1、Designation: B224 16Standard Classification ofCoppers1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B224; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year o
2、f last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope*1.1 This is a classification of the various types of coppercurrently available in refinery shapes and wrought products incommercial quantities. It is not a specification for the va
3、rioustypes of copper.1.2 In this classification, use is made of the standard copperdesignations in use by the copper industry.1.3 Although this classification includes certain UNS des-ignations as described in Practice E527, these designations arefor cross-reference only and are not requirements. Th
4、erefore, incase of conflict, this ASTM classification shall govern.1.4 This classification does not attempt to differentiatebetween all compositions that could be termed either coppersor copper-base alloys, but in conformance with general usagein the trade, includes those coppers in which the copper
5、 plusspecific permitted elements is specified as 99.85 % or more,silver being counted as copper except in the case of UNSC10100 and C11040 where silver is not counted as copper.NOTE 1Coppers may contain small amounts of certain elementsintentionally permitted to impart specific properties, without e
6、xcessivelylowering electrical conductivity. The total copper plus specific permittedelements is specified as 99.85 % or more. These intentionally permittedelements normally include, but are not limited to, arsenic, cadmium,chromium, lead, magnesium, silver, sulfur, tellurium, tin, zinc, andzirconium
7、, plus deoxidizers, up to specific levels adopted by the Interna-tional Standards Organization.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in theUnified Numbering System (UNS)B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys3. Terminology3.1 This classificati
8、on covers definitions specific to thisdocument and in conjunction with Terminology B846.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 sulfur-bearing coppercopper alloy containing aspecified amount of sulfur (C14700).3.2.2 tellurium-bearing coppercopper alloy containing aspecified amount o
9、f tellurium (C14500).3.2.3 wirea solid section, including rectangular flat wirebut excluding other flat products, furnished in coils or onspools, reels, or bucks.3.2.4 zirconium-bearing coppercopper alloy containing aspecified amount of zirconium (C15000).4. Significance and Use4.1 This classificati
10、on lists the types of copper availablefrom refineries or fabricators, or both, defines the commonterms used, and gives the characteristics of many of thecoppers available. It is useful to the neophyte looking for theappropriate copper for a particular application.5. Basis of Classification5.1 Table
11、1 lists the standard designations, and the refineryshapes and fabricators products currently produced. The listedcoppers are not necessarily available in the complete range ofsizes in the form shown, nor from any one supplier in all forms.5.2 Existing ASTM specifications for refinery copper andfor w
12、rought copper products may cover more than one of thecoppers listed in Table 1 or may include only part of the rangecovered by any one of the coppers shown in this classification.6. Keywords6.1 classification, coppers1This classification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B05 onCopper and C
13、opper Alloysand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.07on Refined Copper.Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2016. Published November 2016. Originallyapproved in 1948. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as B224 15. DOI:10.1520/B0224-16.2For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM webs
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15、rive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States1SUMMARY OF CHANGESCommittee B05 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue (B224 15)that may impact the use of this standard. (Approved Oct. 1, 2016.)(1) Modified 1.4 to agree with CDAs clar
16、ification of silvercontent.Committee B05 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue (B224 14)that may impact the use of this standard. (Approved May 1, 2015.)(1) Added C11025 to Table 1 to address comments receivedfrom Ballot B05.07 (13-01).(2) Performed fi
17、ve (5) year review.TABLE 1 Classification of CoppersNOTE 1Table 1 lists the standard designations, refinery shapes, and fabricators products.Designations Type of CopperAUNS Nos.BForm in which Copper is AvailableCFrom Refiners From FabricatorsAWireBarsBillets CakesIngotsandIngotBarsFlat ProductsPipea
18、ndTubeRodandWireShapesCATH Electrolytic cathode Cathodes onlyTough-Pitch CoppersETP Electrolytic tough-pitch C11000,C11040XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXRHC Remelted, high-conductivity tough pitch C11010 X X X X X X X XETP Electrolytic tough-pitch (anneal resist) C11100 X X X X X X XSTP Silver-bearing, tough-pitch
19、 C11300,C11400,C11500,C11600XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXFire-Refined CopperReclaimed CopperFRTP Fire-refined, tough-pitch C12500 X X X X X X XFRHC Fire-refined, high-conductivity tough-pitch C11020,C11025XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXFRSTP Fire-refined tough-pitch with silver C12900 X X X X XOxygen-Free Coppe
20、rs (Without use of Deoxidants)OFE Oxygen-free, electronic C10100 X X X X X X XOF Oxygen-free C10200 X X X X X X XOFS Oxygen-free, silver-bearing C10400,C10500,C10700XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOFXLP Oxygen-free, extra low phosphorus C10300 X X X X X X XOFLP Oxygen-free, low-phosphorus C10800 X X X X X X XD
21、eoxidized CoppersDLP Phosphorized, low-residual phosphorus C12000 X X X X XDLPS Phosphorized, low-residual phosphorussilver-bearingC12100 X X X X XDHP Phosphorized, high-residual phosphorus C12200 X X X X X XDHPS Phosphorized, high-residual phosphorussilver-bearingC12300 X X X XDPTE Phosphorized, te
22、llurium-bearing C14520 X XOther CoppersSulfur-bearing C14700 X XZirconium-bearing C15000 X X X XPTE Tellurium-bearing C14500 X XASee 3.1.BThe chemical compositions associated with these numbers are listed in the product specifications and in the Standard Designations for Copper and Copper Alloys tha
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