ASTM B846-05

Standard Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys

SCOPE
1.1 The terms defined in this terminology standard are applicable to copper and copper alloy products specifications, test methods, practices, and other documents within the jurisdiction of Committee B05 on Copper and Copper Alloys.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Oct-2005
• ICS: 01.040.77 - Metallurgy (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 77.120.30 - Copper and copper alloys
• Technical Committee: B05 - Copper and Copper Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B05.93 - Terminology

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM B846-01e1 - Standard Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Replaced By: ASTM B846-06 - Standard Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
• Effective Date: 15-May-2006
• Referred By: ASTM B248-22 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B379-20 - Standard Specification for Phosphorized Coppers—Refinery Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B100-20 - Standard Specification for Wrought Copper-Alloy Bearing and Expansion Plates and Sheets for Bridge and Other Structural Use
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B592-20 - Standard Specification for Copper-Zinc-Aluminum-Cobalt Alloy, Copper-Zinc-Tin-Iron Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B196/B196M-18 - Standard Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Rod and Bar
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B66-15(2021) - Standard Specification for Bronze Castings for Steam Locomotive Wearing Parts
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B103/B103M-19 - Standard Specification for Phosphor Bronze Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B824-17 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Copper Alloy Castings
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B432-19 - Standard Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Clad Steel Plate
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B68/B68M-19 - Standard Specification for Seamless Copper Tube, Bright Annealed
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B813-16 - Standard Specification for Liquid and Paste Fluxes for Soldering of Copper and Copper Alloy Tube
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B467-14(2022) - Standard Specification for Welded Copper-Nickel Pipe
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005
• Referred By: ASTM B644-11(2017) - Standard Specification for Copper Alloy Addition Agents
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:B 846–05
Standard Terminology for
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Copper and Copper Alloys
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 846; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope cold-worked product having a single phase: to produce
softening by recrystallization or recrystallization and grain
1.1 The terms defined in this terminology standard are
growth, with the accompanying changes in properties.When
applicable to copper and copper alloy products specifications,
applied to a product having two or more phases: to produce
test methods, practices, and other documents within the juris-
softening by changes in the phase relationship that may
diction of Committee B05 on Copper and Copper Alloys.
include recrystallization and grain growth.
2. Referenced Documents
arc welding—a group of welding processes wherein coales-
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cence is produced by heating with an arc or arcs, with or
2.1 ASTM Standards:
without the application of pressure, and with or without the
B 153 Test Method for Expansion (Pin Test) of Copper and
use of filler metal.
Copper-Alloy Pipe and Tubing
as-welded condition—a condition created as a result of
B 170 Specification for Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper—
forming annealed sheet or plate into tubular form and
Refinery Shapes
welding without subsequent heat treatment or cold work.
B 379 Specification for Phosphorized Coppers—Refinery
average diameter (for round tubes only)—the average of the
Shapes
maximum and minimum outside diameters or the maximum
E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
and minimum inside diameters, whichever is applicable, as
E10 Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materi-
determined at any one cross section of the tube.
als
bar—asolidrectangularsection,oronewithtwoplaneparallel
E18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell
surfaces and round or other simple regularly shaped edges,
Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials
up to and including 12 in. (300 mm) in width and over 0.188
E23 Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of
in. (5 mm) in thickness, furnished in straight lengths or in
Metallic Materials
rolls and with finished edges, either rolled, drawn, or
3. Significance and Use
extruded.
bar, bus stock—high-conductivity copper bar stock of any
3.1 This terminology is not intended to apply to any
dimension intended for use as an electrical conductor.
standard, test method, practice, or other document not within
bar, cast—a flat casting for rolling into sheet and strip, or
the jurisdiction of Committee B05 on Copper and Copper
round casting for rolling and drawing into wire.
Alloys.
bar, commutator segment stock—a bar for use in making
4. Terminology
commutators of electric motors and generators, the cross-
section of the bar being a trapezoid or truncated sector or
acid dip—see dip solution.
segment of a circle.
acid dipped-dry rolled finish—see finish, acid dipped-dry
base metal—the sheet or plate from which the pipe is formed.
rolled.
bend test—see test, bend.
air stain—see stain, air.
billet—refinery shape used for piercing or extrusion into
anneal (annealing)—a thermal treatment to change the prop-
tubular products or for extrusion into rods, bars, and shapes.
erties or grain structure of the product. When applied to a
Circular in cross section, usually 3 to 16 in. (76 to 406 mm)
in diameter, normally ranging in weight from 100 to 4200 lb
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(45 to 1905 kg).
This terminology is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee B05 on Copper
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.93 on
bimetal tube—see tube, bimetal.
Terminology.
blank—a piece of flat product intended for subsequent fabri-
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2005. Published December 2005. Originally
e1 cation by forming, bending, cupping, drawing, hot pressing,
approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as B 846 – 01 .
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and so forth.
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Bourdon gage tube—see tube, Bourdon gage.
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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brazed tube—see tube, brazed. about 3 ft (0.914 m) square, about ⁄2 to ⁄8 in. (12.7 to 22.2
brazing filler material—wire, rod, strip, or powder that is mm) thick, weighing up to about 300 lb (136 kg) and may
manufactured to special
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