ASTM B967/B967M-09

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Designation: B967/B967M – 09
Standard Specification for
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Copper-Zinc-Tin-Bismuth Alloy Rod, Bar and Wire
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B967/B967M; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar, Shapes and
Forgings
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for
B250/B250M Specification for General Requirements for
copper-zinc-tin-bismuth alloy rod, bar and wire of alloy UNS
2 Wrought Copper Alloy Wire
No. C49300 intended for use in plumbing applications and
B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
drinking water systems.
E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
1.2 Typically, rod and bar product made to this specification
E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materi-
is furnished as straight lengths. Wire (H04) 0.08-0.3 in. [2-8
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als [Metric]
mm inclusive] is furnished in coil form.
E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
1.3 The following safety hazard caveat pertains only to the
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Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
test method(s) described in this specification.
E92 Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Materi-
1.3.1 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
E478 TestMethodsforChemicalAnalysisofCopperAlloys
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
2.2 Other Standards:
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
ISO No. 3110 (AA) CopperAlloys – Determination ofAlu-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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minum as an Alloying Element – Volumetric (Interna-
1.4 Units—The values stated in either SI units or inch-
tional Organization of Standardization)
pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The
JIS H 1068:2005 Method for Determination of Bismuth in
values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents;
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Copper and Copper Alloys (Japanese Industrial Stan-
therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.
dards)
Combining values from the two systems may result in non-
conformance with the standard.
3. General Requirements
1.5 A Japanese patent application has been submitted for
3.1 The following sections of Specifications B249/B249M
UNSAlloy C49300.Apatent application is being prepared for
or B250/B250M constitute a part of this specification:
review by the U.S. Patent Office. An international patent
3.1.1 Terminology,
application has been submitted to PCT (Patent Cooperation
3.1.2 Materials and Manufacture,
Treaty).Alternativematerialswillbeincludedinthisdocument
2 3.1.3 Sampling,
when they become available.
3.1.4 Number of Tests and Retests,
2. Referenced Documents 3.1.5 Specimen Preparation,
3 3.1.6 Certification,
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.7 Test Reports.
B249/B249M Specification for General Requirements for
3.2 In addition, when a section with a title identical to that
referenced in X.1, above, appears in this specification, it
contains additional requirements which supplement those ap-
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This test method is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee B05 on Copper
pearing in Specifications B249/B249M or B250/B250M.
and CopperAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rod,
Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings.
4. Terminology
Current edition approved April 1, 2009. Published May 2009. DOI: 10.1520/
B0967_B0967M-09.
4.1 For definitions of terms related to copper and copper
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The UNS Alloy C49300 is covered by pending patents as noted in 1.5.
alloys, refer to Terminology B846.
Interested parties are invited to submit information regarding the identification of
alternative(s)tothispendingpatenteditemtotheASTMInternationalHeadquarters.
Your comments will receive careful consideration at a meeting of the responsible
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technical committee, which you may attend. Withdrawn. The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced
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