Abstract

This standard specification establishes the requirements for seamless copper tube coils, suitable for use in refrigeration and air conditioning or other uses, such as oil lines and gasoline lines. The material of manufacture shall be cast billet, bar, tube and so forth of Copper Alloys No. C10200, C10300, C10800, C12000, or C12200. The tube shall be manufactured by such hot and cold working processes needed to produce a homogeneous, uniform wrought structure. The tube shall be cold drawn to the prescribed finish size and wall thickness. When the cold-drawn temper is required, the final drawing operation shall conform to the specified temper properties. When the annealed temper is required, the tube shall be annealed after the final cold draw to the specified temper properties. The product shall conform to the prescribed electrical mass resistivity, tensile strength, yield strength, Rockwell hardness, and expansion. Each tube shall be subjected to an eddy-current test. Particular coppers shall be tested to meet the cuprous oxide, embrittlement, and cleanness requirements.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for seamless copper tube in coils, suitable for use in refrigeration and air conditioning or other uses, such as oil lines and gasoline lines.

1.2 Units The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.

1.3 The tube shall be produced of the following coppers. Unless otherwise specified, tubes made from any one of these coppers may be supplied:

^A See Classification B224 .

1.4 The following safety hazards caveat pertains to the test method portion, Section 17, of this specification. This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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

B153 Test Method for Expansion (Pin Test) of Copper and Copper-Alloy Pipe and Tubing

B170 Specification for Oxygen-Free Electrolytic Copper--Refinery Shapes

B193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor Materials

B224 Classification of Coppers

B251 Specification for General Requirements for Wrought Seamless Copper and Copper-Alloy Tube

B577 Test Methods for Detection of Cuprous Oxide (Hydrogen Embrittlement Susceptibility) in Copper

B601 Classification for Temper Designations for Copper and Copper Alloys--Wrought and Cast

B846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys

E2 Methods of Preparation of Micrographs of Metals and Alloys (Including Recommended Practice for Photography As Applied to Metallography); Replaced by E 883

E3 Guide for Preparation of Metallographic Specimens

E8/E8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials

E18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E53 Test Method for Determination of Copper in Unalloyed Copper by Gravimetry

E62 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Copper and Copper Alloys (Photometric Methods)

E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size

E243 Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Examination of Copper and Copper-Alloy Tubes

E255 Practice for Sampling Copper and Copper Alloys for the Determination of Chemical Composition

E2575 Test Method for Determination of Oxygen in Copper and Copper Alloys

Keywords

coils; copper tubes; seamless; UNS No. C10200; UNS No. C10300; UNS No. C10800; UNS No. C12000; UNS No. C12200; Coiled copper tube; Seamless Cu/Cu alloy tube--specifications; UNS C10200--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C10300 (oxygen-free extra low phosphorus copper (OFXLP)); UNS C10300--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C10800--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C12000--pipe/tube (seamless/welded); UNS C12200--pipe/tube (seamless/welded) ICS Number Code 2200; 77.150.30 (Copper products)

DOI: 10.1520/B0743-12

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ASTM B743