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ASTM B171 / B171M - 18
Standard Specification for Copper-Alloy Plate and Sheet for Pressure Vessels, Condensers, and Heat Exchangers
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Abstract
This specification establishes the requirements for plates, sheets, and circles cut from plates and sheets made of UNS C36500, C44300, C44400, C44500, C46400, C46500, C61300, C61400, C63000, C63200, C70600, C70620, C71500, C71520, or C72200 copper alloy. These materials are recommended for use in pressure vessels, condensers, and heat exchangers. The materials are manufactured by either hot rolling or forging and finished by such cold working and annealing to produce products of the required dimensions and properties. Tempers available under this specification are as hot rolled and hot rolled and annealed. The products manufactured for ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code applications must be certified to the hot rolled and annealed temper while all other products can either have hot rolled or hot rolled and annealed temper. This specification also contains information on the required material chemical compositions, densities, and tensile properties.
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1. Scope
1.1 This specification2 establishes the requirements for copper-alloy plate, sheet, and circles cut from plate and sheet for pressure vessels, condensers, and heat exchangers. The following alloys are covered:
| Copper Alloy | Previously Used Designation |
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| C36500 | Leaded Muntz Metal |
| C44300 | Admirality, Arsenical |
| C44400 | Admirality, Antimonial |
| C44500 | Admirality, Phosphorized |
| C46400 | Naval Brass, Uninhibited |
| C46500 | Naval Brass, Arsenical |
| C61300 | Aluminum Bronze |
| C61400 | Aluminum Bronze D |
| C63000 | 10 % Aluminum-Nickel Bronze |
| C63200 | 9 % Aluminum-Nickel Bronze |
| C70600 | 90-10 Copper Nickel |
| C70620 | 90-10 Copper Nickel-(modified for welding) |
| C71500 | 70-30 Copper Nickel |
| C71520 | 70-30 Copper Nickel-(modified for welding) |
| C72200 | . . . |
1.2 Units—The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.3 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
B248 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar
B248M Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Copper and Copper-Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar (Metric)
B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys
E8/E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
E54 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Special Brasses and Bronzes
E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)
E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for the Determination of Chemical Composition
E478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloys
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 30102209(Copper plate); 40101802(Heat exchangers)
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DOI: 10.1520/B0171_B0171M-18
Citation Format
ASTM B171 / B171M-18, Standard Specification for Copper-Alloy Plate and Sheet for Pressure Vessels, Condensers, and Heat Exchangers, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2018, www.astm.org
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