ASTM B187-00

Standard Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod, and Shapes

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1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for copper bar, bus bar, rod, and shapes for electrical and nonelectrical applications.
1.1.1 The products for electrical applications shall be made from the following coppers:Copper UNS No. Reference DesignationC10100OFEC10200OFC10300OFXLPC10400, C10500, C10700OFSC10920, C10930, C10940—C11000ETPC11300, C11400, C11500, C11600STPC14420—
The product may be furnished from any copper listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order.
1.1.2 The product for nonelectrical applications shall be made from the following coppers:Copper UNS No.Reference DesignationC10800OFLPC12000DLPC12200DHP
The product may be furnished from any copper listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order.
1.2 The inch-pound units are standard for this specification.
1.3 This specification is the companion to SI (Metric) Specification B 187M; therefore no SI equivalents are presented herein.
Note 1—Material for hot forging will be found in Specification B 224.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Mar-2000
• Technical Committee: B05 - Copper and Copper Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B05.02 - Rod, Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM B187-00e1 - Standard Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2000

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: B 187 – 00
Standard Specification for
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Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod, and Shapes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 187; 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 Book of Standards form a part of this specification to the extent
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referenced herein.
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for cop-
B 170 Specification for Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper—
per bar, bus bar, rod, and shapes for electrical and nonelectrical
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Refinery Shapes
applications.
B 187M Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod and
1.1.1 The products for electrical applications shall be made
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Shapes [Metric]
from the following coppers:
B 193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor
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Copper UNS No. Reference Designation
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Materials
C10100 OFE
B 216 Specification for Tough-Pitch Fire-Refined Copper—
C10200 OF
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Refinery Shapes
C10300 OFXLP
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B 224 Classification of Coppers
C10400, C10500, C10700 OFS
C10920, C10930, C10940 —
B 249 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
C11000 ETP
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Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar, Shapes and Forgings
C11300, C11400, C11500, STP
B 577 Test Methods for Detection of Cuprous Oxide (Hy-
C11600
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C14420 —
drogen Embrittlement Susceptibility) in Copper
B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and
1.1.1.1 The product may be furnished from any copper
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Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase
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E 53 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
order.
E 62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
1.1.2 The product for nonelectrical applications shall be
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Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
made from the following coppers:
3 E 255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for
Copper UNS No. Reference Designation
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the Determination of Chemical Composition
C10800 OFLP
E 478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
C12000 DLP
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Alloys
C12200 DHP
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
1.1.2.1 The product may be furnished from any copper
listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase
3. Terminology
order.
3.1 Definitions:
1.2 The inch-pound units are standard for this specification.
3.1.1 bus bar, n—includes material of solid rectangular or
1.3 This specification is the companion to SI (Metric)
square cross section or a solid section with two plane parallel
Specification B 187M; therefore no SI equivalents are pre-
surfaces and round or other simple regular shaped edges up to
sented herein.
and including 12 in. in width and 0.090 in. and over in
thickness.
NOTE 1—Material for hot forging will be found in Specification B 224.
3.1.2 bus conductor stock, n—a bar, rod, or shape of high
2. Referenced Documents
conductivity copper used to make electrical conductors.
2.1 ASTM Standards: 3.1.3 bus rod, n—includes solid round and regular polygons
2.1.1 The following documents in the current issue of the of six and eight sides.
3.1.4 bus shapes, n—a solid section other than regular rod,
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bar, plate, sheet, strip, or flat wire, that may be oval, half oval,
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B05 on Copper
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rods,
half round, triangular, pentagonal, or of any special cross
Bars, and Shapes.
Current edition approved March 2000. Published April 2000. Originally pub-
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lished as B 187 – 44 T. Last previous edition B 187 – 97. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specifi- Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.03.
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cation SB-133 in Section II of that Code. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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Refer to Practice E 527 for an explanation of the Unified Numbering System. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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B 187
section furnished in straight lengths. Shapes shall not include 4.2.4 Certification,
tube and pipe or other hollow sections. 4.2.5 Mill test reports, and
3.1.5 unaided eye, n—without visual enhancement; how- 4.2.6 Special packaging requirements.
ever, corrective spectacles necessary to obtain normal vision
5. Materials and Manufacture
shall be permitted.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard: 5.1 Manufacture:
3.2.1 orange peel, n—the surface roughness resulting from 5.1.1 Edges:
working metal of large grain size. The surface is
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