Product Details

• Merit brass nipples are produced from "red brass" (85% Copper / 15% Zinc).
• Brass offers good corrosion resistance and is excellent for use with water for myriad of plumbing and heating applications.
• The relative softness of brass ensures a tight seal and easy installation and can be used interchangeably with copper where heavier walls are required.
• Red Brass nipples are less brittle, easier to work with and far more resistant to corrosion than yellow brass.
• All brass nipples conform to specification ASTM B687-88.
• Nipples are threaded with American standard taper pipe threads (NPT) in accordance with screw-threaded standard to Federal services handbook H-28