Alloy 3 (C17510) TF00 Strip – High Strength, Excellent Conductivity & Stress Relaxation Resistance

Materion Performance Alloys’ Alloy 3 mill hardened strip provides good strength with high electrical conductivity and good resistance to stress relaxation. It is a drop-in replacement for the obsolete Alloy 10 (C17500) strip material...

Properties

General

Property	Temperature	Value
Density	23.0 °C	8.83 g/cm³

Dimension

Property	Value
Thickness	0.05 - 3.18 mm
Width	1.27 - 452.7 mm

Mechanical

Property	Temperature	Value	Comment
Bendability 90°, bw	23.0 °C	2 [-]	for strip with 0.25mm and thinner.
Bendability 90°, gw	23.0 °C	1 [-]	for strip with 0.25mm and thinner.
Elastic modulus	23.0 °C	138 GPa
Elongation	23.0 °C	10 - 25 %	for strip with 0.1mm and thicker.
Hardness, Vickers	23.0 °C	195 - 275 [-]
Tensile strength	23.0 °C	680 - 900 MPa
Yield strength Rp0.2	23.0 °C	550 - 690 MPa

Thermal

Property	Temperature	Value
Coefficient of thermal expansion	23.0 °C	1.76E-5 1/K
Melting point		1040 °C
Thermal conductivity	23.0 °C	240 W/(m·K)

Electrical

Property	Temperature	Value
Electrical resistivity	23.0 °C	2.9E-6 - 3.8E-6 Ω·m
Specific Electrical conductivity		45 - 60 % IACS

Chemical properties

Property	Value
Beryllium	0.2 - 0.6 %
Copper	Balance
Nickel	1.4 - 2.2 %

Technological properties

Property
Application areas	Typical applications include high reliability spring contacts for switches and relays.

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