ASTM B36/B36M-95

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Designation: B 36/B 36M – 95
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
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Brass Plate, Sheet, Strip, And Rolled Bar
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 36/B 36M; 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 Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and
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Rolled Bar [Metric]
1.1 This specification covers brass plate, sheet, strip, and
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B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and
rolled bar of the following alloys:
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Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
Nominal Composition
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E 8 Test Methods of Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
Copper
E 8M Test Methods of Tension Testing of Metallic Materi-
Alloy Previously Used
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als [Metric]
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UNS No. Designation Copper, % Zinc, %
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
C21000 1 95 5
C22000 2 90 10
3. Ordering Information
C22600 . 87.5 12.5
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
C23000 3 85 15
C24000 4 80 20
include the following information:
C26000 6 70 30
3.1.1 Quantity,
C26800 8 66 34
C27200 9 63 37 3.1.2 Name of material: brass,
C28000 . 60 40
3.1.3 Form of material: plate, sheet, strip, or rolled bar,
3.1.4 Alloy number (see 1.1),
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
3.1.5 Temper (see Section 5),
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
3.1.6 Dimensions: thickness and width, and length if appli-
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
cable.
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall
3.1.7 How furnished: rolls, stock lengths with or without
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
ends, specific lengths with or without ends (see 8.4),
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
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3.1.8 Type of edge, if required: slit, sheared, sawed, square
cation.
corners, rounded corners, rounded edges, or full-rounded edges
2. Referenced Documents
(see 8.6),
3.1.9 Type of width and straightness tolerances, if required:
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date
slit-metal tolerances, square-sheared-metal tolerances, sawed-
of material purchase form a part of this specification to the
metal tolerances, straightened or edge-rolled metal tolerances
extent referenced herein:
(see 8.3 and 8.5).
2.2 ASTM Standards:
3.1.10 ASTM Specification B 36/B 36M, year of issue, and
B 248 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
whether inch-pound or SI units are applicable (see 1.2).
Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled
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3.1.11 Special tests or exceptions, if any.
Bar
3.2 In addition, when material is purchased for agencies of
B 248M Specification for General Requirements for
the U. S. Government, it shall conform to the Supplementary
Requirements as defined in Specification B 248 when specified
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-5 on Copper
in the contract or purchase order.
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.01 on Plate,
Sheet, and Strip.
4. Chemical Composition
Current edition approved Feb. 15, 1995. Published April 1995. Originally
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published as B 36 – 20 T. Last previous edition B 36 – 91a .
4.1 The materials shall conform to the compositions pre-
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SAE Specifications CA210, CA220, CA230, CA240, CA260, CA268 and
scribed in Table 1.
CA272 conform to the requirements for Copper Alloy UNS Nos. C21000, C22000,
4.2 These specification limits do not preclude the presence
C23000, C24000, C26000, C26800, and C27200, respectively.
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The UNS system for copper and copper alloys (see Practice E 527) is a simple of other elements. Limits for unnamed elements may be
expansion of the former standard designation system accomplished by the addition
of a prefix “C” and a suffix “00.” The suffix can be used to accommodate
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composition variations of the base alloy. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Copper Alloy UNS No. Copper, % Lead, max, % Iron, max, % Zinc
C21000 (95 Cu, 5 Zn) 94.0 to 96.0 0.03 0.05 remainder
C22000 (90 Cu, 10 Zn) 89.0 to 91.0 0.05 0.05 remainder
C22600 (87.5 Cu, 12.5 Zn) 86.0 to 89.0 0.05 0.05 remainder
C23000 (85 Cu, 15 Zn) 84.0 to 86.0 0.05 0.05 remainder
C24000 (8
...