Metals
The Metals Material Category is composed of metals and metal alloys.
Metals can be customized at the following Production Stages:
- Raw Material Source
- Forming
- Finishing
- Chemistry Certifications
At minimum, the type of metal needs to be known to select an appropriate example material in the Higg MSI. In some cases, alloys are listed under a single Example Material (for instance, stainless steel is a processing option under the Steel Example Material)
There are fourteen different Metals Example Materials that can be selected and customized:
- Aluminum should be selected when using metallic aluminum or aluminum metal alloys.
- Brass should be selected when using brass alloys (copper and zinc).
- Chromium should be selected when using chromium metal or chromium alloys where chromium is the principal element.
- Copper should be selected when using copper or copper alloys where copper is the principal element, except for brass alloy.
- Gold should be selected when using gold or gold alloys where gold is the principal element.
- Iron should be selected when using cast iron (iron-carbon alloys suitable for casting due to relatively low melting point)
- Lead should be selected when using lead or lead alloys where lead is the principal element.
- Nickel should be selected when using high purity nickel or nickel alloys where nickel is the principal element.
- Platinum should be selected when using platinum or platinum alloys where platinum is the principal element.
- Silver should be selected when using silver or silver alloys where silver is the principal element.
- Steel should be selected when using a carbon steel or a stainless steel alloy.
- Tin should be selected when using tin or tin alloys where tin is the principal element.
- Titanium should be selected when using titanium metal or titanium alloys where titanium is the principal element.
- Zinc should be selected when using zinc or zinc alloys where zinc is the principal element.