Standard Classification for Temper Designations for …

1 Designation: B 601 02. Standard Classification for Temper Designations for Copper and Copper Alloys . Wrought and Cast1. This Standard is issued under the fixed designation B 601; 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 * Manufactured Tempers, M Tempers produced in the This is a classification of Temper Designations for copper product by the primary manufacturing operations of casting and copper alloys wrought and cast. The Temper Designations and hot working and controlled by the methods employed in are classified by the process or processes used in manufactur- the operations.

2 Ing the product involved and its resulting qualities. It is not a Cold-Worked Tempers, H Tempers produced by con- specification of copper and copper alloy products. trolled amounts of cold work. The property requirements for the tempers are given in Cold-Worked (Drawn), Stress-Relieved Tempers, HR . the applicable product specification. Tempers produced by controlled amounts of cold work fol- lowed by stress relief. 2. Referenced Documents Order-Strengthening Tempers, HT Tempers pro- ASTM standards : duced by controlled amounts of cold work followed by a B 846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys2 thermal treatment to produce order strengthening. Heat-Treated Tempers, T Tempers that are based on 3. Terminology heat treatments followed by rapid cooling. For terminology related to copper and copper alloys, Quench-Hardened Tempers, TQ Tempers produced refer to Terminology B 846.

3 By quench-hardening treatments. Solution Heat-Treated Temper , TB Tempers pro- 4. Significance and Use duced by solution heat-treating precipitation hardenable or Significance This classification establishes an alpha- spinodal hardenable alloys. numeric code of the tempers of copper and copper alloy Solution Heat-Treated and Cold-Worked Tempers, products. TD Tempers produced by controlled amounts of cold work of Use The alphanumeric code is used to designate prod- solution heat-treated precipitation hardenable or spinodal hard- uct tempers in specifications and published data. enable alloys. The letters in the code identify the type of process Precipitation Heat-Treated Temper , TF Tempers used to produce the product Temper . For example, H indi- produced by precipitation heat treatment of precipitation- cates a Temper resulting from cold working.

4 Hardenable alloys. Spinodal Heat Treated Temper , TX Tempers pro- NOTE 1 These letters are frequently the same as those used in Temper duced by spinodal heat treatment of spinodal hardenable systems of other metal products. alloys. 5. Classification of Tempers Cold-Worked and Precipitation Heat-Treated Tem- Annealed Tempers, O Tempers produced by annealing pers, TH Tempers produced in alloys that have been solution to meet mechanical property requirements. heat treated, cold worked, and precipitation heat treated. Annealed Tempers, OS Tempers produced by anneal- Cold-Worked and Spinodal Heat-Treated Tempers, ing to meet Standard or special grain size requirements. TS Tempers produced in alloys that have been solution heat treated, cold worked, and spinodal heat treated. Mill-Hardened Tempers, TM Tempers of heat- 1.

5 This classification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B05 on treated materials as supplied by the mill resulting from Copper and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee on Editorial and Publications. combinations of cold work and precipitation heat treatment or Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2002. Published November 2002. Originally spinodal heat treatment. published as B 601 74. Last previous edition B 601 01. 2. Precipitation Heat-Treated or Spinodal Heat-Treated Annual Book of ASTM standards , Vol *A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this Standard . Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States. 1. B 601 02. and Cold-Worked Tempers, TL Tempers produced by cold OS060 working the precipitation heat-treated or spinodal heat-treated OS065 OS070 alloys.

6 OS100 Precipitation Heat-Treated or Spinodal Heat- OS120 Treated, Cold-Worked, and Thermal Stress-Relieved Tempers, OS150 OS200 TR Tempers produced in the cold-worked precipitation heat- treated or spinodal heat-treated alloys by thermal stress relief. Tempers of Welded Tubes, W (Welded tubes are pro- Cold-Worked Tempers, H: duced from strip of various tempers and essentially have the Cold-Worked Tempers to Meet Standard Requirements Temper of the strip except in the heat-affected zone.) Based on Cold Rolling or Cold Drawing, H: Tube, As-Welded Tempers, WM Tempers that result from forming and welding when producing tube. Cold-Worked Temper Names Tempers H. Tube, Welded and Annealed Temper , WO Temper that results from forming, welding, and annealing when pro- H00 Hard 18. ducing tube. H01 Hard 14. H02 1 2 Hard Tube, Welded and Cold-Worked Tempers, WH H03 3 4 Hard Tempers that result from forming, welding, and cold working H04 Hard when producing tube.

7 H06 Extra Hard Tube, Welded, Cold-Worked and Stress-Relieved Tem- .. pers, WR Tempers that result from forming, welding, cold H08 Spring working, and stress relieving when producing tube.. H10 Extra Spring Tube, Welded, and Fully Finished Tempers, O, OS, .. H Tempers that result from both annealing a welded and H12 Special Spring cold-worked tube, or cold working, a welded cold-worked and H13 Ultra Spring H14 Super Spring annealed tube. With these treatments, the weld area has been .. transformed into a wrought structure, and the usual Temper Designations apply. Cold-Worked Tempers to Meet Standard Requirements Based on Temper Names Applicable to Particular Products, H: 6. Temper Designation Codes Annealed Tempers, O: Cold-Worked Temper Names Annealed to Meet Mechanical Properties, O: Tempers H. H50 Extruded and Drawn Annealed Temper Names H52 Pierced and Drawn Tempers O H55 Light Drawn, Light Cold-Worked H58 Drawn General Purpose O10 Cast and Annealed (Homogenized) H60 Cold Heading, Forming O11 As Cast and Precipitation Heat Treated H63 Rivet O20 Hot Forged and Annealed H64 Screw O25 Hot Rolled and Annealed H66 Bolt O30 Hot Extruded and Annealed H70 Bending O31 Extruded and Precipitation Heat Treated H80 Hard Drawn O32 Hot Extruded and Temper Annealed H85 Medium Hard-Drawn Electrical O40 Hot Pierced and Annealed Wire O50 Light Anneal H86 Hard-Drawn Electrical Wire O60 Soft Anneal H90 As-finned O61 Annealed O65 Drawing Anneal O68 Deep Drawing Anneal Cold-Worked Tempers with Added Treatments: O70 Dead Soft Anneal O80 Annealed to Temper 1 8 Hard Cold Worked and Stress Relieved, HR.

8 O81 Annealed to Temper 1 4 Hard O82 Annealed to Temper 1 2 Hard Temper Names HR01 Hard and Stress Relieved 14. Annealed to Meet Nominal Average Grain Size, OS: HR02 Hard and Stress Relieved 12. HR04 Hard and Stress Relieved HR06 Extra Hard and Stress Relieved Annealed Tempers, with Temper Designations Nominal HR08 Spring and Stress Relieved Grain Size Prescribed OS Avg Grain Size, mm HR10 Extra Spring and Stress Relieved HR12 Special Spring and Stress Relieved OS005 HR20 As-finned OS010 OS015 OS025 Drawn and Stress Relieved, HR: OS035 OS045 OS050 Temper Name 2. B 601 02. Temper Name HR50 Drawn and Stress Relieved TF00 Precipitation Hardened (AT). TF01 Precipitation Heat-Treated Plate Low Cold Rolled and Order Strengthened, HT: Hardness (ATLH). TF02 Precipitation Heat-Treated Plate High Hardness (ATHH). Temper Names HT04 Hard Temper and Treated HT08 Spring Temper and Treated Solution Heat Treated and Spinodal Heat Treated, TX.

9 Temper Name Hard Drawn End Annealed, HE: TX00 Spinodal Hardened (AT). Temper Name Solution Heat Treated, Cold Worked, and Precipita- HE80 Hard Drawn and End Annealed tion Heat Treated, TH: Temper Names As-Manufactured Tempers, M: TH01 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (1 4 HT). 14. TH02 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (1 2 HT). 12. Temper Names TH03 3 4 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (3 4 HT). TH04 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (HT). M01 As Sand Cast M02 As Centrifugal Cast M03 As Plaster Cast Cold-Worked Tempers and Spinodal Heat Treated to M04 As Pressure Die Cast Meet Standard Requirements Based on Cold Rolling or Cold M05 As Permanent Mold Cast M06 As Investment Cast Drawing, TS: M07 As Continuous Cast M10 As Hot Forged Air Cooled Temper Names M11 As Forged Quenched M20 As Hot Rolled TS00 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (1 8 TS).

10 18. M25 As Hot Rolled and Rerolled TS01 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (1 4 TS). 14. M30 As Hot Extruded TS02 1 2 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (1 2 TS). M40 As Hot Pierced TS03 3 4 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (3 4 TS). M45 As Hot Pierced and Rerolled TS04 Hard and Spinodal Hardened .. Heat-Treated Tempers, T: TS06 Extra Hard and Spinodal Hardened .. Quench Hardened, TQ: TS08 Spring and Spinodal Hardened .. TS10 Extra Spring and Spinodal Hardened Temper Names .. TS12 Special Spring and Spinodal Hardened TQ00 Quench Hardened TS13 Ultra Spring and Spinodal Hardened TQ30 Quench Hardened and Tempered TS14 Super Spring and Spinodal Hardened TQ50 Quenched Hardened and Temper Annealed TQ55 Quench Hardened and Temper Annealed, Cold Drawn and Stress Relieved TQ75 Interrupted Quench Mill Hardened, TM: Solution Heat Treated, TB: Manufacturing Designations TM00 AM.