News & Updates

The North American Copper Awards has recognized Zahner's copper metal-work for the Waipolu Gallery in Oahu, Hawaii.

Zahner completed the New Academic Building at Cooper Union in New York City. See the time-lapse construction video at Videos & Downloads.

President and CEO Bill Zahner is featured in the August Issue of Wired Magazine, where he has now been dubbed, the "Alpha Geek" of Metal. Read Article

The NASCAR Hall of Fame project reached 1,000,000 man-hours without a "lost-time" accident milestone recently. In recognition for Zahner's achievement TBEKD presented a plaque to Zahner
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Bill Zahner named an Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects.

Introducing the Hands of the Artist™ division, where Zahner engineers and craftsmen produce projects for artists.

Metal Palette

Table of Metal Surfaces

Zahner offers a range of metal surfaces, including surfaces which have been mechanically produced, patinated, as well as custom surface altering products such as our MetaSystems™ Series and our Zira™ Process. The table below shows some of the metals we've produced, as well as products that we recommend for various applications.

*Note: Many of these surfaces are not immediately available to be distributed as samples.


Metal	Symbol	Density (lbs/ft³)	Specific Gravity*	Melting Point
Aluminum	Al	165	2.70	1220 °F
Zahner® can achieve almost any tone with Aluminum, often used for this application or this one. etc etc etc Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Brass	Cu+Zn	534	8.56	1652 °F
Brass is any alloy of copper and zinc. Although it is typically used for for bright golden hues, Zahner® labs achieve a range of tones through advanced processes and patinas. Brass has a muted yellow color, somewhat similar to gold. It is relatively resistant to tarnishing, and is often used as decoration and for coins. In antiquity, polished brass was often used as a mirror. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Bronze	Cu+Sn	509	8.16	1562 °F
Bronze is a copper alloy, most often using tin as an additive. Bronze can also be combined with phosphorus, aluminum, and manganese to achieve various structural specifications or different looks. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Copper	Cu	556	8.91	1981 °F
Copper is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable, and a freshly exposed surface has a pinkish or peachy color. Copper is unique from many of the other metals that we offer, because it wants to evolve, changing tones and colors as it oxidizes. It has a certain degree of unpredictability, which is part of why it's Bill Zahner's metal of choice. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Lead	Pb	711	11.39	621 °F
Lead is a soft metal known for it's low melting point and it's toxicity when ingested. It's also known for it's malleability and it's rustic gun-blue tones. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Magnesium	Mg	109	1.75	1240 °F
Magnesium is a recent newcomer to the architectural metal industry... Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Muntz	Cu+Zn+Fe	523	8.39	1650 °F
Alpha beta Brass, 3/5 copper and 2/5 zinc, along with traces of iron. It is named after George Fredrick Muntz, a metal-roller of Birmingham, England. Muntz commercialised the alloy following his patent of 1832, although one William Collins had patented a 56:44 alloy in 1800. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Nickel Silver	Cu+Ni+Zn	527	8.45	1725 °F
The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but contains no elemental silver unless plated. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Stainless Steel	Fe+Ni+Cr	492	7.91	2550 °F
Stainless steel's makeup varies widely, but anything with more than 11% Chromium and 50% Iron is stainless steel. Nickel, Carbon, Manganese are in most blends of stainless. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Steel	Cu+Ni+Zn	495	7.93	1725 °F
The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Nickel silver is named for its silvery appearance, but contains no elemental silver unless plated. Aluminum with dark bronze anodized finish Aluminum with black anodized finish Aluminum with clear anodized finish Aluminum with Embossed Stucco Texture Aluminum Mesh Aluminum Mesh (Detail) Aluminum with Gold Finish Aluminum with Polar White Paint
Titanium	Ti	278	4.51	3135 °F
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Zinc	Zn	440	7.14	787 °F
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