Physical Properties

Temperature [°C] Melting Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³] Young's Modulus [GPa] Shear Modulus [GPa] Poisson's Ratio Mean Coefficient of Thermal Expansion [10^-6*K^-1] Thermal Conductivity [W/(m*K)] Specific Electrical Resistance [µΩm] Mean Specific Heat Capacity [kJ/(kg*K)] Electric Conductivity [MS/m] Specific Electric Conductivity [% IACS]
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Cross Reference

Material Name Country Standard
230 Australia AS/NZS 1573 1)
CuZn15 Europe EN 12166
CuZn15 International ISO 1638 1)
C2300 Japan JIS H 3260 1)
C23000 USA UNS 1)
B134 UNS C23000 USA ASTM B134 1)
C23000 USA SAE J461 1)
C23000 USA SAE J463 1)
CuZn15 Germany DIN 17660 2)
2.0240 Germany DIN 17660 2)
1) Source: Deutsches Kupferinstitut Berufsverband e.V., Düsseldorf
2) Source: DIN CEN/TS 13388 (DIN SPEC 9700)

Producer/Supplier/Trade names

Tradename Supplier
CuZn15 Allmeson GmbH, Heusenstamm
CuZn15 Wieland Metal Services Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf
CuZn15 CSN Carl Schreiber GmbH, Neunkirchen
CuZn15 Emil Müller GmbH, Reichshof-Hespert
CuZn15 Eugen Geyer GmbH, Königsbach-Stein
CuZn15 Feindrahtwerk Adolf Edelhoff GmbH & Co, Iserlohn
CuZn15 J.G. Dahmen & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, Iserlohn
CuZn15 KME Germany GmbH, Osnabrück
CuZn15 MGI GmbH, Olpe
CuZn15 MPG Mendener Präzisionsrohr GmbH, Menden
CuZn15 Manfred J.C. Niemann, Bremen
CuZn15 Messingwerk Plettenberg Herfeld & Co. KG, Plettenberg
Cu-Zn15 Metall Dittrich, Velbert
CuZn15 Nussbaum Metallhandel GmbH, Bad Wörishofen
2185 OTTO FUCHS KG, Meinerzhagen
CuZn15 Peterseim GmbH & Co. KG, Olpe
MB15 Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co.KG, Hemer
MD15 Sundwiger Messingwerk GmbH & Co.KG, Hemer
Ms 85 Le Bronze alloys Germany GmbH, Lüdenscheid
M15 Wieland-Werke AG, Ulm
CuZn15 Wieland-Werke AG, Velbert
223 William Prym Holding GmbH, Stolberg

Linear-elastic

Temperature [°C] Young's modulus [GPa] Bulk modulus [GPa] Shear modulus [GPa] Poisson's ratio
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Yield strength

Temperature [°C] 0.1% Proof strength [MPa] 0.2% Proof strength [MPa] Yield strength [MPa]
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Electrical resistivity

Temperature [°C] Specific electrical resistance [µΩm]
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Specific heat

Temperature [°C] Specific heat [kJ/(kg*K)]
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Density

Temperature [°C] Density [g/cm³]
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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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Thermal conductivity

Temperature [°C] Thermal conductivity [W/(m*K)]
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Classification

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Yield strength

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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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WIAM Material Treatment Semi-finished product Dimension [mm] Load type Failure criteria Rolling direction Maximum stress [MPa] Strain at maximum stress [%] Source description
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Yield strength

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Tensile strength

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Yield strength

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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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WIAM Material Treatment Semi-finished product Dimension [mm] Load type Failure criteria Rolling direction Maximum stress [MPa] Strain at maximum stress [%] Source description
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Yield strength

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Tensile strength

Temperature [°C] Tensile strength [MPa]
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WIAM Material Treatment Semi-finished product Dimension [mm] Load type Failure criteria Rolling direction Maximum stress [MPa] Strain at maximum stress [%] Source description
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