ASTM B534-96

Standard Specification for Copper-Cobalt-Beryllium Alloy and Copper-Nickel-Beryllium Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar

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1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for plate, sheet, strip, and rolled bar. The following alloys are included: PreviouslyNominal Composition, %Copper AlloyUsedUNS No.DesignationBerylliumCobaltNickelC17500Alloy 100.62.5…C17510Alloy 3 or 140.4…1.8
1.2 The intent is to provide a system of interchangeable alloys.
1.3 Units—Values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded standard. The values given in brackets are mathematical conversions to SI units, which are provided for information only.
1.4 The following safety hazard caveat pertains only to the test methods described in this specification:
1.5 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2001
• ICS: 77.150.30 - Copper products
• Technical Committee: B05 - Copper and Copper Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B05.01 - Plate, Sheet, and Strip

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM B534-01 - Standard Specification for Copper-Cobalt-Beryllium Alloy and Copper-Nickel-Beryllium Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: B 534 – 96
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
Copper-Cobalt-Beryllium Alloy and Copper-Nickel-Beryllium
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Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 534; 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.
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1. Scope E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
1.1 This specification covers plate, sheet, strip, and rolled
3. Ordering Information
bar. The following alloys are covered:
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
Previously Nominal Composition, %
include the following information:
Copper Alloy Used
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UNS No. Designation Beryllium Cobalt Nickel
3.1.1 Quantity,
3.1.2 Copper alloy UNS number (1.1),
C17500 Alloy 10 0.6 2.5 .
3.1.3 Form of material: plate, sheet, strip, or rolled bar,
C17510 Alloy 3 or 0.4 . 1.8
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3.1.4 Temper (5.1),
3.1.5 Dimensions: thickness and width, and length if appli-
1.2 The intent is to provide a system of interchangeable
cable,
alloys.
3.1.6 How furnished: rolls, stock lengths with or without
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
ends, specific lengths with or without ends.
as the standard. The values in parentheses are for information
3.1.7 Type of edge, if required: slit, sheared, sawed, square
only.
corners, rounded corners, rounded edges, or full-rounded edges
1.4 This standard does not purport to address the safety
(Section 12),
concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility
3.1.8 Type of width and straightness tolerances, if required:
of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and
slit-metal tolerances, square-sheared-metal tolerances, sawed-
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
metal tolerances, straightened or edge-rolled-metal tolerances
limitations prior to use.
(12.3),
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.9 Special thickness tolerances, if required (12.2),
3.1.10 Tension test or hardness as applicable (Section 6),
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date
3.1.11 Certification if required (see Specification B 248,
material purchase forms a part of this specification to the extent
Section 12),
referenced herein:
3.1.12 Mill Test Report, if required (see Specification
2.2 ASTM Standards:
B 248, Section 14),
B 194 Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Plate,
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3.1.13 Specification number and year of issue, and
Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
3.1.14 Special tests or exceptions, if any.
B 248 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
3.2 When material is purchased for agencies of the U.S.
Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled
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Government, this shall be specified in the contract or purchase
Bar
order, and the material shall conform to the Supplementary
B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and
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Requirements as defined in the current issue of Specification
Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
B 248.
4. Chemical Composition
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-5 on Copper
4.1 The material shall conform to the chemical requirements
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.01 on Plate,
specified in Table 1.
Sheet, and Strip.
4.2 These specification limits do not preclude the presence
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 1996. Published November 1996. Originally
published as B 534 – 70. Last previous edition B 534 – 95. of other elements. Limits for unnamed elements may be
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The UNS system for copper and copper alloys (see Practice E 527) is a simple
established by agreement between manufacturer or supplier
expansion of the former standard designation system accomplished by the addition
of a prefix “C” and a suffix“ 00.” The suffix can be used to accommodate
composition variations of the base alloy.
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B 534
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
8. Precipitation Heat Treatment
Composition, %
8.1 Solution-heat-treated or solution-heat-treated and cold-
Element
Copper Alloy UNS No. Copper Alloy UNS No.
worked material is normally precipitation hardened by the
C17500 C17510
purchaser after forming or machining. For the purpose of
Beryllium 0.40–0.7 0.20–0.6
determining conformance to specified mechanical properties of
Cobalt 2.4–2.7 0.3 max
Table 3, a sample of this material shall be heat treated as shown
Nickel . 1.4–2.2
Iron, m
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