Dezincification: Breaking the 15-Percent Zinc Wall

November 22, 2021

Some technical papers and websites on brass corrosion repeat the same caution that dezincification will occur in alloys containing more than 15-percent zinc. A few will go beyond that simple statement to talk about efforts to solve this issue. The 15-percent zinc limit is generally the only thing that stays in the readers’ mind if they are trying to design a part that is in an environment that could lead to dezincification. Wieland Chase explains the processes leading to improved dezincification-resistance.

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