ASTM B248M-06
(Specification)Standard Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar [Metric]
Standard Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar [Metric]
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1.1 This specification establishes the general requirements common to several wrought product specifications. Unless otherwise specified in the purchase order or in an individual specification, these general requirements shall apply to copper and copper-alloy plate, sheet, strip, and rolled bar supplied under each of the following product specifications issued by ASTM: B 36/B 36M, B 96/B 96M, B 103/B 103M, B 121/B 121M, B 122/B 122M, B 152/B 152M, B 169/B 169M, B 194, B 422, B 465, B 534, B 591, B 592, B 694, B 740, B 747, and B 768.
1.2 Units - This specification is the companion specification to inch-pound Specification B 248.
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Designation: B 248M – 06
METRIC
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-
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Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar [Metric]
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 248M; 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* Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
B 121/B 121M Specification for Leaded Brass Plate, Sheet,
1.1 This specification establishes the general requirements
Strip, and Rolled Bar
common to several wrought product specifications. Unless
B 122/B 122M Specification for Copper-Nickel-Tin Alloy,
otherwise specified in the purchase order or in an individual
Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (Nickel Silver), and Copper-
specification, these general requirements shall apply to copper
Nickel Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
and copper-alloy plate, sheet, strip, and rolled bar supplied
B 152/B 152M Specification for Copper Sheet, Strip, Plate,
under each of the following product specifications issued by
and Rolled Bar
ASTM: B 36/B 36M, B 96/B 96M, B 103/B 103M, B 121/
B 169/B 169M Specification for Aluminum Bronze Sheet,
B 121M, B 122/B 122M, B 152/B 152M, B 169/B 169M,
Strip, and Rolled Bar
B 194, B 422, B 465, B 534, B 591, B 592, B 694, B 740,
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B 193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor
B 747, and B 768.
Materials
1.2 Units—Thisspecificationisthecompanionspecification
B 194 Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Plate,
to inch-pound Specification B 248.
Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
2. Referenced Documents
B 248 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date
Bar
of material purchase form a part of this specification to the
B 422 Specification for Copper-Aluminum-Silicon-Cobalt
extent referenced herein:
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Alloy, Copper-Nickel-Silicon-Magnesium Alloy, Copper-
2.2 ASTM Standards:
Nickel-Silicon Alloy, Copper-Nickel-Aluminum-
B 36/B 36M Specification for Brass Plate, Sheet, Strip,And
MagnesiumAlloy, and Copper-Nickel-TinAlloy Sheet and
Rolled Bar
Strip
B 96/B 96M Specification for Copper-Silicon Alloy Plate,
B 465 Specification for Copper-Iron Alloy Plate, Sheet,
Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar for General Purposes and
Strip, and Rolled Bar
Pressure Vessels
B 534 SpecificationforCopper-Cobalt-BerylliumAlloyand
B 103/B 103M Specification for Phosphor Bronze Plate,
Copper-Nickel-Beryllium Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and
Rolled Bar
B 591 Specification for Copper-Zinc-Tin and Copper-Zinc-
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeB05onCopper
Tin-Iron-Nickel Alloys Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
and Copper Alloys, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.01 on
B 592 Specification for Copper-Zinc-Aluminum-CobaltAl-
Plate, Sheet, and Strip.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2006. Published October 2006. Originally loy, Copper-Zinc-Tin-Iron Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and
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approved in 1980. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as B 248M – 01 .
Rolled Bar
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The UNS system for copper and copper alloys (see Practice E 527) is a simple
B 694 Specification for Copper, Copper-Alloy, Copper-
expansion of the former standard designation system accomplished by the addition
Clad Bronze (CCB), Copper-Clad Stainless Steel (CCS),
of a prefix “C” and a suffix “00”. The suffix can be used to accommodate
composition variations of the base alloy.
and Copper-Clad Alloy Steel (CAS) Sheet and Strip for
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B248M–06
B 740 Specification for Copper-Nickel-Tin Spinodal Alloy 4. Materials and Manufacture
Strip
4.1 Materials—The material of manufacture shall be a cast
B 747 Specification for Copper-Zirconium Alloy Sheet and
bar, cake, slab of such purity and soundness as to be suitable
Strip
for processing into the products to the product specification
B 768 SpecificationforCopper-Cobalt-BerylliumAlloyand
listed in Section 1.
Copper-Nickel-Beryllium Alloy Strip and Sheet
4.2 Manufacture:
B 846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
4.2.1 The product shall be
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