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Post weld heat treatment is normally unnecessary.

They do not experience chloride or sulphide stress corrosion. They have a high resistance to ammonia stress corrosion compared to other copper alloys and do not require a stress relief anneal for seawater service.

They are available but 70-30 copper-nickel consumables are preferred for welding both the 90-10 and 70-30 alloys due to superior deposition characteristics.

Copper-nickel alloys can harbour slimes, but the attachment of macro-organisms—such as marine grasses and shellfish—is impaired. If these do become attached under quiet conditions, adherence is poor and they can be easily removed mechanically.

Some alloys can, including copper-beryllium, copper-chromium and copper-nickel-silicon. Most unalloyed coppers and brasses can only be softened by heating.

Yes they can be brazed by all processes. Appropriate silver brazing alloys should be used as phosphorus bearing brazing alloys cause a reaction with nickel to form a brittle phosphide phase.

Yes they can using appropriate 65% nickel-copper consumables to avoid iron dilution effects.

Three. They are: Copper-Zinc, Copper-Nickel, and Copper-Silicon.

Three alloys are currently commercially available: copper-zinc, copper-nickel and copper-silicon.

Copper-zinc is good for flexible mesh containment systems.
Copper-nickel is good for rigid (e.g. welded) mesh.
Copper-silicon is good where rigid mesh is needed, or where panels can have flexible connections.

None, nickel silvers are copper-nickel-zinc alloys which have an attractive colour when polished.

Copper-Zinc is good for flexible mesh containment systems.

Copper-Nickel is good for rigid (e.g. welded) mesh.

Copper-Silicon is good where rigid mesh is needed, or where panels can have flexible connections.

Copper-nickels do not behave in the same way as stainless steels do towards corrosion by chlorides and these parameters are not appropriate to them. They do not have a critical temperature limit.