White Brass

Does anyone have any idea on a price for white brass?

Originally Posted by ScrapperNJ26

Does anyone have any idea on a price for white brass?

What makes you think it's brass and not stainless steel. Can you post a picture or give some details what the item was used for.

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Gustavus

Would white brass ever show reddish when hit with a file? I found a piece of a shower curtain rod that I first thought was stainless but when I filed a spot it looked pinkish so I tossed it in my brass pile. I don't have a way to do a spark test currently.

Originally Posted by KZBell

Could be brass that is plated with something, if a mag doesn't stick I would guess it is brass.

Thanks, yes it was non-magnetic. A little research on google made me think it could have been chrome plated brass or copper but I'm still new to things like this so its nice to get the feedback.

They were from 2 old lamp bases I picked up yesterday. They were painted brass color, but scratch test came out silver. The 2 pieces come to 7 1/4 lbs. To heavy to be cast.

Monel one of the nickel alloys is slightly red it;s weired stuff slightly magnetic at room temperature and maybe more magnetic near welded seams or where a hole has been drilled or cut with a plasma,, virtually no spark, test with nitric acid turns green before being overcome with the copper content which eventually turns a pretty aqua blue almost turquoise.

On monel scrap look for traces of green oxides, this will be nickel that has reacted with the surrounding atmosphere.

Monel is commonly used for high end bathroom fixtures, kitchen sinks, pump impellers, boat propeller shafts. But is so tricky to truly identify most of us including me sell it as stainless steel scrap. The yards that own an XRF can identify these nickel alloys, bit I'm sure that they will not test every bit if Stainless you bring in on a whim.

We the junk man would have to know the metal and presort. If your yard says monel and inconel are bought as stainless, save it and find a buyer who specializes in nickel scrap, $7.00 a pound nothing to sneeze at.

Not much help on this stuff as I'm trying to learn more about nickel myself.

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Gustavus

First call to follow up on my Monel, $4.00 a pound, the alloy is 60 percent nickel 30 percent copper with some iron. I think that I can do better on price will have to wait until Monday to check on my second sample.

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Gustavus

Tried a spark test today and no sparks.....

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

There is a Red Brass never seen it in Sheet form Or a Flashing Form, I have seen copper in All Forms except Cast

Now you've seen copper cast into an art object, one of my castings. Wife uses it as weight to hold the door open.



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Gustavus

A good faucet will be chrome plated brass, cheap ones will be white metal.

Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

Now I can Say I seen it in Cast Gus lolol

Careful on that statement mrdwgood, copper does not cast very good at all, it is not used for that reason. Had I shown the backside on that casting you would see how poorly it went.

Bronze has good characteristics for casting art objects and has been traditionally used for casting for eons.

You can draw copper into wire or pipe, hammer or roll it it into sheet or work it on a metal spinning lathe, using a wood stick you can form the copper sheet over a mold to make an object.

To name one item. Copper starter and generator brushes have been formed using powder technology called sintering.

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Gustavus

These are die cast zinc metals or (pot metal) which is just metal with no scientific makeup as far as percentages of the metals involved they are usually mixtures of copper brass chromium zinc and are used mostly for water applications my yard pays faucets 1.65 pound

I found a box of old coin slot mechanisms that were used in Laundry machines. Probably from 70s. I believe the outer part is White brass, but after reading this post wonder if it could be Nickle?

The Slide in the coin slot is yellow brass - but I've separated them.

Originally Posted by ScrapperNJ26

Does anyone have any idea on a price for white brass?