difference between aluminum and brass tubing

Your question is way too open ended & vague.........you won't be getting any answers unless you narrow your question or describe your situation.

fyi if you make it easier for folks to reply.......you'll get one

Were you expecting a "core dump" on aluminum vs brass in tubing form?

cheers Bob

aluminum tube may be softer than brass - so more easily scratched - and when scratched it will fatigue. Aluminum is chemically reactive, but becomes a useful material because the surface oxidizes - and talking about oxidizing - aluminum has this rather special decorative quality - if the alloy does not carry too much silicon (which is darkening) the tube may be anodized ( an electrolytic porous oxidation) and dyed in a variety of pretty colors - gold, black, purple, red, blue.... then boiling seals the porous surface to lock the dye. This is quite a hard surface. But aluminum galls in bearing - unlike brass. Then again, aluminum alloys do not spark - a great feature in flammable environments.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

Brass doesn't spark either.

David A. Smith

I bends easier without cracking.

But Al + iron oxide = thermite = incendiary.

Yes indeed - but you need powders and you need a hot source to overcome the energetic barrier and set it off normally....

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

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