Significance and Use

This classification is provided to serve the needs of designers, specifiers, installers, and users of seamless copper and copper alloy plumbing tube and piping systems. It familiarizes them with the products available for such systems, giving size ranges and available materials for products listed herein. Also refer to Section 1.

1. Scope

1.1 This classification covers various types of seamless copper and copper alloy pipe and tube used for water service, distribution, and drainage. It is not a specification for the various types and alloys.

1.2 This classification uses the standard copper designations developed and used by the copper industry.

1.3 This classification makes no attempt to differentiate between all compositions that could be termed coppers or copper alloys, but, in conformance with general practice in the trade includes those coppers and copper alloys commonly used in the manufacture of water service, distribution, and drainage pipe and tube.

1.4 This classification makes no attempt to differentiate between all applications of seamless copper and copper alloy piping and tube intended for use in water service distribution and drainage.

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

B42 Specification for Seamless Copper Pipe, Standard Sizes

B43 Specification for Seamless Red Brass Pipe, Standard Sizes

B88 Specification for Seamless Copper Water Tube

B88M Specification for Seamless Copper Water Tube (Metric)

B302 Specification for Threadless Copper Pipe, Standard Sizes

B306 Specification for Copper Drainage Tube (DWV)

B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys

E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)

Keywords

copper; copper alloy; pipe; plumbing; seamless; tube; Classification (standards)--metals/alloys; Copper alloy pipe; Copper pipe; Copper welded tube; Drain/waste/vent (DWV)--copper; Plumbing applications; Seamless Cu/Cu alloy tube; UNS C10200 (oxygen-free copper (OF)); UNS C10200--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C10300--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C10800--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C12000--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C12200--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C23000--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); Water supply/distribution systems; Welded Cu/Cu alloy tube;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 23.040.15 (Non-ferrous metal pipes)

DOI: 10.1520/B0698-10

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ASTM B698