Designation: B 134 96

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Standard Specication for

Brass Wire1

This standard is issued under the xed designation B 134; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval. This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.

1. Scope * 1.1 This specication establishes requirements for round, hexagonal, octagonal, rectangular and square brass wire of UNS2 Alloys C21000, C22000, C23000, C24000, C26000, C27000 and C27400. 1.1.1 Inquiry of the manufacturer or supplier concerning the product availability of a specic alloy is advisable. 1.2 The values given in inch-pound units are the standard. Values given in parentheses are for information only. 2. Referenced Documents 2.1 ASTM Standards: B 250 Specication for General Requirements for Wrought Copper-Alloy Wire3 B 601 Practice for Temper Designations for Copper and Copper AlloysWrought and Cast3 E 8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials4 E 112 Test Methods for Determining the Average Grain Size4 E 478 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper Alloys5 E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)6 3. Ordering Information 3.1 Orders for product under this specication should include the following information: 3.1.1 ASTM Designation and year of issue, 3.1.2 Copper Alloy UNS No. designation, 3.1.3 Temper Designation (Section 6), 3.1.4 Quantity; total weight, footage, or number of pieces of each temper, form, or alloy, 3.1.5 Dimensions; diameter or distance between parallel surfaces,
1 This specication is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B-5 on Copper and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B05.02 on Rods, Bars, Shapes, Non-Electrical Wire and Forgings. Current edition approved Sept. 10, 1996. Published November 1996. Originally published as B 134 40 T. Last previous edition B 134 93. 2 Refer to Practice E 527 for explanation of the Unied Numbering System (UNS). 3 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.01. 4 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01. 5 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05. 6 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.

3.1.6 Type of edge; square corners, rounded edge, full rounded edge, 3.1.7 How furnished; coil, spool, or reel, specic lengths with or without ends, and 3.1.8 When material is purchased for agencies of the U.S. Government (Specication B 250). 3.2 The following requirements are optional under this specication and should be included in the contract or purchase order when required: 3.2.1 Certication (Specication B 250), and 3.2.2 Mill Test Report (Specication B 250). 4. Materials and Manufacture 4.1 The material shall be made from cast billets, logs, or rods of Copper Alloy UNS Numbers C21000, C22000, C23000, C24000, C26000, C27000, or C27400, and shall be of such soundness and structure to enable them to be processed into the desired product. 4.2 The manufacture of the material shall be by such hot working, cold working, and annealing processing as to produce a uniform wrought structure in the nished product. 5. Chemical Composition 5.1 The material shall conform to the composition requirements specied in Table 1 for the copper alloy specied in the ordering information. 5.1.1 When all elements specied for a given alloy in Table 1 are determined, their sum shall be as follows:
Alloy UNS Nos. C21000, C22000, C23000, C24000 C26000, C27000, C27400 Sum of Results, Percent, Minimum 99.8 99.7

5.2 These composition limits do not preclude the presence of other elements. Limits may be established and analysis required for unnamed elements by agreement between the manufacturer or supplier and the purchaser. 5.3 Zinc, listed as the remainder, is the difference between the sum of results for all elements and 100 %. 6. Temper 6.1 The product in drawn or rolled wire of UNS Alloy Nos. C21000, C22000, C23000, C24000, C26000, C27000 and C27400 shall be available in H00, H01, H02, H03, H04, H06, H08 and H10 tempers as dened in Practice B 601.

*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.

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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Copper Alloy UNS No. C21000 C22000 C23000 C24000 C26000 C27000 C27400
A

Composition, % Copper 94.096.0 89.091.0 84.086.0 78.581.5 68.571.5 63.068.5 61.064.0 Lead, max 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.10 0.10 Iron, max 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.05 Zinc remainderA remainderA remainderA remainderA remainderA remainderA remainderA

Taken by difference.

6.1.1 Product made in H04 temper is not generally available in sizes over 12 in. (12.7 mm) in diameter. 6.1.2 Product made in H06 temper is not generally available in sizes over 38 in. (9.52 mm) in diameter. 6.1.3 Product made in H08 temper is not generally available in sizes over 14 in. (6.35 mm) in diameter. 6.1.4 Square product is not generally available in H06 or H08 tempers. 6.1.5 The tension test shall be the standard temper test for all H temper wire. 6.1.6 The product in annealed form of UNS Alloys Nos. C21000 and C22000 shall be available in OS050, OS035, OS025 and OS015 tempers as dened in Practice B 601. 6.1.7 The product in annealed form of UNS Alloy Nos. C23000 and C24000 shall be available in OS070, OS050, OS035, OS025 and OS015 tempers as dened in Practice B 601. 6.1.8 The product in annealed form of UNS Alloy Nos. C26000, C27000 and C27400 shall be available in OS120, OS070, OS050, OS035, OS025 and OS015 tempers as dened in Practice B 601. 7. Grain Size for Annealed Wire 7.1 Product furnished in the annealed (OS) condition shall conform to the requirements specied in Table 2 for the temper and Copper Alloy UNS No. designated in the ordering information, when tested in accordance with Test Methods E 112. 7.1.1 Acceptance or rejection based upon grain size shall depend upon the average grain size test results. 8. Mechanical Property Requirements 8.1 Tensile Strength: 8.1.1 Drawn or rolled product alloy shall conform to the requirements specied in Table 3 and Table 4, by alloy and temper, for wire 0.020 in. (0.508 mm) and over in diameter or distance between parallel surfaces. 8.1.1.1 The temper of wire under 0.020 in. (0.508 mm) in diameter or distance between parallel surfaces shall be subject to agreement between the manufacturer, or supplier, and the purchaser. 8.1.2 Rectangular product other than square, furnished in the H tempers shall conform to the requirements in Table 4 for the form, temper, and Copper Alloy UNS No. designation specied in the ordering information when tested in accordance with Test Methods E 8. 8.1.3 Acceptance or rejection based upon mechanical property shall depend on the tensile strength values obtained when tested in accordance with Test Methods E 8.
2

8.2 Rockwell Hardness: 8.2.1 The approximate Rockwell hardness values for rectangular other than square wire given in Table 4 and Table 2 are for general information and assistance in testing and shall not be used as a basis for product rejection.
NOTE 1The Rockwell hardness test offers a quick and convenient method of checking for general compliance with properties for temper condition.

9. Dimensions and Permissible Variations 9.1 Refer to Specication B 250 for the following: 9.1.1 Diameter or Distance Between Parallel Surfaces. 9.1.2 ThicknessTable 3. 9.1.3 WidthTable 5. 9.1.4 LengthTables 7 and Tables 8. 9.1.5 StraightnessTable 9. 9.1.5.1 This requirement is applicable to rectangular and square product only. 9.1.6 Edge ContourRefer to the section on Edge Contour. 10. Analytical Methods 10.1 Chemical composition shall, in case of dispute, be determined as follows:
Element Copper Lead Iron Zinc Test Method E 478 E 478 (AA) E 478 E 478 (Titrametric)

10.1.1 Test methods used for the determination of elements required by contractual or purchase order agreement shall be as agreed upon between the manufacturer or supplier and the purchaser. 11. General Requirements 11.1 The following sections of Specication B 250 constitute a part of this specication. 11.1.1 Terminology, 11.1.2 Materials and manufacture, 11.1.3 Workmanship, nish and appearance, 11.1.4 Sampling, 11.1.5 Number of tests and retests, 11.1.6 Specimen preparation, 11.1.7 Test methods, 11.1.8 Signicance of numerical limits, 11.1.9 Inspection, 11.1.10 Rejection and rehearing, 11.1.11 Certication, 11.1.12 Mill test reports,

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TABLE 2 Grain Size Requirements and Approximate Rockwell Hardness Values for Annealed Wire
Temper Designation Standard B 601 Grain Size, mm Approximate Rockwell Hardness for Rectangular Other than Square WireA F Scale Nominal Min Max Copper Alloy UNS No. C21000 OS050 OS035 OS025 OS015 0.050 0.035C 0.025 0.015C 0.035 0.025 0.015
D

30-T Scale Max Min Max

Min

0.090 0.050 0.035 0.025 Copper Alloy UNS No. C22000

40B 47B 50B 54B

52B 54B 61B 65B

... ... 1 7

4 7 17 23

OS050 OS035 OS025 OS015

0.050 0.035C 0.025 0.015C

0.035 0.025 0.015

D

0.090 0.050 0.035 0.025 Copper Alloy UNS No. C23000

50 54 58 62

60 64 70 75

1 7 13 19

16 21 31 39

OS070 OS050 OS035 OS025 OS015

0.070 0.050C 0.035C 0.025C 0.015C

0.050 0.035 0.025 0.015

D

0.100 0.070 0.050 0.035 0.025 Copper Alloy UNS No. C24000

53 56 58 60 62

60 63 66 72 79

6 10 13 16 19

16 20 24 34 48

OS070 OS050 OS035 OS025 OS015

0.070 0.050C 0.035C 0.025C 0.015C

0.050 0.035 0.025 0.015

D

0.120 0.070 0.050 0.035 0.025

53 57 61 63 66

64 67 72 77 83

2 8 16 20 25

21 27 35 42 50

Copper Alloy UNS Nos. C26000, C27000, and C27400 OS120 OS070 OS050 OS035 OS025 OS015
A

0.120 0.070 0.050 0.035 0.025 0.015

0.070 0.050 0.035 0.025 0.015

D

... 0.120 0.070 0.050 0.035 0.025

50 52 61 65 67 72

62 67 73 76 79 85

... 3 20 25 27 33

21 27 35 38 42 50

Rockwell hardness values apply as follows: The F scale applies to metal 0.020 in. (0.508 mm) in thickness and over; the 30-T scale applies to metal 0.015 in. (0.381 mm) in thickness and over. B Copper Alloy UNS No. C21000 in these several OS (annealed) tempers is too soft for Rockwell F hardness tests below 0.030 in. (0.762 mm) in thickness. C The nominal grain sizes are those in which wire other than rectangular are normally available. Rectangular wire is normally available in any of the nominal grain sizes listed. D Although no minimum grain size is required, the material must be fully recrystallized.

TABLE 3 Tensile Strength Requirements for Round, Hexagonal, Octagonal, and Square Wire 0.020 in. (0.508 mm) and over in Diameter or Distance Between Parallel Surfaces
Temper Designation Standard B(601) H00 H01 H02 H03 H04C H06D,E H08F,E
A B

Tensile Strength, ksiA (MPaB) Copper Alloy UNS No. C21000 Min Max 45(310) 51(350) 58(400) 64(440) 68(470) 73(505) ... Copper Alloy UNS No. C22000 Min 38(260) 45(310) 56(385) 64(440) 70(485) 78(540) 84(580) Max 50(345) 57(395) 67(460) 74(510) 79(545) 86(595) ... Copper Alloy UNS No. C23000 Min 43(295) 53(365) 66(455) 76(525) 83(570) 94(650) 100(690) Max 57(395) 65(450) 77(530) 86(595) 92(635) 102(700) ... Copper Alloy UNS No. C24000 Min 50(345) 62(425) 78(540) 90(620) 100(690) 112(770) 116(800) Max 65(450) 75(515) 90(620) 101(700) 110(760) 121(830) ... Copper Alloy UNS Nos. C26000, C27000, and C27400 Min 50(345) 62(425) 79(545) 92(635) 102(700) 115(790) 120(830) Max 65(450) 77(530) 94(650) 107(740) 117(810) 129(890) ...

Former

Eighth-hard Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter hard Hard Extra-hard Spring

35(240) 41(285) 49(340) 57(395) 61(420) 66(455) 72(495)

ksi 5 1000 psi. See Appendix. H04 (hard) temper wire is not generally available in sizes over 12 in. (12.7 mm) in diameter. D H06 (extra-hard) temper is not generally available in sizes over 38 in. (9.52 mm) in diameter. E Square wire is not generally available in extra hard or spring tempers. F H08 (spring) temper is not generally available in sizes over 14 in. (6.35 mm) in diameter.
C

11.1.13 Product marking, 11.1.14 Packaging and package marking,

11.1.15 Supplementary requirements. 11.2 In addition, when a section with a title identical to that

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TABLE 4 Tensile Strength Requirements and Approximate Rockwell Hardness Values for Rectangular Other than Square Wire
Temper Designation Tensile Strength, ksi (MPaA) 0.020 (0.508) to 0.036 in. (0.914 mm) incl Approximate Rockwell HardnessB B Scale Over 0.036 in. (0.914 mm) Supercial 30-T 0.012 (0.305) to 0.028 in. (0.711 mm) incl Over 0.028 in. (0.711 mm)

Standard (B 601)

Former

Min

Max

Copper Alloy UNS No. C21000 H01 H02 H03 H04 H06 H08 H10 Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter-hard Hard Extra hard Spring Extra spring 37(255) 42(290) 46(315) 50(345) 56(385) 60(415) 61(420) 47(325) 52(360) 56(385) 59(405) 64(440) 68(470) 69(475) 20-48 40-56 50-61 57-64 64-70 68-73 69-74 24-52 44-60 53-64 60-67 66-72 70-75 71-76 34-51 46-57 52-60 57-62 62-66 64-68 65-69 37-54 48-59 54-62 59-64 63-67 65-69 66-70

Copper Alloy UNS No. C22000 H01 H02 H03 H04 H06 H08 H10 Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter-hard Hard Extra hard Spring Extra spring 40(275) 47(325) 52(360) 57(395) 64(440) 69(475) 72(495) 50(345) 57(395) 62(425) 66(455) 72(495) 77(530) 80(550) 27-52 50-63 59-68 65-72 72-77 76-79 78-81 31-56 53-66 62-71 68-75 74-79 78-81 80-83 38-53 52-61 58-64 62-66 67-71 70-72 71-73 41-56 54-63 60-66 64-68 68-72 71-73 72-74

Copper Alloy UNS No. C23000 H01 H02 H03 H04 H06 H08 H10 Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter-hard Hard Extra hard Spring Extra spring 44(305) 51(350) 57(395) 63(435) 72(495) 78(540) 82(565) 54(370) 61(420) 67(460) 72(495) 80(550) 86(595) 90(620) 33-58 56-68 66-73 72-78 78-83 82-85 84-87 37-62 59-71 69-76 74-80 80-85 84-87 86-89 42-57 56-64 63-68 67-71 70-74 74-76 75-77 45-60 58-66 65-70 68-72 71-75 75-77 76-78

Copper Alloy UNS No. C24000 H01 H02 H03 H04 H06 H08 H10 Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter-hard Hard Extra hard Spring Extra spring 48(330) 55(380) 61(420) 68(470) 78(540) 85(585) 89(615) 58(400) 65(450) 71(490) 77(530) 87(600) 93(640) 97(670) 38-61 59-70 69-76 76-82 83-87 87-90 88-91 42-65 62-73 72-79 78-84 85-89 89-92 90-93 42-57 56-64 63-68 68-72 72-75 75-77 76-78 45-60 58-66 65-70 69-73 73-76 76-78 77-79

Copper Alloy UNS No. C26000 H01 H02 H03 H04 H06 H08 H10 Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter-hard Hard Extra hard Spring Extra spring 49(340) 57(395) 64(440) 71(490) 83(570) 91(625) 95(655) 59(405) 67(460) 74(510) 81(560) 92(635) 100(690) 104(720) 40-61 60-74 72-79 79-84 85-89 89-92 91-94 44-65 63-77 75-82 81-86 87-91 90-93 92-95 43-57 56-66 65-70 70-73 74-76 76-78 77-79 46-60 58-68 67-72 71-74 75-77 76-78 77-79

Copper Alloy UNS Nos. C27000 and C27400 H01 H02 H03 H04 H06 H08 H10
A B

Quarter-hard Half-hard Three-quarter-hard Hard Extra hard Spring Extra spring

49(340) 55(380) 62(425) 68(470) 79(545) 86(595) 90(620)

59(405) 65(450) 72(495) 78(540) 89(615) 95(655) 99(685)

40-61 57-71 70-77 76-82 83-87 87-90 88-91

44-65 60-74 73-80 78-84 85-89 89-92 90-93

43-57 54-64 65-69 68-72 73-75 75-77 76-78

46-60 56-66 67-71 69-73 74-76 76-78 77-79

See Appendix. Rockwell hardness values apply as follows: the B scale values apply to metal 0.020 in. (0.508 mm) and over in thickness, and the 30-T scale values apply to metal 0.012 in. (0.303 mm) and over in thickness.

referenced in 11.1 appears in this specication, it contains additional requirements which supplement those that appear in Specication B 250. 12. Keywords 12.1 brass wire; copper-alloy wire; copper-zinc alloy wire; general purpose wire; hexagonal wire; high strength wire;
4

leaded brass wire; non-electrical wire; octagonal wire; ornamental wire; rectangular wire; round wire; spring wire; square wire; wire

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APPENDIX
(Nonmandatory Information) X1. METRIC EQUIVALENTS

X1.1 The SI unit for strength properties now shown is in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). The derived SI unit for force is the newton (N), which is dened as that force which when applied to a body having a mass of one kilogram gives it an acceleration of one metre per second squared (N 5 kgm/s2). The derived SI unit for pressure or

stress is the newton per square metre (N/m2), which has been named the pascal (Pa) by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. Since 1 ksi 5 6 894 757 Pa the metric equivalents are expressed as megapascal (MPa), which is the same as MN/m2 and N/mm2.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES Committee B-5 has identied the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue (B 134-93) that may impact the use of this standard. (1) Added sections on Ordering Information, Material and Manufacture, and Grain Size of Annealed Wire. (2) Generally revised document to conform to ASTM form and style requirements.

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