ASTM B396-00
(Specification)Standard Specification for Aluminum-Alloy 5005-H19 Wire for Electrical Purposes (Withdrawn 2004)
Standard Specification for Aluminum-Alloy 5005-H19 Wire for Electrical Purposes (Withdrawn 2004)
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1.1 This specification covers aluminum alloy 5005-H19 (extra hard) round wire for electrical purposes.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only. Note 1-The alloy and temper designations conform to ANSI H35.1. Aluminum alloy 5005 corresponds to Unified Numbering System alloy A95005 in accordance with Practice E527.
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Designation: B 396 – 00
Standard Specification for
Aluminum-Alloy 5005-H19 Wire for Electrical Purposes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 396; 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 NBS Handbook 100—Copper Wire Tables of the National
Bureau of Standards
1.1 This specification covers aluminum alloy 5005-H19
(extra hard) round wire for electrical purposes.
3. Ordering Information
1.2 The SI values of density and resistivity are to be
3.1 Orders for material under this specification shall include
regarded as standard. For all other properties, the inch-pound
the following information:
values are to be regarded as standard, and the SI units may be
3.1.1 Quantity of each size,
approximate.
3.1.2 Wire diameter (see 9.1),
NOTE 1—The alloy and temper designations conform to ANSI H35.1.
3.1.3 When tension tests of wires containing joints shall be
Aluminum alloy 5005 corresponds to Unified Numbering System alloy
made (see 5.2 and 5.3),
A95005 in accordance with Practice E 527.
3.1.4 Frequency of bending test, when required (see 6.2),
3.1.5 Special jointing procedures, if permitted, (see 10.2),
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.6 Package size and type (see 15.1),
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date
3.1.7 Special package marking, if required (see 16.1), and
of material purchase form a part of this specification to the
3.1.8 Place of inspection (Section 14).
extent referenced herein:
2.2 ASTM Standards:
4. Material
B 193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor
4.1 The wire shall be made from rod meeting the require-
Materials
ments of Specification B 531.
B 354 Terminology Relating to Uninsulated Metallic Elec-
trical Conductors
5. Tensile Requirements
B 531 Specification for Aluminum-Alloy 5005 Drawing
5.1 The wire shall be sampled in accordance with Section
Stock for Electrical Purposes
12 and tested in accordance with Test Methods B 557. The wire
B 557 Test Methods of Tension Testing Wrought and Cast
shall conform to the requirements as to tensile properties
Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products
prescribed in Table 1 (Explanatory Note 1). The elongation of
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
wire shall be determined as the permanent increase in length,
Determine Conformance with Specifications
due to the breaking of the wire in tension, measured between
E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
gage marks placed originally 10 in. (250 mm) apart upon the
2.3 Other Documents:
test specimen.
ANSI H35.1 American National Standard for Alloy and
5.2 When requested by the purchaser, tension tests shall be
Temper Designation Systems for Aluminum
made on specimens of finished wire containing joints made in
the wire prior to final drawing or in the rod. Such tests shall
show not less than 90 % of the minimum strength specified in
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-1 on
Table 1 for individual tests.
Electrical Conductors, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B01.07 on
5.3 When requested by the purchaser, tension tests of
Conductors of Light Metals.
Current edition approved April 10, 2000. Published June 2000. Originally finished wire specimens containing joints made in the finished
published as B 396 – 63 T. Last previous edition B 396 – 87 (1994).
wire or during final drawing, as permitted in 10.2, shall be
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.03.
made. Such tests shall show the tensile strength to be not less
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.02.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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B 396–00
TABLE 1 Tensile Requirements
Tensile Strength, min
Elongation in 10 in.
Diameter, in. (mm) Average for a Lot Individual Tests or 250 mm for indi-
vidual tests, min, %
ksi MPa ksi MPa
0.2600 to 0.2101 (6.604 to 5.336) 33.0 228 31.5 217 2.2
0.2100 to 0.1601 (5.334 to 4.066) 34.0 234 32.5 224 2.0
0.1600 to 0.1501 (4.064 to 3.812) 36.0 248 34.5 238 1.9
0.1500 to 0.1401 (3.810 to 3.558) 36.5 252 35.0 241 1.8
0.1400 to 0.1201 (3.556 to 3.050) 37.0 255 35.0 241 1.7
0.1200 to 0.1101 (3.048 to 2.796) 37.5 259 35.5 245 1.6
0.1100 to 0.1001 (2.794 to 2.542) 38.0 262 36.0 248 1.5
0.1000 to 0.0901 (2.540 to 2.288) 38.5 265 36.5 252 1.5
0.0900 to 0.0801 (2.286 to 2.034) 39.0 269 37.0 255 1.5
0.0800 to 0.0701 (2.032 to 1.780) 39.5 272 37.5 259 1.4
0.0700 to 0.0601 (1.778 to 1.526) 40.0 276 38.0 262 1.3
than 15 ksi (103 MPa) for electric-butt welds, and not less than diameter. The diameter shall not vary from that specified by
90 % of the minimum strength specified in Table 1 for more than the permissible variations in Table 3.
individual tests for cold-pressure welds and for electric-butt, 9.3 If a selected coil or bobbin does not conform to Table 3,
cold-upset welds. all coils or bobbins represented by it shall be gaged, and the
coils or bobbins failing to conform shall be rejected.
6. Bending Requirements
6.1 The wire shall be free from brittleness as evidenced by 10. Joints
its ability to be coiled or looped around its own diameter either
10.1 Unless otherwise specified at the time of placing the
with or without a mandrel. No fracture shall occur. Slight
order, wire shall be supplied in one continuous length of reel,
surface checks shall not constitute cause for rejection.
coil, or bobbin. Joints may be made in the rod or in the wire
6.2 Unless otherwise agreed upon between the manufacturer
prior to final drawing by electric-butt welding, by cold-
and the purchaser at the time of placing an order, the frequency
pressure welding or by electric-butt, cold-upset welding in
of production sampling and testing to ensure conformance with
accordance with good commercial practice. Unless otherwise
6.1 shall be at the manufacturer’s option.
specified, no joints shall be made during final drawing or in the
finished wire.
7. Resistivity
10.2 If agreed upon between the manufacturer and the
7.1 Electrical resistivity, determined on samples selected in
purchaser, joints may be made during final drawing or in the
accordance with Section 5 and tested in accordance with Test
finished wire by electric-butt welding, by cold-pressure weld-
Method B 193, shall not exceed 0.032227 V·mm /m at 20°C
ing, or by electric-butt, cold-upset welding. Not more than
(Explanatory Note 2 and Table 2).
10 % of the reels, coils, or bobbins shall contain such joints and
no joint shall be closer than 50 ft (15 m) to another or to either
8. Density
end of the wire, and not more than two such joints shall be
8.1 For the purpose of calculating mass, cross sections, etc.,
present in any reel, coil, or bobbin of the nominal specified
the density of 5005 aluminum alloy shall be taken as 2700
weight.
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kg/m (0.098 lb/in ) at 20°C.
11. Finish
9. Diameter and Permissible Variations
11.1 The wire shall be free from all imperfections not
9.1 The diamet
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