ASTM B124/B124M-17

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Designation: B124/B124M −17
Standard Specification for
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Copper and Copper Alloy Forging Rod, Bar, and Shapes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B124/B124M; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope* priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for cop-
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
per and copper alloy rod, bar, and shapes intended for hot
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
forging.The following coppers and copper alloys are involved:
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Copper Alloy Copper Alloy
Copper UNS Nos.
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
UNS Nos. EN 1412 Nos.
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
C11000 C27450 C49350 CW612N
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
C14500 C27451 C49355 CW617N
C14700 C27453 C49360
2. Referenced Documents
C28500 C61900
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C35330 C62300
2.1 ASTM Standards:
C36500 C63000
B249/B249M Specification for General Requirements for
C37000 C63200
C37700 C64200
Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Rod, Bar, Shapes and
C46400 C64210
Forgings
C46500 C65500
B283/B283M Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy
C46750 C67500
C48200 C67600
Die Forgings (Hot-Pressed)
C48500 C69150
E54 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Special Brasses
C48600 C69240
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and Bronzes (Withdrawn 2002)
C49250 C69300
C49255 C70620
E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and
C49260 C71520
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CopperAlloys (Photometric Methods)(Withdrawn 2010)
C49265 C77400
E75 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper-Nickel
C49300 C87700
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C49340 C87710
and Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloys (Withdrawn 2010)
C49345
E76 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Nickel-Copper
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Alloys (Withdrawn 2003)
E121 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper-
NOTE 1—Additional information about forging practice and forgings
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Tellurium Alloys (Withdrawn 2010)
produced from these alloys is given in Appendix X1 and in Specification
E478 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of CopperAlloys
B283/B283M.
2.2 Other Standards:
1.2 Units—The values stated in either SI units or inch-
EN 1412 Copper and CopperAlloys—European Numbering
pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The
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System
values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents;
EN 12165 Copper and Copper Alloys—Wrought and Un-
therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.
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wrought Forging Stock
Combining values from the two systems may result in non-
ISO 3110, Part 2 (TC 26 Ref. No. N 670 E⁄F) Determination
conformance with the standard.
ofAluminum Content: FlameAtomicAbsorption Spectro-
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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metric Method
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeB05onCopper Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
and CopperAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rod, the ASTM website.
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Bar, Wire, Shapes and Forgings. The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
Current edition approved April 1, 2017. Published April 2017. Originally www.astm.org.
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approved in 1939. Last previous edition approved in 2016 as B124/B124M–16a. Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
DOI: 10.1520/B0124_B0124M-17. 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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B124/B124M − 17
JIS H 1068:2005 Methods for Determination of Bismuth in 5. Materials and Manufacture
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Copper and Copper Alloys (Japanese Industrial Stan-
5.1 Materials:
dards)
5.1.1 Thematerialofmanufactureshallbeacastrod,bar,or
billet of the designated copper or copper-alloy of such purity
3. General Requirements
and soundness to be suitable for processing into the products
3.1 The following sections of Specification B249/B249M,
prescribed herein.
as applicable, constitute a part of this specificati
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