ASTM B124/B124M-10a

Standard Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Forging Rod, Bar, and Shapes

ABSTRACT
This specification establishes the requirements for copper (UNS Nos. C11000, C14500, and C14700) and copper alloy (UNS Nos. C36500, C37000, C37700, C46400, C48200, C48500, C61900, C62300, C63000, C63200, C64200, C64210, C65500, C67500, C67600, C69300, C70620, C71520, and C77400) forging rods, bars, and shapes. The material for manufacture shall be a cast rod, bar, or billet of such purity and soundness as to be suitable for processing by hot working, cold working, and annealing to produce a uniform wrought structure in the finished product. Products shall be produced in tempers H50 (extruded and drawn), M20 (as hot rolled), and M30 (as hot extruded). Products shall be tested and shall adhere to dimensional (diameter, thickness, width, length, shape, and straightness), mechanical, and chemical composition requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for copper and copper alloy rod, bar, and shapes intended for hot forging. The following coppers and copper alloys are involved:

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Sep-2010
• 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 B124/B124M-10 - Standard Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Forging Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Replaced By: ASTM B124/B124M-11 - Standard Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Forging Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2011
• Referred By: ASTM F3347-23 - Standard Specification for Metal Press Insert Fittings with Factory Assembled Stainless Steel Press Sleeve for SDR9 Cross-linked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing and SDR9 Polyethylene of Raised Temperature (PE-RT) Tubing
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM F721-18(2022) - Standard Specification for Gauge Piping Assemblies
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B138/B138M-11(2017) - Standard Specification for Manganese Bronze Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B150/B150M-19 - Standard Specification for Aluminum Bronze Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B927/B927M-17 - Standard Specification for Brass Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B283/B283M-22 - Standard Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Die Forgings (Hot-Pressed)
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B98/B98M-13(2019) - Standard Specification for Copper-Silicon Alloy Rod, Bar and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM F3226/F3226M-19 - Standard Specification for Metallic Press-Connect Fittings for Piping and Tubing Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B21/B21M-20 - Standard Specification for Naval Brass Rod, Bar, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM F2215-15 - Standard Specification for Balls, Bearings, Ferrous and Nonferrous for Use in Bearings, Valves, and Bearing Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B981/B981M-19 - Standard Specification for Low-Leaded Brass Rod, Bar, Wire, and Shapes
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B249/B249M-22 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar, Shapes and Forgings
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010
• Referred By: ASTM F1018-22 - Standard Specification for Steel Emergency Gear Stowage Locker
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2010

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: B124/B124M – 10a
Standard Specification for
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Copper and Copper Alloy Forging Rod, Bar, and Shapes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B124/B124M; 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 (´) 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* 1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for cop-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
per and copper alloy rod, bar, and shapes intended for hot
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
forging.The following coppers and copper alloys are involved:
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
Copper UNS Nos. Copper Alloy UNS Nos.
2. Referenced Documents
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C11000 C36500
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C14500 C37000
B249/B249M Specification for General Requirements for
C14700 C37700
Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar, Shapes and
C46400
C48200
Forgings
C48500
B283 Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Die Forg-
C49260
ings (Hot-Pressed)
C49300
C49340
E54 TestMethodsforChemicalAnalysisofSpecialBrasses
C49350 3
and Bronzes
C61900
E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
C62300
3
C63000
Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
C63200
E75 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Copper-Nickel
C64200
3
and Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloys
C64210
C65500
E76 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Nickel-Copper
C67500
3
Alloys
C67600
C69300 E121 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper-
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C70620
Tellurium Alloys
C71520
E478 TestMethodsforChemicalAnalysisofCopperAlloys
C77400
C87700 2.2 Other Standard:
C87710
ISO3110,Part2(TC26Ref.No.N 670 E/F) Determination
C27450
ofAluminum Content: FlameAtomicAbsorption Spectro-
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metric Method
JIS H 1068:2005 Method for Determination of Bismuth in
NOTE 1—Additional information about forging practice and forgings
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produced from these alloys is given in Appendix X1 and in Specification Copper and Copper Alloys (Japanese Industrial Stan-
B283.
dards)
1.2 Units—The values stated in either SI units or inch-
3. General Requirements
pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The
3.1 The following sections of Specification B249/B249M,
values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents;
as applicable, constitute a part of this specification:
therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.
Combining values from the two systems may result in non-
conformance with the standard. 2
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeB05onCopper the ASTM website.
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and CopperAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rod, Withdrawn. The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced
Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings. on www.astm.org.
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Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2010. Published November 2010. Originally Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
approved in 1939. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as B124/B124M – 10. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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DOI: 10.1520/B0124_B0124M-10A. Available from Japanese Industrial Standards, http//www.JIS.or.jp/.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B124/B124M – 10a
casting analysis with a specific quantity of finished material.
3.1.1 Terminology,
3.1.2 Material and Manufacture,
5.2 Manufacture:
3.1.3 Workmanship, Finish, and Appearance,
5.2.1 The product shall be manufactured by such hot work-
3.1.4 Sampling,
ing, cold working, and annealing processes as to produce a
3.1.5 Number of Tests and Retests,
uniform wrought structure in the finished product.
3.1.6 Specimen Preparation,
5.2.2 Theproductshallbehotorcoldworkedtothefinished
3.1.7 Test Methods,
size and subsequently annealed, when required, to meet the
3.1.8 Significance of Numerical Limits,
temper properties specified.
3.1.9 Inspection,
3.1.10 Rejection and Rehearing,
6. Chemical Composition
3.1.11 Certification,
6.1 The material shall conform to the chemical composition
3.1.12 Mill Test Reports,
requirements in Table 1 for the copper or copper alloy UNS
3.1.13 Packaging and P
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