ASTM_B_584_-_14.pdf

Designation:B58414Standard Specification forCopper Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B584;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 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.Scope*1.1 This specification covers requirements for copper alloysand castings for general applications.Nominal compositionsof the alloys defined by this specification are shown in Table1.2This is a composite specification replacing former docu-ments as shown in Table 1.NOTE1Other copper alloy castings are included in the followingASTM Specifications:B22/B22M,B61,B62,B66,B67,B148,B176,B271/B271M,B369,B427,B505/B505M,B763/B763M,B770,andB806.1.2 Component part castings produced to this specificationmay be manufactured in advance and supplied from stock.Insuch cases the manufacturer shall maintain a general qualitycertification of all castings without specific record or date ofcasting for a specific casting.1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3B22/B22M Specification for Bronze Castings for Bridgesand TurntablesB61 Specification for Steam or Valve Bronze CastingsB62 Specification for Composition Bronze or Ounce MetalCastingsB66 Specification for Bronze Castings for Steam Locomo-tive Wearing PartsB67 Specification for Car and Tender Journal Bearings,LinedB148 Specification for Aluminum-Bronze Sand CastingsB176 Specification for Copper-Alloy Die CastingsB208 Practice for Preparing Tension Test Specimens forCopper Alloy Sand,Permanent Mold,Centrifugal,andContinuous CastingsB271/B271M Specification for Copper-Base Alloy Centrifu-gal CastingsB369 Specification for Copper-Nickel Alloy CastingsB427 Specification for Gear Bronze Alloy CastingsB505/B505M Specification for Copper Alloy ContinuousCastingsB763/B763M Specification for Copper Alloy Sand Castingsfor Valve ApplicationsB770 Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Sand Cast-ings for General ApplicationsB806 Specification for Copper Alloy Permanent Mold Cast-ings for General ApplicationsB824 Specification for General Requirements for CopperAlloy CastingsB846 Terminology for Copper and Copper AlloysE255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys forthe Determination of Chemical CompositionE527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in theUnified Numbering System(UNS)2.2 ASME Code:ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code43.Terminology3.1 Definitions of terms relating to copper alloys can befound in Terminology B846.4.General Requirements4.1 The following sections of Specification B824 form apart of this specification.In the event of a conflict between thisspecification and Specification B824,the requirements of thisspecification shall take precedence.4.1.1 Terminology,1This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee B05 on Copperand Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.05 onCastings and Ingots for Remelting.Current edition approved April 1,2014.Published June 2014.Originallyapproved in 1973.Last previous edition approved in 2013 as B584 13.DOI:10.1520/B0584-14.2The UNS system for copper and copper alloys(see Practice E527)is a simpleexpansion of the former standard designation system accomplished by the additionof a prefix“C”and a suffix“00”.The suffix can be used to accommodatecomposition variations of the base alloy.3For 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 onthe ASTM website.4Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME),ASMEInternational Headquarters,Two Park Ave.,New York,NY 10016-5990,http:/www.asme.org.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 TABLE 1 Nominal CompositionsClassificationCopperAlloyUNSNo.PreviousDesig-nationCommercialDesignationCopperTinLeadZincNickelSulfurIronAlum-inumMan-ganeseAnti-monySili-conNio-biumBis-muthLeaded red brassC83450.8821226121.Low-lead sulfur tinbronzeC83470.934.20.50.5.Leaded red brassC83600B145-4A85-5-5-5 or No.1composition85555.C83800B145-4Bcommercial redbrass,83-4-6-783467.Low-lead semi-redbrassC84020.85.53.91.20.38.C84030.85.53.91.20.38.0.8.Leaded semi-redbrassC84400B145-5Avalve composition,81-3-7-981379.C84800B145-5Bsemi-red brass,76-212-612-157621261215.Leaded yellow brassC85200B146-6Ahigh-copper yel-low brass721324.C854