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1. Scope
1.1 This specification covers requirements for copper alloy sand castings for general applications. Nominal compositions of the alloys defined by this specification are shown in Table 1.2 This is a composite specification replacing former documents as shown in Table 1.
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Classification | Copper | Previous | Commercial Designation | Copper | Tin | Lead | Zinc | Nickel | Iron | Alum- | Man- | Sili- | Nio- | Bis- | ||||||||||||
Leaded red brass | C83450 | . . . | . . . | 88 | 21/2 | 2 | 61/2 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C83600 | B145-4A | 85-5-5-5 or No. 1 composition | 85 | 5 | 5 | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C83800 | B145-4B | commercial red brass, 83-4-6-7 | 83 | 4 | 6 | 7 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
Leaded semi-red brass | C84400 | B145-5A | valve composition, 81-3-7-9 | 81 | 3 | 7 | 9 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C84800 | B145-5B | semi-red brass, 76-21/2-61/2-15 | 76 | 21/2 | 61/2 | 15 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
Leaded yellow brass | C85200 | B146-6A | high-copper yellow brass | 72 | 1 | 3 | 24 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C85400 | B146-6B | commercial No. 1 yellow brass | 67 | 1 | 3 | 29 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C85700 | B146-6C | leaded naval brass | 61 | 1 | 1 | 37 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
High-strength yellow brass | C86200 | B147-8B | high-strength manganese bronze | 63 | . . . | . . . | 27 | . . . | 3 | 4 | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C86300 | B147-8C | high-strength manganese bronze | 61 | . . . | . . . | 27 | . . . | 3 | 6 | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C86400 | B147-7A | leaded manganese bronze | 58 | 1 | 1 | 38 | . . . | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
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| C86500 | B147-8A | No. 1 manganese bronze | 58 | . . . | . . . | 39 | . . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C86700 | B 132-B | leaded manganese bronze | 58 | 1 | 1 | 34 | . . . | 2 | 2 | 2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
Silicon bronze + silicon brass | C87300 | B198-12A | silicon bronze | 95 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 4 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87400 | B198-13A | silicon brass | 82 | . . . | 1/2 | 14 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 31/2 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87500 | B198-13B | silicon brass | 82 | . . . | . . . | 14 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 4 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87600 | B198-13C | silicon bronze | 91 | . . . | . . . | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 4 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87610 | B198-12A | silicon bronze | 92 | . . . | . . . | 4 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 4 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87710 | . . . | silicon bronze | 86 | . . . | . . . | 10 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 4 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87845A | . . . | silicon bronze | 76 | . . . | . . . | 21.26 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2.7 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C87850B | . . . | silicon brass | 76 | . . . | . . . | 20.9 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
Bismuth selenium brass | C89510C | . . . | sebiloy I | 87 | 5 | . . . | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1.0 | ||||||||||||
| C89520D | . . . | sebiloy II | 86 | 51/2 | . . . | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1.9 | ||||||||||||
| C89530E | . . . |
| 86.5 | 4.7 | . . . | 8.0 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1.5 | ||||||||||||
| C89535 | . . . |
| 86.5 | 3.0 | . . . | 7.0 | 0.65 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1.4 | ||||||||||||
Bismuth brass | C89720F | . . . |
| 67.5 | 1 | . . . | 29.8 | . . . | . . . | 0.5 | . . . | 0.5 | . . . | 0.7 | ||||||||||||
Bismuth red | C89833 | . . . | bismuth brass | 89 | 5 | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
Bismuth bronze | C89836 | . . . | lead-free bronze | 89.5 | 5.5 | . . . | 3.0 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2 | ||||||||||||
Bismuth semi-red brass | C89844 | . . . | bismuth brass | 841/2 | 4 | . . . | 8 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | ||||||||||||
Tin bronze + leaded tin bronze | C90300 | B143-1B | modified “G” bronze, 88-8-0-4 | 88 | 8 | . . . | 4 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C90500 | B143-1A | “G” bronze, 88-10-0-2 | 88 | 10 | . . . | 2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C92200 | B143-2A | steam or valve bronze-Navy “M” | 88 | 6 | 11/2 | 41/2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C92210 | . . . | . . . | 88 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C92300 | B143-2B | 87-5-1-4, Navy PC | 87 | 8 | 1 | 4 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C92600 | . . . | 87-10-1-2 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
High-lead tin bronze | C93200 | B144-3B | 83-7-7-3 | 83 | 7 | 7 | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C93500 | B144-3C | 85-5-9-1 | 85 | 5 | 9 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C93700 | B144-3A | 80-10-10 | 80 | 10 | 10 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C93800 | B144-3D | 78-7-15 | 78 | 7 | 15 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C94300 | B144-3E | 71-5-24 | 71 | 5 | 24 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
Nickel-tin bronze + leaded nickel-tin bronze | C94700 | B 292-A | nickel-tin bronze Grade “A” | 88 | 5 | . . . | 2 | 5 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | ||||||||||||
| C94800 | B 292-B | leaded nickel-tin bronze Grade “B” | 87 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | . . . | . . .
ASTM Standards B61 Specification for Steam or Valve Bronze Castings B62 Specification for Composition Bronze or Ounce Metal Castings B66 Specification for Bronze Castings for Steam Locomotive Wearing Parts B67 Specification for Car and Tender Journal Bearings, Lined B148 Specification for Aluminum-Bronze Sand Castings B176 Specification for Copper-Alloy Die Castings B208 Practice for Preparing Tension Test Specimens for Copper Alloy Sand, Permanent Mold, Centrifugal, and Continuous Castings B271/B271M Specification for Copper-Base Alloy Centrifugal Castings B369 Specification for Copper-Nickel Alloy Castings B427 Specification for Gear Bronze Alloy Castings B505/B505M Specification for Copper Alloy Continuous Castings B770 Specification for Copper-Beryllium Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications B806 Specification for Copper Alloy Permanent Mold Castings for General Applications B824 Specification for General Requirements for Copper Alloy Castings B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for the Determination of Chemical Composition E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS) ICS Code ICS Number Code 77.150.30 (Copper products) UNSPSC Code UNSPSC Code 31101610(Copper sand casting) Referencing This Standard
DOI: 10.1520/B0584-13 Citation Format ASTM B584-13, Standard Specification for Copper Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2013, www.astm.org Back to Top |