On Jan 14, 3:56 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm no metalurgist: how sturdy -- ie, resistant to dents and to permanent > bending -- is brass compared to aluminum? The alum fenders I own are very > stiff and dent resistant.
It depends on how thick they make the fender. According to the chart provided on wikipedia.org(1), brass deforms more easily than 2014-T6 aluminum. However, I doubt the Honjo fenders are made of such a high strength aluminum alloy. They are probably made from a lower strength alloy that shouldn't be that different to brass in term of yield strength. > I suppose that brass would be closer in weight to steel than to aluminum? The density of brass is about midway between aluminum and steel; it's actually closest to titanium: Al = 2.7 g/cm^3 Ti = 4.5 g/cm^3 Brass = 5.3 g/cm^3 Steel = 7.8 g/cm^3 (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensile_strength --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
