ASTM B569-98

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Designation: B 569 – 98
Standard Specification for
Brass Strip in Narrow Widths and Light Gage for Heat-
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Exchanger Tubing
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 569; 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.
1. Scope * 3.2.1 capable of—the test need not be performed by the
producer of the product; however, should subsequent testing by
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for brass
the purchaser establish that the product does not meet these
strip in narrow widths and light gages produced from Copper
requirements, the product shall be subject to rejection.
Alloys Nos. C23000, C26000, and C26130.
NOTE 1—This product is commonly used for the manufacture of 4. Ordering Information
thin-wall tubes for water passages in heat exchangers for internal
4.1 Orders for products should include the following infor-
combustion engines and other closed system heat sources.
mation:
1.2 Values given in inch-pound units are the standard except
4.1.1 ASTM designation and year of issue (for example,
for grain size, which are given in SI units. Values given in
B 569–XX),
parentheses are for information only.
4.1.2 Copper Alloy UNS No. designation (for example,
C26000),
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.3 Temper (Section 7),
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1.4 Dimensions: thickness, width, length, and so forth
B 248 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
(Section 11), and
Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled
4.1.5 Quantity: total weight each form, temper, and size.
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Bar
4.2 The following options are available and should be
B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and
specified at the time of placing an order when required:
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Copper Alloys—Wrought and Cast
4.2.1 Heat identification or traceability details,
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B 846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
4.2.2 Certification, and
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E 3 Methods of Preparation of Metallographic Specimens
4.2.3 Mill test report.
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E 8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
5. Materials and Manufacture
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
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Determine Conformance With Specifications
5.1 Material:
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E 112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
5.1.1 The material of manufacture shall be cast bar, cake, or
E 478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper
slab of Copper Alloy UNS No. C23000, C26000, or C26130 of
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Alloys
such purity and soundness as to be suitable for processing into
the products prescribed herein.
3. Terminology
5.1.2 In the event heat identification or traceability is
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this speci-
required, the purchaser shall specify the details desired.
fication, refer to Terminology B 846.
NOTE 2—Because of the discontinuous nature of the processing of
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
castings into wrought products, it is not always practical to identify a
specific casting analysis with a specific quantity of finished material.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-5 on Copper 5.2 Manufacture:
and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.01 on Plate,
5.2.1 The product width shall be 3 in. (76.2 mm) and under,
Sheet, and Strip.
and thickness shall be less than 0.018 in. (0.457 mm).
Current edition approved May 10, 1998. Published March 1999. Originally
5.2.2 The product shall be manufactured by such hot-
published as B 569 – 72. Last previous edition B 569 – 93.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01.
working, cold-working, and annealing processes as to produce
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
a uniform wrought structure in the finished product.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.06.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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5.2.2.1 The product shall be hot- or cold-worked to the 10. Dimensions, Mass, and Permissible Variations
finished size, and subsequently annealed, when required, to
10.1 Unless closer tolerances are specified in the contract or
meet the temper properties specified.
purchase order, the product furnished shall conform to the
following thickness and width tolerances:
6. Chemical Composition
10.1.1 Thickness Tolerances—Table 4.
10.1.2 Width Tolerances—Table 5.
6.1 The material shall conform to the chemical composi-
10.2 Straightness Tolerances—The maximum edgewise
tional requirements in Table 1 for Co
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