This information is provided only as a general guide to the builder. The mechanical properties listed are for ideal conditions of uniform tension. Individual judgement is required in cases where uneven or sudden loading, bending, or shearing forces, or high corrosion potentials are present.

Techincal Data
  1. Weights and Load Strengths
  2. Mechanical Properties of Sandcast Oils
  3. Cast Alloy Weights
  4. Galvanic Series
  5. Definitions


Weights and Load Strengths
SAFE LOADS | FASTENERS Silicon Bronze & Stainless
Inches Pounds
1/4-20 229
5/16-18 396
3/8-16 601
7/16-14 830
1/2-13 1125
9/16-12 1460
5/8-11 1820
3/4-10 2760
7/8-9 3860
1-8 5060
TYPICAL BREAKING LOADS | RIGGING 
Diam. 1x19ss 7x19gs 7x19ss nylon
1/8" 2100 1900 1800  
3/16" 4700 3900 3800 850
1/4" 8200 6600 6500 1100
5/16" 12,500 9000 9700 1800
3/8" 17,600 12,000 14,300 2600
1/2" 29,700 22,800 24,000 5000
5/8" 46,000     8000
3/4"       10,500

Mechanical Properties of Sandcast Oil
  Tensile Strength [PSI] Yield Strength [PSI]
Silicon Bronze 55,000 25,000
Manganese Bronze 71,000 28,000
Manganese Bronze 95,000 48,000
Red Brass 35,000 16,000
316 Stainless
(annealed bar)
70 - 90,000 30 - 40,000

Cast Alloy Weights
  PSI
Aluminum .089
Silicon Bronze .302
Manganese Bronze .297
Lead .402

Galvanic Series (Greatest to Least Noble)
Gold Silver Monel Nickel Passive
Stainless
Steel
Silicon
Bronze
Copper
Copper
Bottom
Paint
Red
Brass
Phospher
Bronze
Manganeze
Bronze
Tin Lead Most
Stainless
Steels
Cast
Iron
Mild
Steel
Aluminum Cadmium Galvanized
Iron/Steel
Zinc Magnesium

Definitions

Tensile Strength:
The maximum load in pounds per square inch that a sample will carry before breaking under a gradually applied load.
Yield Strength:
The stress that causes a specified permanent increase in length of a tensile test sample.
Elongation:
A measure of ductility. Expressed in percentage of the original length and the extended length that takes place in a tensile test.
Intergranular Corrosion:
Corrosion that occurs at the grain boundaries in austenitic stainless steels that have been heated between 850° and 1450° F.
Stress Corrosion Cracking:
Catastrophic failure by intragranular cracking occurring in austenitic stainless steels and other metals. It is caused by the combined action of a corrosive environment and stress. This often occurs without any outward appearance of general corrosion attack.


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