1. Scope

1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for copper alloys in ingot form for remelting for the manufacturing of castings having the Copper Alloy UNS No. designation, commercial designations and nominal composition shown in Table 1 and Table 2.

1.2 A cross reference of Copper Alloy UNS Nos. and copper alloy casting specifications is given in Table 3.

1.3 Inch-pound units are the standard. SI values given in parentheses are for information only.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

B22 Specification for Bronze Castings for Bridges and Turntables

B61 Specification for Steam or Valve Bronze Castings

B62 Specification for Composition Bronze or Ounce Metal Castings

B66 Specification for Bronze Castings for Steam Locomotive Wearing Parts

B67 Specification for Car and Tender Journal Bearings, Lined

B148 Specification for Aluminum-Bronze Sand Castings

B176 Specification for Copper-Alloy Die Castings

B194 Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar

B208 Practice for Preparing Tension Test Specimens for Copper Alloy Sand, Permanent Mold, Centrifugal, and Continuous Castings

B271 Specification for Copper-Base Alloy Centrifugal Castings

B369 Specification for Copper-Nickel Alloy Castings

B427 Specification for Gear Bronze Alloy Castings

B505/B505M Specification for Copper Alloy Continuous Castings

B584 Specification for Copper Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications

B763 Specification for Copper Alloy Sand Castings for Valve Applications

B770 Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications

B806 Specification for Copper Alloy Permanent Mold Castings for General Applications

E8/E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E54 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Special Brasses and Bronzes

E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)

E76 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Nickel-Copper Alloys

E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for the Determination of Chemical Composition

E478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloys

E581 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Manganese-Copper Alloys

JIS Standards

Keywords

copper alloy; copper alloy castings; copper-base alloys; copper-base alloy castings; ingot ;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 77.150.30 (Copper products)

DOI: 10.1520/B0030-05

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