ASTM B135-00

Designation: B 135 – 00
Standard Specification for
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Seamless Brass Tube
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 135; 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 251 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
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Seamless Copper and Copper-Alloy Tube
1.1 This specification covers seamless round and rectangu-
B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and
lar including square copper alloy tube in straight lengths. Ten
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Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
alloys are specified having the following nominal composi-
E 243 Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Exami-
tions:
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nation of Copper and Copper-Alloy Tubes
Copper Previously Nominal Composition, %
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
Alloy Used
UNS Designa-
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No. tion Copper Zinc Lead Tin
3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
C22000 7 90.0 10.0 . .
C23000 1 85.0 15.0 . .
3.1.1 capable of—as used in this specification, the test need
C26000 2 70.0 30.0 . .
not be performed by the producer of the material. However,
C27000 9 65.0 35.0 . .
should subsequent testing by the purchaser establish that the
C27200 8 63.0 37.0 . .
C27400 . 62.5 37.5 . .
material does not meet these requirements the material shall be
C28000 5 60.0 40.0 . .
subject to rejection.
C33000 3 66.0 33.5 0.5 .
C33200 4 66.0 32.4 1.6 .
4. Ordering Information
C37000 6 60.0 39.0 1.0 .
C44300 . 71.5 27.5 . 1.00
4.1 Orders for material under the specification shall include
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Alloy Designations of ASTM Specification B 135 – 63, which was published in
the following information:
the 1966 Book of ASTM Standards, Part 5.
4.1.1 Alloy (Section 1),
NOTE 1—A complete metric companion to Specification B 135 has
4.1.2 Temper (Section 7),
been developed—B 135M; therefore, no metric equivalents are presented
4.1.3 Whether tension tests are required (for drawn tempers
in this specification.
only (see 8.1)),
1.2 Warning—Mercury is a definite health hazard in use
4.1.4 Dimensions: diameter or distance between parallel
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and disposal. (See 10.1.)
surfaces and wall thickness (see 11.2 and 11.3),
4.1.5 Length (see 12.4),
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.6 Mercurous nitrate test, if required (Section 10),
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date
4.1.7 Total length of each size,
of material purchase form a part of this specification to the
4.1.8 Hydrostatic pressure test, when specified, and
extent referenced herein:
4.1.9 Pneumatic test, when specified.
2.2 ASTM Standards:
5. General Requirements
B 153 Test Method for Expansion (Pin Test) of Copper and
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Copper-Alloy Pipe and Tubing
5.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con-
B 154 Test Method for Mercurous Nitrate Test for Copper
form to the applicable requirements of the current edition of
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and Copper Alloys
Specification B 251.
6. Chemical Composition
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B05 on Copper
6.1 The material shall conform to the chemical requirements
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.04 on Pipe
specified in Table 1.
and Tube.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2000. Published November 2000. Originally 6.2 These specification limits do not preclude the presence
published as B 135 – 40 T. Last previous edition B 135 – 96.
of other elements. Limits for unnamed elements are to be
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The UNS system for copper and copper alloys (see Practice E 527) is a simple
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 03.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B 135
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Composition,%
Copper Alloy UNS No.
Copper Lead Arsenic Tin Iron, max Zinc
C22000 89.0–91.0 0.05 max . . 0.05 remainder
C23000 84.0–86.0 0.05 max . . 0.05 remainder
C26000 68.5–71.5 0.07 max . . 0.05 remainder
C27000 63.0–68.5 0.10 max . . 0.07 remainder
C27200 62.0–65.0 0.07 max . . 0.07 remainder
C27400 61.0–64.0 0.10 max . . 0.05 remainder
C28000 59.0–63.0 0.30 max . . 0.07 remainder
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C33000 65.0–68.0 0.25 –0.7 . . 0.07 remainder
C33200 65.0–68.0 1.5–2.5 . . 0.07 remainder
C37000 59.0–62.0 0.9–1.4 . . 0.15 remainder
C44300 70.0–73.0 0.07 max 0.02–0.06 0.9–1.2
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