ASTM B187M-97

Standard Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod and Shapes [Metric] (Withdrawn 2002)

SCOPE
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for copper bar, bus bar, rod and shapes for electrical and non-electrical applications.
1.1.1 The products for electrical applications shall be made from the following coppers:  Copper UNS No. 2 Reference Designation C10100 OFE C10200 OF C10300 OFXLP C10400, C10500, C10700 OFS C10920, C10930, C10940 ... C11000 ETP C11300, C11400, C11500, C11600 STP C14420 ...
1.1.1.1 The product may be furnished from any copper listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order.
1.1.2 The product for non-electrical applications shall be made from the following coppers:  Copper UNS No. 2 Reference Designation C10800 OFLP C12000 DLP C12200 DHP
1.1.2.1 The product may be furnished from any copper listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order.
1.2 SI units are the standard for this specification.
1.3 This specification is the SI (metric) companion to the inch-pound Specification B187.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-1996
• ICS: 77.150.30 - Copper products
• Technical Committee: B05 - Copper and Copper Alloys
• Drafting Committee: B05.02 - Rod, Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings

Standards Content (Sample)

Designation: B 187M – 97
METRIC
Standard Specification for
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Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod and Shapes [Metric]
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 187M; 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 B 170 Specification for Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper—
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Refinery Shapes
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for cop-
B 187 Specification for Copper Bar, Bus Bar, Rod and
per bar, bus bar, rod and shapes for electrical and non-electrical
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Shapes
applications.
B 193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor
1.1.1 The products for electrical applications shall be made
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Materials
from the following coppers:
B 216 Specification for Tough-Pitch Fire-Refined Copper
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Copper UNS No. Reference Designation
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for Wrought Products and Alloys—Refinery Shapes
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C10100 OFE
B 224 Classification of Coppers
C10200 OF
B 249M Specification for General Requirements for
C10300 OFXLP
Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar and Shapes
C10400, C10500, C10700 OFS
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C10920, C10930, C10940 .
(Metric)
C11000 ETP
B 577 Test Methods for Hydrogen Embrittlement of Cop-
C11300, C11400, C11500, C11600 STP
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per
C14420 .
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 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
order.
E 62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
1.1.2 The product for non-electrical applications shall be
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Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
made from the following coppers:
E 255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for
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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
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C12000 DLP
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
3. Terminology
listed unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase
order.
3.1 Definitions:
1.2 SI units are the standard for this specification. 3.1.1 bus bar—includes material of solid rectangular or
1.3 This specification is the SI (metric) companion to the
square cross section or a solid section with two plane parallel
inch-pound Specification B 187.
surfaces and round or other simple regular shaped edges up to
and including 30 mm in width and over 2.0 mm in thickness.
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.2 bus conductor stock—a bar, rod or shape of high
2.1 ASTM Standards:
conductivity copper used to make electrical conductors.
2.1.1 The following documents in the current issue of the
3.1.3 bus rod—includes solid round and regular polygons of
Book of Standard form a part of this specification to the extent
six and eight sides.
referenced herein:
3.1.4 bus shapes—a solid section other than regular rod,
bar, plate, sheet, strip, or flat wire, and may be oval, half oval,
half round, triangular, pentagonal, or of any special cross
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-5 on Copper
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rods,
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Bars and Shapes. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01.
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Current edition approved Feb. 10, 1997. Published April 1997. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.03.
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published as B187M–94. Last previous edition B187M–96. 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 187M
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—without visual enhancement; however, 4.2.6 Special packaging requirements.
corrective spectacles necessary to obtain normal vision shall be
5. Materials and Manufacture
permitted.
5.1 Manufacture:
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
5.1.1 Edges:
3.2.1 orange peel—the surface roughness resulting from
5.1.1.1 Edges of bar greater than 12 mm in thickness and 50
working metal of large grain size. The surface is similar in
mm in width may be furnished as sawed with deburred corners
texture to that of the outside surface of an orange.
unless other specified at the time of order placement.
4. Ordering Information
6. Chemical Composition
4.1 Orders for product under this specification should con-
6.1 The specified copper shall conform to the chemical
tain the following information:
req
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