1、Designation: B780 16Standard Specification for75 % Silver, 24.5 % Copper, 0.5 % Nickel Electrical ContactAlloy1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B780; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of la
2、st revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript 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. Scope1.1 This specification covers an elect
3、rical contact materialwith the nominal composition of 75 % silver, 24.5 % copper,and 0.5 % nickel in the form of rod, wire, strip, and sheet.1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provi
4、ded for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to become familiarwith all hazards including those identified in the appropriateSafet
5、y Data Sheet (SDS) for this product/material as providedby the manufacturer, to establish appropriate safety and healthpractices, and determine the applicability of regulatory limi-tations prior to use.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2B476 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought
6、Precious Metal Electrical Contact Materials3. Ordering Information3.1 Refer to Specification B476.4. Materials and Manufacture4.1 Raw materials shall be of such quality and purity thatthe finished product will have the properties and characteristicsprescribed in this specification.4.2 The material s
7、hall be finished by such operations (coldworking, heat-treating, annealing, turning, grinding, or pick-ling) as are required to produce the prescribed properties.5. Chemical Composition5.1 Material produced under this specification shall conformto the chemical composition limits prescribed in Table
8、1.5.2 These specification limits do not preclude the possiblepresence of other unnamed elements, impurities, or additives.Analysis shall be regularly made only for the minor elementslisted in the table. However, if a user knows of elements thatmight be detrimental to their application or has other r
9、easonsfor requiring analysis for specific elements, then agreementbetween manufacturer and purchaser for both limits andmethods of analysis should be required for elements notspecified.6. Mechanical Properties6.1 The material shall conform to the applicable mechanicalproperties prescribed in Table 2
10、 or Table 3.6.2 All test specimens shall be the full thickness or diameteras the size supplied when practical. The test procedures shallfollow the ASTM specifications referred to in SpecificationB476.6.3 All tests are to be conducted at room temperature, about68F (20C).7. Inspection, Rejection and R
11、ehearing, Certification,Product Marking, and Supplementary Requirements7.1 Material furnished to this specification shall meet therequirements listed in Specification B476.8. Keywords8.1 arcing contacts; contacts; conductivity; electrical con-tacts; precious metals; silver alloy; silver-copper alloy
12、; wire1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 onNonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeB02.05 on Precious Metals and Electrical Contact Materials.Current edition approved May 1, 2016. Published May 2016. Originallyapproved in 1987. La
13、st previous edition approved in 2010 as B780 98 (2010).DOI: 10.1520/B0780-16.2For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standards Document Summary page ont
14、he ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States1APPENDIX(Nonmandatory Information)X1. Typical Property ValuesX1.1 Electrical Conductivity:Temper Annealed14Hard12HardHardExtraHardSpringExtraSpringB and S No. 0 1 2 4 6 8
15、 10ElectricalConductivity IACS,percent76 74 74 73 72 70 70MS/m 44.1 42.9 42.9 42.3 41.8 40.6 40.6TABLE 1 Chemical CompositionNOTE 1Analysis is regularly made for the elements for which specificlimits are listed. If however, the presence of “other” elements is suspectedor indicated in the course of r
16、outine analysis, further analysis shall bemade to determine that the total of these “other” elements and the listedimpurities is not in excess of the total impurities limit.NOTE 2Refer to 5.2.Element Weight,%Silver 74.076.0Copper (23.5 min) report by differenceNickel 0.350.65ImpuritiesZinc 0.06 maxI
17、ron 0.05 maxCadmium 0.01 maxLead 0.03 maxTotal of all impurities 0.15 maxTABLE 2 Mechanical Properties of Wire and RodAreaReduction,%TemperDesignationB andS No.Tensile Strength%Elonga-tion in2 in. (51mm), minksi MPa0 annealed 0 4055 280380 101118 hard 5062 350430 52114 hard 1 5868 400470 43712 hard
18、2 6474 440510 460 hard 4 7080 480550 284 spring 8 8092 550630 1TABLE 3 Mechanical Properties of Sheet and StripThicknessReduction,%TemperDesig-nationB and SNo.Tensile StrengthElonga-tion%in2in.(51 mm),minHardnessRockwell30Tksi MPaannealed annealed 0 4557 310390 8 46581114 hard 1 5062 340430 4 566221
19、12 hard 2 5567 370450 3 606637 hard 4 6375 430520 2 6470B780 162X1.2 Density:Nominal 10.04 Mg/m3(5.29 troy oz/in.3)X1.3 Linear Coeffcient of Expansion:9.90 106in./in.-F17.82 106m/mCX1.4 Modulus of Elasticity:12.3 106psi (84.8 GPa)X1.5 Typical Mechanical Properties (Spring Temper.010inch diameter wir
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