Advantages of brass faucet

    At present, both in Europe and America or our country, most of them are on the market brass faucet. The main material is brass faucet copper and zinc, commonly known as brass, and its production process became faucet need to add a small amount of lead in order to improve cutting brass. If the faucet made completely without adding lead, there will be cutting back not only difficult, forging and poor performance, even if the finished products, also due to poor resistance to stress corrosion cracking caused.

     Brass faucet inseparable lead, why developed countries in Europe and America are in the mainstream faucets, copper has not been replaced by other materials with brass? Main reason is that copper is antimicrobial resistance. Copper can quickly kill superbugs such as MRSA, and so bacteria can not produce antibodies, the inner wall of brass faucets will not breed bacteria, which is the other materials (such as: stainless steel, plastic) do not have the advantage. Made out of brass plated faucet is not oxidized, fall off, with a long time as long as the maintenance of a good surface will look like new, and will not rust, particularly durable. With low lead and copper (lead content less than 0.25%) mass production, improve the antibacterial properties, reason to believe that the future is still the best material in the manufacture of taps. Good faucets are brass gravity casting! But there are some businesses, particularly in recent years, the price of copper soared, they in pursuit of higher profits, regardless of quality, cutting corners. In fact, it does not mean leaded faucet cause harm to humans, only when the lead content seriously overweight, only to human health damaging effects. Lead poisoning affects the human body and obvious intelligence, is more obvious for children and pregnant women, due to the physiological characteristics of growth and development, lead poisoning of pregnant women will be serious premature birth, abortion. Lead poisoning affects infants and young children's growth and mental development, caused severe dementia. We only reduce the lead content in drinking water to ensure that people's intake of lead.

    So we bought a brass faucet is best to find some reputable brands, basin faucet in my house now used is very good, I bought a few years, a little care about, such as the surface of the faucet or the new ah. And inexpensive faucet. For us the average consumer.
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