Metal Test Contaminants: Chips and Powders

Iron, Steel, and Aluminum Chips are actual machined chips, which are sized using USA test sieves and not manufactured from metal powders. Primary use of these materials is aerospace fuel system testing, hydraulic system components testing, automatic transmission system testing, and power steering pump testing.

Standard sized products are listed below; other sizes will be generated upon request. We also size a variety of other metals to the size grades listed below as well as other sizes to fit your needs.

IRON, STEEL, ALUMINUM AND STAINLESS STEEL CHIPS
Standard Metal Chip Distributions Available
0 – 45 micron (-325 mesh)
0 – 75 micron (-200 mesh)
0 – 150 micron (-100 mesh)
150 – 500 micron (-35/+100 mesh)
500 microns and greater

1. Iron Chips are made from hot rolled steel conforming to ASTM A36-96 specification
2. Steel Chips are made from cold rolled steel; there is a choice of grades #1018 or #1045
3. Aluminum Chips are made from 6061-T6-grade extrusion
4.All metal chip distributions are available in gram quantities with a minimum order of 20 grams.
5. Stainless Steel Chips are made from 304 Stainless Steel.
- Stainless Steel Chips are not available in 0-45 and 0-75 micron distributions.

Metal Powders

• Metals Available: Iron, Stainless Steel, Aluminum and Copper
• All metal powder distributions are available in gram quantities with a minimum order of 50 grams.
• Custom distributions available upon request.

Iron Powder Distributions
(minimum 50 grams)
Description
Carbonyl Iron Powder S3700 - Nominal 1-5μm
Carbonyl Iron Powder S1000 - Nominal 1-100μm
Nominal 0-38μm Iron Powder
Nominal 25-38μm Iron Powder
Nominal 0-45μm Iron Powder
Nominal 0-53μm Iron Powder
Nominal 0-75μm Iron Powder
Nominal 0-106μm Iron Powder
Nominal 53-106μm Iron Powder
Nominal 53-125μm Iron Powder
Nominal 75-106μm Iron Powder
Nominal 106-210μm Iron Powder
Nominal 150-500μm Iron Powder
Nominal 180-250μm Iron Powder
Nominal 210-500μm Iron Powder
Nominal 210-300μm Iron Powder
Nominal 300-425μm Iron Powder
Nominal 400-600μm Iron Powder
Nominal 600-850μm Iron Powder
Aluminum Powder Distributions
(minimum 50 grams)
Description
Nominal 0-45μm Aluminum Powder
Nominal 0-75μm Aluminum Powder
Nominal 0-150μm Aluminum Powder
Nominal 53-75μm Aluminum Powder
Nominal 53-212μm Aluminum Powder
Nominal 150-250μm Aluminum Powder
Nominal 250-425μm Aluminum Powder
Brass Powder Distributions
(minimum 50 grams)
Description
Nominal 0-45μm Brass Powder
Nominal 0-75μm Brass Powder
Copper Powder Distributions
(minimum 50 grams)
Description
Nominal 5-30μm Copper Powder

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