Bronze Wire

This term is applied commercially to a copper-zinc alloy (i.e., brass) wire for bronze welding; to copper cadmium and to copper-cadmium-tin alloys containing over 98 percent copper, for high electrical conductivity coupled with high strength in comparison with pure copper; to copper-silicon alloys containing over 96 percent copper, used for electrical resistivity, corrosion resistance, strength or as a welding wire for the inert gas shielded process; and to copper-aluminum alloys (aluminum bronzes) containing over 92 percent copper, used for corrosion resistance, high strength or color; as well as being applied, more correctly, to the copper-tin alloys (bronzes, phosphor bronzes or tin bronzes).