Porous 89/11 bronze filters: Characteristics

Porous 89/11 bronze filters

AMES offers its customers the ability to manufacture porous bronze filters and components with specific shapes. Each of these special applications requires a specific mould to obtain the desired geometry and pore size. The mould is designed and built entirely in AMES’ dedicated tooling workshop.

Material Chemical composition Other characteristics
89/11 sintered bronze Sn: 10,0 - 11,5%,
others: 2% máx.,
Cu: rest
Not suitable for contact with food or sanitary water.

Maximum working temperature:
200°C in an oxidizing atmosphere, 450°C in a reducing atmosphere.

Coefficient of linear expansion: ≈18·10-6 K-1

Grade1 Total porosity
(% in volume)
Pore size (μm)2 Filtering efficiency4
(T=98%) (μm)
Permeability5 Shear
Strength (MPa)
Minimum
thickness (mm)
Average Maximum3 Air Water Viscous Ψv (10-12m2)
(laminar term)
Inertial Ψi (10-6m)
(turbulent term)
B12 30 9 22 3 4 2.1 1 180 1
B24 35 22 43 9 10 11 4 140 1
B40 36 40 113 25 28 37 5 130 1.5
B60 38 64 127 35 39 70 7 120 1.5
B70 39 68 190 38 42 100 8 105 1.5
B85 40 82 240 55 65 110 11 95 2
B110 42 101 330 88 98 250 12 70 2
B130 42 128 420 104 115 350 14 65 2.5
B150 44 149 450 120 133 400 17 60 2.5
  1. Intermediate grades can be manufactured on demand.
  2. Measured with a porometer. Pore size, filtering efficiency and permeability scatter: ±25%.
  3. Equivalent to the bubble point, determined in-out according to the ISO 4003:1977 standard at a continuous flow of 30 ml/min.
  4. Simulated by a single pass at 0.1 m/s with a 3-mm-thick sample. The wall thickness of the filter strongly influences the filtering efficiency: for more information consult our Technical Department at www.amespore.com.
  5. Measured in air with a 3-mm-thick sample according to the ISO 4022:2018 standard under the following conditions: pressure slope 250 s/bar, maximum pressure difference 1.5 bar, maximum flow 3.3 l/s. Permeability in water is significantly lower than in air: for more information consult our Technical Department at www.amespore.com.

Air pressure loss

Water pressure loss

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