Annealed Copper Sheet

You can anneal any grade and thickness of copper as long as you have a flame that can transmit enough heat to the metal.

Annealed copper sheet.

Copper is a bendable flexible metallic element that s normally reddish brown in color. This malleability allows you to hammer and mold the copper into any shape you wish without cracking the metal. When you anneal copper it expands and becomes soft and pliable thus giving you a seal once the copper has been compressed. On the other hand copper can be softened even more than it naturally is.

Common applications for annealed metals include. The copper most commonly used for sheet and strip applications complies with astm b370. Certificate of conformance provided upon request other alloys and tempers available upon request. This is very thin copper foil.

If you hit it repeatedly it becomes harder. Work hardened materials such as sheet metal that has undergone a stamping process or cold drawn bar stock. It is approximately 1 5 times thicker than typical household aluminum foil and is easy to cut but also easy to wrinkle. Annealing copper makes it softer and less brittle which allows you to bend it without breaking it.

Typically non annealed copper head gaskets are harder to bend thus causing leaks if you install them as is. These sheets are pure copper c110 99 9 pure copper. It consists of 99 9 percent copper and is available in six tempers designated by astm b370 as. 060 soft h00 cold rolled h01 cold rolled high yield h02 half hard h03 three quarter hard and h04 hard.

Top annealed bottom non annealed. You can tear. These products made from copper and copper alloys may be heat treated for several purposes such as homogenizing annealing stress relieving and precipitation hardening. Metal wire that has been drawn from one size to a smaller size may also undergo an annealing process.

They have a bare smooth commercial finish are annealed soft malleable annealed copper is much more pliable and workable than non annealed copper and manufactured to astm b152. They consist of wire and cable sheet strip plate rod bars tubing forgings castings and powder metallurgy shapes. 1 mil 001 inches thick. Triumph 650 copper head gaskets.