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August 2001 Approved Standards Actions
A Committees B Committees C Committees D Committees
E Committees F Committees G Committees
B01 on Electrical Conductors

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 02.03, 2001
B 1-01, Specification for Hard-Drawn Copper Wire
B 3-01, Specification for Soft or Annealed Copper Wire
B 193-01, Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor Materials
B 232/B232M-01, Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum Conductors, Coated-Steel Reinforced (ACSR)
B 324-01, Specification for Aluminum Rectangular and Square Wire for Electrical Purposes
B 400-01, Specification for Compact Round Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum 1350 Conductors
B 682-01, Specification for Standard Metric Sizes of Electrical Conductors
B 784-01, Specification for Modified Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors for Use in Insulated Electrical Cables
B 856-01, Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum Conductors, Coated Steel Supported (ACSS)
B 857-01, Specification for Shaped Wire Compact Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum Conductors, Coated-Steel Supported (ACSS/TW)

B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 02.04, 2001
B 69-01, Specification for Rolled Zinc
B 240-01, Specification for Zinc and Zinc-Aluminum (ZA) Alloys in Ingot Form for Foundry and Die Castings
B 327-01, Specification for Master Alloys Used in Making Zinc Die Casting Alloys
B 366-01, Specification for Factory-Made Wrought Nickel and Nickel Alloy Fittings
B 476-01, Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Precious Metal
B 563-01, Specification for Palladium-Silver-Copper Electrical Contact Alloy
B 626-01, Specification for Welded Nickel and Nickel-Cobalt Alloy Tube
B 753-01, Specification for Thermostat Component Alloys
B 792-01, Specification for Zinc Alloys in Ingot Form for Slush Casting
B 793-01, Specification for Zinc Casting Alloy Ingot for Sheet Metal Forming Dies and Plastic Injection Molds
B 810-01, Test Method for Calibration of Atmospheric Corrosion Test Chambers by Change in Mass of Copper Coupons
B 833-01, Specification for Zinc and Zinc Alloy Wire for Thermal Spraying Metallizing
B 852-01 (Includes change to title), Specification for Continuous Galvanizing Grade (CGG) Zinc Alloys for Hot-Dip Galvanizing of Sheet Steel
B 892-01, Specification for Zinc- Copper-Aluminum Alloy in Ingot Form for Die Castings
B 899-01, Terminology Relating to Non-Ferrous Metals and Alloys
B 907-01, Specification for Zinc, Tin and Cadmium Base Solders

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 02.04, 2001
B 63-90 (2001)
B 70-90 (2001)
B 76-90 (2001)
B 77-81 (2001)
B 78-90 (2001)
B 84-90 (2001)
B 114-90 (2001)
B 267-90 (2001)
B 603-90 (2001)

B05 on Copper and Copper Alloys

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 02.01, 2002
B 19-01, Specification for Cartridge Brass Sheet, Strip, Plate, Bar, and Disks (Blanks)

B07 on Light Metals and Alloys

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 02.02, 2001
B 26/B26M-01, Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Sand Castings
B 80-01, Specification for Magnesium-Alloy Sand Castings
B 209-01, Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate
B 209M-01, Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate [Metric]
B 618-01, Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Investment Castings
B 632/B632M-01, Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Rolled Tread Plate
B 666/B 666M-01, Practice for Identification Marking of Aluminum and Magnesium Products

B08 on Metallic and Inorganic Coatings

• NEW STANDARD
Volume 02.05, 2002
B 915-01, Test Method for Measuring the Static Heat Resistance of a Self-Cleaning Oven Coating
B 916-01, Test Method for Adherence of Porcelain Enamel Coatings to Sheet Metal

• WITHDRAWAL OF STANDARD
B 681-88(1994), Test Method for Measurement of Thickness of Anodic Coatings on Aluminum and of Other Transparent Coatings on Opaque Surfaces Using the Light-Section Microscope

B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys

• REVISION OF STANDARD
Volume 02.04, 2001
B 350/B350M-01, Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Ingots for Nuclear Application
B 776-01, Specification for Hafnium and Hafnium Alloy Strip, Sheet, and Plate

• REAPPROVAL OF STANDARD
Volume 02.04, 2001
B 387-90 (2001)

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