Standard Specification for Phosphor Bronze Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar

ABSTRACT
This specification covers plate, rolled bar, sheet, and strip of copper-tin alloy (phosphor bronze plate), copper-tin-lead alloy (leaded phosphor bronze), and copper-tin-lead-zinc alloy (bearing bronze). Copper alloys covered include UNS Nos. C51000, C51100, C51180, C51900, C52100, C52180, C52400, C53400, and C54400. Product shall be manufactured by hot or cold working, rolling, and annealing. Chemical composition of the materials shall conform to UNS designation of the material. Product shall conform to chemical analysis, tensile strength and Rockwell hardness tests specified in the specification. Chemical composition testing shall be performed for each element, namely, copper, iron, lead, phosphorus, tin, and zinc. Tension test shall be made so that the longitudinal axis of the specimen is parallel to direction of rolling.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification establishes copper-tin alloy (phosphor bronze), copper-tin-lead alloy (leaded phosphor bronze), and copper-tin-lead-zinc alloy (bearing bronze), plate, sheet, strip, and rolled bar. The phosphor bronzes commonly are used for deep drawing into bellows and stamping and forming into spring devices and into terminals and connectors for electrical apparatus because they combine high strength with high elongation. The leaded phosphor bronzes are used where strength, corrosion resistance, and machinability are required. The bearing bronze is used in bushings, bearings, and load-bearing thrust washers. The following alloys are covered:
Note 1 - All of the above alloys contain small amounts of phosphorus, used as a deoxidant in melting, and to enhance the mechanical properties.
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.

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Designation: B 103/B 103M – 07
Standard Specification for
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Phosphor Bronze Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 103/B 103M; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.1 This specification establishes copper-tin alloy (phosphor
bronze), copper-tin-lead alloy (leaded phosphor bronze), and B 248 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
copper-tin-lead-zinc alloy (bearing bronze), plate, sheet, strip, Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled
and rolled bar. The phosphor bronzes commonly are used for Bar
deep drawing into bellows and stamping and forming into B 248M Specification for General Requirements for
spring devices and into terminals and connectors for electrical Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and
apparatus because they combine high strength with high Rolled Bar [Metric]
elongation. The leaded phosphor bronzes are used where B 601 Classification for Temper Designations for Copper
strength, corrosion resistance, and machinability are required. and Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
The bearing bronze is used in bushings, bearings, and load- B 846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
bearing thrust washers. The following alloys are covered: E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Mate-
Copper Alloy Nominal Composition, % Previously Used
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UNS No. Copper Tin Zinc Lead Designation
rials [Metric]
E 54 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Special
C51000 95 5 . . . . . . A1
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Brasses and Bronzes
C51100 96 4 . . . . . . A
C51180 96 4 . . .
E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
C51900 94 6 . . . . . .
Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
A
C52100 92 8 . . C
C52180 92 8 . . . . . . . . . E75 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Copper-Nickel
C52400 90 10 . . . . . . D
and Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloys
C53400 94 5 . . . 1 B1
E 255 Practice for Sampling Copper and CopperAlloys for
C54400 88 4 4 4 B2
__________________ the Determination of Chemical Composition
E 478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
A
SAE Specification CA521 conforms to the requirements of UNS No. C52100.
Alloys
NOTE 1—All of the above alloys contain small amounts of phosphorus,
E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
used as a deoxidant in melting, and to enhance the mechanical properties.
3. Terminology
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this speci-
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
fication, refer to Terminology B 846.
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall
4. Ordering Information
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
4.1 Contracts or purchase orders for product under this
cation.
specification should include the following information:
4.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue (for example,
B 103/B 103M – 04);
4.1.2 Copper Alloy UNS No. designation (for example,
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeB05onCopper
C51000);
andCopperAlloysandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeB05.01onPlate,
Sheet, and Strip.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2007. Published October 2007. Originally
approved in 1936. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as
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B 103/B 103M – 04 . For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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The UNS system for copper and copper alloys (see Practice E 527) is a simple contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
expansion of the former standard designation system accomplished by the addition Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
of a prefix “C” and a suffix “00.” The suffix can be used to accommodate the ASTM website.
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composition variations of the base alloy. Withdrawn.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B 103/B 103M – 07
4.1.3 Temper (Section 8); 6.1.1 The material of manufacture shall be a cast bar, cake,
4.1.4 Dimensions: thickness, width, length, and so forth slab, or Copper Alloy UNS No. C51000
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