Standard Specification for Thermostat Metal Sheet and Strip

ABSTRACT
This specification covers the standard for thermostat metals in the form of sheet or strip proposed for use as temperature-sensitive elements of devices for controlling, compensating, or indicating temperature. Metals shall adhere to physical requirements such as maximum sensitivity range, maximum recommended temperature, flexibility, electrical resistivity, modulus of elasticity, specific heat, density, and hardness.
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1.1 This specification covers thermostat metals in the form of sheet or strip that are used for the temperature-sensitive elements of devices for controlling, compensating, or indicating temperature and is intended to supply acceptance requirements to purchasers ordering this material by type designation.  
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.  
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to become familiar with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for this product/material as provided by the manufacturer, to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.4 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation:B388 −06(Reapproved 2018)
Standard Specification for
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Thermostat Metal Sheet and Strip
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B388; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope Coils of Thermostat Metal
B389 TestMethodforThermalDeflectionRateofSpiraland
1.1 This specification covers thermostat metals in the form
Helical Coils of Thermostat Metal
of sheet or strip that are used for the temperature-sensitive
B478 TestMethodforCrossCurvatureofThermostatMetals
elements of devices for controlling, compensating, or indicat-
B753 Specification for Thermostat Component Alloys
ing temperature and is intended to supply acceptance require-
C351 Test Method for Mean Specific Heat of Thermal
ments to purchasers ordering this material by type designation.
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Insulation (Withdrawn 2008)
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
E92 Test Methods for Vickers Hardness and Knoop Hard-
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
ness of Metallic Materials
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
E384 Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Mate-
and are not considered standard.
rials
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3. Terminology
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1 Definitions:
responsibility of the user of this standard to become familiar
3.1.1 thermostat metal, n—a composite material comprising
with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate
two or more metallic layers of differing coefficients of thermal
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for this product/material as provided
expansion such that the radius of curvature of the composite
by the manufacturer, to establish appropriate safety, health,
changes with temperature change.
and environmental practices, and determine the applicability
of regulatory limitations prior to use.
4. Ordering Information
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
4.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
the following information:
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
4.1.1 Type designation (Table 1 and Table 2),
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
4.1.2 Thickness (see 9.1),
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
4.1.3 Width (see 9.2),
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
4.1.4 Temper (designated as percent cold reduction as
needed),
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.5 Marking to identify vendor, type, high-expansion side
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
or low-expansion side,
B63 Test Method for Resistivity of Metallically Conducting
4.1.6 Weight.
Resistance and Contact Materials
B106 Test Methods for Flexivity of Thermostat Metals
5. Material Segregation
B223 Test Method for Modulus of Elasticity of Thermostat
5.1 The thermostat metal shall be supplied segregated into
Metals (Cantilever Beam Method)
two groups after slitting: (1) the burr on the low-expansive
B362 Test Method for Mechanical Torque Rate of Spiral
component, and (2) the burr on the high-expansive component.
These two groups shall be identified and packaged separately
or together as mutually agreed upon between the producer and
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 on
the user.
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
B02.10 on Thermostat Metals and Electrical Resistance Heating Materials.
6. Chemical Composition
Current edition approved April 1, 2018. Published April 2018. Originally
approved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as B388 – 06 (2012).
6.1 The nominal composition of component materials is
DOI: 10.1520/B0388-06R18.
given in Table 1.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
the ASTM website. www.astm.org.
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B388−06(2018)
TABLE 1 Composition
NOTE 1—TM6 and TM7 are no longer manufactured due to availability, difficulty to produce, commercial interest, or combinations t
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