ASTM_B_30_-_16.pdf

Designation:B3016Standard Specification forCopper Alloys in Ingot Form1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B30;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of originaladoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon()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 establishes the requirements for cop-per alloys in ingot form for remelting for the manufacturing ofcastings having the Copper Alloy UNS No.designation,commercial designations and nominal composition shown inTable 1 and Table 2.1.2 Across reference of CopperAlloy UNS Nos.and copperalloy casting specifications is given in Table 3.1.3 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 The following documents of the issue in effect on dateof material purchase form a part of this specification to theextent referenced herein:2.2 ASTM Standards:2B22/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 CastingsB194 Specification for Copper-BerylliumAlloy Plate,Sheet,Strip,and Rolled BarB208 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 ContinuousCastingsB584 Specification for Copper Alloy Sand Castings forGeneral ApplicationsB763/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 ApplicationsE8/E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Ma-terialsE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE54 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Special Brassesand Bronzes(Withdrawn 2002)3E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper andCopperAlloys(Photometric Methods)(Withdrawn 2010)3E76 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Nickel-CopperAlloys(Withdrawn 2003)3E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys forthe Determination of Chemical CompositionE478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper AlloysE581 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Manganese-Copper Alloys1This 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 Oct.1,2016.Published October 2016.Originallyapproved in 1919.Last previous edition approved in 2014 as B30 14a.DOI:10.1520/B0030-16.2For 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 onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.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 CompositionsAlloy NameCopperAlloyUNSNo.PreviouslyUsedDesignationCommercial DesignationNominal Composition,%CopperTinLeadZincNi-ckelSul-furIronAlu-mi-numMan-ga-neseAnti-monySili-conNio-biumBis-muthLeaded red brassC83450.882.526.51.Low-lead sulfur tinbronzeC83470.934.20.50.5.Leaded red brassC836004A85-5-5-5 or No.1 composition85555.C838004Bcommercial red brass,83-4-6-783467.Low-lead semi-redbrassC84020.85.53.91.20.38.C84030.85.53.91.20.38.0.8.Leaded semi-redbrassC84200.semi-red brass,80-5-2-13805213.C844005Avalve composition 81-3-7-981379.C848005Bsemi-red brass,76-212-612-15762.56.515.Leaded yellowbrassC852006Ahigh-copper yellow brass721324.C854006Bcommercial No.1 yellow brass671329.Yellow brassC85470A.62.52.5.34.3.0.5.Leaded yellowbrassC857006C6040 leaded yellow(naval)brass611137.C85800.die-cast yellow brass621136.C86100.high-strength manganesebronze67.21.354.Leadedhigh-strengthyellow brass andhigh-strengthyellow brassC862008Bhigh-strength manganesebronze63.27.343.C863008Chigh-strength manganesebronze61.27.363.C864007Aleaded manganese bronze581138.10.50.5.C865008A