ASTM B640-07
(Specification)Standard Specification for Welded Copper Tube for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Service
Standard Specification for Welded Copper Tube for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Service
ABSTRACT
This specification establishes the requirements for welded copper for air conditioning and refrigeration service for use in connections, repairs, and alterations. The material of manufacture shall be sheet or strip of Copper Alloy UNS No. C10100, or C10200, or C12000, or C12200 of such purity and soundness as to be suitable for processing into welded tube to meet the properties prescribed. The product shall be manufactured by forming the material into a tubular shape on a suitable forming mill and welded using an automatic process. The product shall be cold worked to the finished size and wall thickness and subsequently annealed to meet the temper properties specified. The material shall conform to the chemical compositional requirements for the Copper UNS No. designation specified. Tensile strength test, expansion test, microscopical examination, hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility, flattening test, reverse bend test, electromagnetic test, and cleanness test shall be made to conform to specified requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for welded copper tube for air conditioning and refrigeration service for use in connections, repairs, and alterations. The tube shall be made from one of the following coppers:
Copper UNS No.Previously Used DesignationType of CopperC10100OFEOxygen-free electronicC10200OFOxygen-free without-residual oxidantsC12000DLPPhosphorus-deoxidized, low-residual phosphorusC12200DHPPhosphorus-deoxidized, high-residual phosphorus
Note 1—Fittings used for soldered or brazed connections in air conditioning and refrigeration systems are described in ASME Standard B 16.22.
Note 2—The assembly of copper tubular systems by soldering is described in Practice B 828.
Note 3—Solders for joining copper tubular systems by described in Specification B 32. The requirements for acceptable fluxes for these systems are described in Specification B 813.
1.2 Copper UNS No. C12200 shall be furnished, unless otherwise specified. The copper tube shall be supplied in annealed coils or drawn temper straight lengths.
1.3 Units—Values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units which are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.4 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 establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: B640 – 07
Standard Specification for
Welded Copper Tube for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
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Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B640; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
welded copper tube for air conditioning and refrigeration
serviceforuseinconnections,repairs,andalterations.Thetube
2. Referenced Documents
shall be made from one of the following coppers:
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
Copper UNS Previously Type of Cop-
B32 Specification for Solder Metal
No. Used Designa- per
tion
B153 Test Method for Expansion (Pin Test) of Copper and
Copper-Alloy Pipe and Tubing
C10100 OFE Oxygen-free
B170 Specification for Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper—
electronic
C10200 OF Oxygen-free
Refinery Shapes
without-
B577 Test Methods for Detection of Cuprous Oxide (Hy-
residual oxi-
drogen Embrittlement Susceptibility) in Copper
dants
C12000 DLP Phosphorus-
B601 Classification for Temper Designations for Copper
deoxidized,
and Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
low-residual
phosphorus B813 Specification for Liquid and Paste Fluxes for Solder-
C12200 DHP Phosphorus-
ing of Copper and Copper Alloy Tube
deoxidized,
B828 Practice for Making Capillary Joints by Soldering of
high-residual
phosphorus Copper and Copper Alloy Tube and Fittings
B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
NOTE 1—Fittings used for soldered or brazed connections in air B900 Practice for Packaging of Copper and Copper Alloy
conditioning and refrigeration systems are described in ASME Standard
Mill Products for U.S. Government Agencies
B16.22.
E3 Guide for Preparation of Metallographic Specimens
NOTE 2—The assembly of copper tubular systems by soldering is
E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
described in Practice B828.
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
NOTE 3—Solders for joining copper tubular systems by descirbed in
Determine Conformance with Specifications
Specification B32. The requirements for acceptable fluxes for these
E53 TestMethodforDeterminationofCopperinUnalloyed
systems are described in Specification B813.
Copper by Gravimetry
1.2 Copper UNS No. C12200 shall be furnished, unless
E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
otherwise specified. The copper tube shall be supplied in
Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
annealed coils or drawn temper straight lengths.
E243 Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Exami-
1.3 Units—Values stated in inch-pound units are to be
nation of Copper and Copper-Alloy Tubes
regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are
E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for
mathematical conversions to SI units which are provided for
the Determination of Chemical Composition
information only and are not considered standard.
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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2.2 ASME Standards:
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeB05onCopper For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
and CopperAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.04 on Pipe contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
and Tube. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved April 1, 2007. Published April 2007. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as B640–00 (2006). Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
DOI: 10.1520/B0640-07. International Headquarters, 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B640 – 07
B16.22 Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Solder Joint 5.2.3.1 Welded tube with internal and external flash re-
Pressure Fittings movedbyscarfing,andthetubesubsequentlycolddrawn,over
a mandrel and annealed as necessary to conform to the
3. Terminology specified temper.
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