Designation:B846−11aStandardTerminologyforCopperandCopperAlloys1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationB846;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thetermsdefinedinthisterminologystandardareapplicabletocopperandcopperalloyproductsspecifications,testmethods,practices,andotherdocumentswithinthejuris-dictionofCommitteeB05onCopperandCopperAlloys.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2B153TestMethodforExpansion(PinTest)ofCopperandCopper-AlloyPipeandTubingB170SpecificationforOxygen-FreeElectrolyticCopper—RefineryShapesB379SpecificationforPhosphorizedCoppers—RefineryShapesE8TestMethodsforTensionTestingofMetallicMaterialsE10TestMethodforBrinellHardnessofMetallicMaterialsE18TestMethodsforRockwellHardnessofMetallicMa-terialsE23TestMethodsforNotchedBarImpactTestingofMe-tallicMaterialsE112TestMethodsforDeterminingAverageGrainSize3.SignificanceandUse3.1Thisterminologyisnotintendedtoapplytoanystandard,testmethod,practice,orotherdocumentnotwithinthejurisdictionofCommitteeB05onCopperandCopperAlloys.4.Terminologyaciddip—seedipsolution.aciddipped-dryrolledfinish—seefinish,aciddipped-dryrolled.Admiralty—analloycontainingnominally71%copper:1%tinand28%zinc,originallydevelopedbytheBritishAdmiraltyandgenerallyavailableintube,flatproducts,andwire.Itsprincipaluseisinheatexchangerandcondensertubes.Aninhibitormaybeaddedtoincreasetheresistancetodezincification.Admiralty,inhibited(arsenical,antimonialorphosphorized)—admiraltymodifiedbytheadditionofsmallamountsofarsenic,antimonyorphosphorustoinhibitdezincification.(CopperAlloyNos.C44300,C44400,C44500)airstain—seestain,air.alpha—thenameofaphaseorofacertainrangeofcopperalloyswhichcontainoneormorealloyingelementsdis-solvedincopper,thephasebeingahomogeneoussolidsolution.alphabetabrass—aseriesofcopper-zincal...
