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Linear Thermal Expansion Coefficients of Metals and Alloys

Table 17-1 provides the linear thermal expansion coefficients of the most frequently used metals and allows. Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOYS ppm/C ppm/F

Aluminum (99.996%)

23.6

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Wrought Alloys EC 1060 and 1100 2011 and 2014 2024 2218 3003 23.6 23.0 22.8 22.3 23.2 13.1 12.8 12.7 12.4 12.9

4032 5005, 5050, and 5052 5056 5083 5086

19.4 23.8 24.1 23.4 23.9

10.8 13.3 13.4 13.0 13.3

5154 5357 5456 6061 and 6063 6101 and 6151

23.9 23.7 23.9 23.4 23.0

13.3 13.2 13.3 13.0 12.8

7075 7090 and 7178

23.2 23.4

12.9 13.0

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys ALUMINUM AND ALUMINUM ALLOYS (Continued) Casting Alloys A13 43 and 108 A108 A132 D132 20.4 22.0 21.5 19.0 20.5 11.4 12.3 12.0 10.6 11.4 ppm/C ppm/F

F132 138 142 195 B195

20.7 21.4 22.5 23.0 22.0

11.5 11.9 12.5 12.8 12.3

214 220 319 355 356

24.0 25.0 21.5 22.0 21.5

13.4 13.9 12.0 12.3 12.0

360 750 40E COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS Wrought Coppers Pure Copper Electrolytic Tough Pitch Copper (ETP) Deoxidized Copper, High Residual Phosphorous (DHP) Oxygen-Free Copper Free-Machining Copper 0.5% Te or 1% Pb

21.0 23.1 24.7

11.7 12.9 13.8

16.5 16.8 17.7 17.7 17.7

9.2 9.4 9.9 9.9 9.9

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS (Continued) Wrought Alloys (Continued) Gilding, 95% Commercial Bronze, 90% Jewelry Bronze, 87.5% Red Brass, 85% Low Brass, 80% 18.1 18.4 18.6 18.7 19.1 10.1 10.3 10.4 10.4 10.6 ppm/C ppm/F

Cartridge Brass, 70% Yellow Brass Muntz Metal Leaded Commercial Bronze Low-Leaded Brass

19.9 20.3 20.8 18.4 20.2

11.1 11.2 11.5 10.2 11.3

Medium-Leaded Brass High-Leaded Brass Extra-High-Leaded Brass Free-Cutting Brass Leaded Muntz Metal

20.3 20.3 20.5 20.5 20.8

11.3 11.3 11.4 11.4 11.6

Forging Brass Architectural Bronze Inhibited Admiralty Naval Brass Leaded Naval Brass

20.7 20.9 20.2 21.2 21.2

11.5 11.6 11.3 11.8 11.8

Manganese Bronze (A) Phosphorous Bronze, 5% (A) Phosphorous Bronze, 8% (C) Phosphorous Bronze, 10%(D) Phosphorous Bronze, 1.25%

21.2 17.8 18.2 18.4 17.8

11.8 9.9 10.1 10.3 9.9

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS (Continued) Wrought Alloys (Continued) Free-Cutting Phosphorous Bronze Cupro-Nickel, 30% Cupro-Nickel, 10% Nickel Silver, 65-18 Nickel Silver, 55-18 17.3 16.2 17.1 16.2 16.7 9.6 9.0 9.5 90 9.3 ppm/C ppm/F

Nickel Silver, 65.12 High-Silicon Bronze (A) Low-Silicon Bronze (B) Aluminum Bronze (3) Aluminum-Silicon Bronze

16.2 18.0 179 16.4 18.0

9.0 10.0 10.0 9.2 10.0

Aluminum Bronze Beryllium Copper

16.8 17.8

9.4 9.9

Casting Alloys 88 Cu-8 SN-4 Zn 88 Cu-11 Sn 88 Cu-6 Sn-1.5 Pb-4.5 Zn 87 Cu-8 Sn-1 Pb-4 Zn 87 Cu-10 Sn-1 Pb-2 Zn 18.0 18.4 18.5 18.0 18.0 10.0 10.3 10.3 10.0 10.0

80 Cu-10 Sn-10 Pb 78 Cu-7 Sn-15 Pb 85 Cu-5 Sn-5 Pb-5 Zn 72 Cu-1 Sn-3 Pb-24 Zn 67 Cu-1 Sn-3 Pb-29 Zn

18.5 18.5 18.1 20.7 20.2

10.3 10.3 10.0 11.5 11.3

61 Cu-1 Sn-1 Pb-37 Zn Manganese Bronze (60,000 psi)

21.6 20.5

12.0 11.4

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS (Continued) Casting Alloys (Continued) Manganese Bronze (65,000 psi) Manganeze Bronze (110,000 psi) Aluminum Bronze (Alloy 9A) Aluminum Bronze (Alloy 9B) Aluminum Bronze (Alloys 9C & 9D) IRON AND IRON ALLOYS Pure Iron 11.7 6.5 21.6 19.8 17.0 17.0 16.2 12.0 11.0 9.5 9.5 9.0 ppm/C ppm/F

Fe-C Alloys 0.06% C 0.22% C 0.40% C 0.56% C 1.08% C 1.45% C 11.7 11.7 11.3 11.0 10.8 10.1 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.6

Invar (36 Ni) 13 Mn-1.2 C 13 Cr-0.35 C 12.0 Cr-0.4 Ni-0.09 C 17.7 Cr-9.6 Ni-0.06 C

0 to 2 18.0 10.0 9.8 16.5

to 1.1 10.0 5.6 5.5 9.2

18. W-4 Cr-1 V Gray Cast Iron Malleable Iron (Pearlitic) LEAD AND LEAD ALLOYS Corroding Lead (99.73+% Pb) 5-95 Solder 20-80 Solder 50-50 Solder

11.2 10.5 12.0

6.2 5.7 6.7

29.3 28.7 26.5 23.4

16.3 16.0 14.8 13.0

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys LEAD AND LEAD ALLOYS (Continued) 1% Antimonial Lead Hard Lead (96 Pb, 4 Sb) Hard Lead (94Pb, 6 Sb) 8% Antimonial Lead 9% Antimonial Lead 28.8 27.8 27.2 26.7 26.4 16.1 15.5 15.2 14.9 14.7 ppm/C ppm/F

Lead-Base Babbitt: SAE 14 Alloy 8 MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM ALLOYS Magnesium (99.8%) Casting Alloys AM100A AZ63A AZ91A, B, C AZ92A HZ32A 25.2 26.1 26.0 25.2 26.7 14.1 14.6 14.5 14.1 14.9 25.2 14.1 19.6 24.0 10.9 13.4

ZH42 ZH62A AK51A EZ33A EK30A and EK41A Wrought Alloys M1A and A3A AZ31B and PE AZ61A and AZ80A ZK60A, B HM31A

27.0 27.1 26.1 26.1 26.1

15.1 15.1 14.6 14.6 14.6

26.0 26.0 26.0 26.0 26.1

14.5 14.5 14.5 14.5 14.6

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys NICKEL AND NICKEL ALLOYS Nickel (99.95% Ni-+Co) Duranickel Monel Monel (cast) Inconel 13.3 13.0 14.0 12.9 11.5 7.4 7.2 7.8 7.2 6.4 ppm/C ppm/F

Ni-o-nel Hastelloy B Hastelloy C Hastelloy D Hastelloy F

12.9 10.0 11.3 11.0 14.2

7.2 5.6 6.3 6.1 7.9

Hastelloy N Hastelloy W Hastelloy X Illium G Illium R

10.4 11.3 13.8 12.19 12.0

5.8 6.3 7.7 6.8 26.7

80 Ni-20 Cr 60 Ni-24 Fe-16Cr 35 Ni-45 Fe-20 Cr Constantan STAINLESS STEELS 301 302 302B 303 304

17.3 17.0 15.8 18.8

9.6 9.5 8.8 10.5

16.9 17.3 16.2 17.3 17.3

9.4 9.6 9.0 9.6 9.6

305 308

17.3 17.3

9.6 9.6

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys STAINLESS STEELS (Continued) 309 310 314 316 317 14.9 14.4 15.1 16.0 16.0 8.3 8.0 8.4 8.9 8.9 ppm/C ppm/F

321 347 501 502

16.7 16.7 11.15 11.15

9.3 9.3 6.2 6.2

403 405 410 416 420

9.9 10.8 11.0 9.9 10.25

5.5 6.0 6.1 5.5 5.7

430 430F 431 440A 440B

10.45 10.45 11.7 10.1 10.1

5.8 5.8 6.5 5.6 5.6

440C 446 TITANIUM AND TITANIUM ALLOYS 99.9% Ti 99.0% Ti Ti-5 A1-2.5 Sn Ti-8 Mn

10.1 10.6

5.6 5.9

8.41 8.55 9.36 8.64

4.7 4.76 5.2 4.8

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys ZINC AND ZINC ALLOYS Pure Zinc AG40A Alloy AC41A Alloy Commercial Rolled Zinc: 0.08 Pb 03 Pb, 0.3 Cd 32.5 33.9* 18.1 18.9 39.7 27.4 27.4 22.1 15.3 15.3 ppm/C ppm/F

Rolled Zinc Allow (1Cu, 0.010 Mg) An-Cu-Ti Alloy (0.8 Cu, 0.15 Ti)

34.8** 24.9***
*With the grain; 23.4 across the grain ** With the grain; 21.1 across the grain ***With the grain; 19.4 across the grain

19.4 13.9

PURE METALS Beryllium Cadmium Calcium Chromium Cobalt 11.6 29.8 22.3 6.2 13.8 6.5 16.6 12.4 3.5 7.7

Gold Iridium Lithium Manganese Palladium

14.2 6.8 56.0 22.0 11.76

7.9 3.8 31.0 12.3 6.6

Platinum Rhenium Rhodium Ruthenium Silicon

8.9 6.7 8.3 9.1 5.0

5.0 3.7 4.6 5.1 2.8

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Table 17-1. Linear thermal expansison coefficients of metals and alloys (Cont.)
Coefficient of Expansion Alloys PURE METALS (Continued) Silver Tungsten Vanadium Zirconium 19.68 4.6 8.3 5.85 11.0 2.7 4.6 3.3 ppm/C ppm/F

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