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Controlled expansion alloys

Osprey® CE17MF

Controlled expansion aluminium-silicon alloy, Al-27%Si, with a room-temperature expansion of 15.3 ppm/°C and a density of 2.6 g/cc. Machined components for electronics packaging, photonics and space hardware.

Physical, mechanical and thermal properties

CompositionAl-27%Si
Tensile strength, MPa175-312
Yield strength, MPa282
Young's modulus, GPa91.8
Density, g/cc2.6
Hardness, HV75–132
Thermal conductivity at 25°C, W/m·K146.8
Thermal conductivity at 200°C, W/m·K146.5
CTE at room temp., ppm/°C15.3
CTE 25–200°C, ppm/°C17.1
CTE 25–500°C, ppm/°C19

Supplied as

Machined components to drawing, from billet. Controlled expansion alloys are not supplied as powder.

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