ASTM B187-00e1

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
• ICS: 29.050 - Superconductivity and conducting materials
• ICS: 77.150.30 - Copper products
• Technical Committee: B05 - Copper and Copper Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B05.02 - Rod, Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM B187-00 - Standard Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2000
• Replaced By: ASTM B187/B187M-02 - Standard Specification for Copper, Bus Bar, Rod, and Shapes and General Purpose Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2002

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.
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e NOTE—Tables 2 and X1.1 were editorially corrected in August 2001.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for cop- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
per bar, bus bar, rod, and shapes for electrical and nonelectrical 2.1.1 The following documents in the current issue of the
applications. Book of Standards form a part of this specification to the extent
1.1.1 The products for electrical applications shall be made referenced herein.
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from the following coppers: B 170 Specification for Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper—
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Refinery Shapes
Copper UNS No. Reference Designation
B 187M Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod and
C10100 OFE
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Shapes [Metric]
C10200 OF
B 193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor
C10300 OFXLP
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C10400, C10500, C10700 OFS
Materials
C10920, C10930, C10940 —
B 216 Specification for Tough-Pitch Fire-Refined Copper—
C11000 ETP
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Refinery Shapes
C11300, C11400, C11500, STP
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C11600
B 224 Classification of Coppers
C14420 —
B 249/B 249M Specification for General Requirements for
1.1.1.1 The product may be furnished from any copper
Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar, Shapes and
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listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase
Forgings
order.
B 577 Test Methods for Detection of Cuprous Oxide (Hy-
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1.1.2 The product for nonelectrical applications shall be
drogen Embrittlement Susceptibility) in Copper
made from the following coppers:
B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and
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Copper UNS No. Reference Designation Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
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E 53 Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
C10800 OFLP
E 62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
C12000 DLP
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C12200 DHP
Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
E 255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for
1.1.2.1 The product may be furnished from any copper
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the Determination of Chemical Composition
listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase
E 478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
order.
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Alloys
1.2 The inch-pound units are standard for this specification.
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
1.3 This specification is the companion to SI (Metric)
Specification B 187M; therefore no SI equivalents are pre-
3. Terminology
sented herein.
3.1 Definitions:
NOTE 1—Material for hot forging will be found in Specification B 224.
3.1.1 bus bar, n—includes material of solid rectangular or
square cross section or a solid section with two plane parallel
surfaces and round or other simple regular shaped edges up to
and including 12 in. in width and 0.090 in. and over in
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B05 on Copper
thickness.
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rod,
Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings.
Current edition approved March 2000. Published April 2000. Originally pub-
lished as B 187 – 44 T. Last previous edition B 187 – 97.
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2 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01.
For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specifi-
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.03.
cation SB-133 in Section II of that Code.
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3 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
Refer to Practice E 527 for an explanation of the Unified Numbering System.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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B 187
3.1.2 bus conductor stock, n—a bar, rod, or shape of high 4.1.7 When material is purchased for agencies of the U.S.
conductivity copper used to make electrical conductors. Government (see Section 12).
3.1.3 bus rod, n—includes solid round and regular polygons
4.2 The following options are available and should be
of six and eight sides.
specified in the contract or purchase order when required:
3.1.4 bus shapes, n—a solid section other than regular rod,
4.2.1 Heat identification or traceability details required,
bar, plate, sheet, strip, or flat wire, that may be oval, half oval,
4.2.2 Hydrogen embrittlement test,
half round, triangular, pentagonal, or of any spec
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