Standard Classification for Temper Designations for Copper ...

1 Designation: B 601 02 Standard Classification forTemper 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 oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or Standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Scope * This is a classification of Temper Designations for copperand Copper alloys wrought and cast. The Temper designationsare classified by the process or processes used in manufactur-ing the product involved and its resulting qualities. It is not aspecification of Copper and Copper alloy The property requirements for the tempers are given inthe applicable product Referenced Standards:B 846 Terminology for Copper and Copper Alloys23.

2 For terminology related to Copper and Copper alloys,refer to Terminology B Significance and This classification establishes an alpha-numeric code of the tempers of Copper and Copper The alphanumeric code is used to designate prod-uct tempers in specifications and published The letters in the code identify the type of processused to produce the product Temper . For example, H indi-cates a Temper resulting from cold These letters are frequently the same as those used in tempersystems of other metal Classification of Tempers, O Tempers produced by annealingto meet mechanical property Tempers, OS Tempers produced by anneal-ing to meet Standard or special grain size Tempers, M Tempers produced in theproduct by the primary manufacturing operations of castingand hot working and controlled by the methods employed inthe Tempers, H Tempers produced by con-trolled amounts of cold (Drawn), Stress-Relieved Tempers, HR Tempers produced by controlled amounts of cold work fol-lowed by stress Tempers, HT Tempers pro-duced by controlled amounts of cold work followed by athermal treatment to produce order Tempers, T Tempers that are based onheat treatments followed by rapid Tempers, TQ Tempers producedby quench-hardening Heat-Treated Temper , TB Tempers pro-duced by solution heat-treating precipitation hardenable orspinodal hardenable Heat-Treated and Cold-Worked Tempers,TD Tempers produced by controlled amounts of cold work ofsolution heat-treated precipitation hardenable or spinodal hard-enable Heat-Treated Temper , TF Tempersproduced by precipitation heat treatment of precipitation-hardenable Heat Treated Temper , TX Tempers pro-duced by spinodal heat treatment of spinodal and Precipitation Heat-Treated Tem-pers.

3 TH Tempers produced in alloys that have been solutionheat treated, cold worked, and precipitation heat and Spinodal Heat-Treated Tempers,TS Tempers produced in alloys that have been solution heattreated, cold worked, and spinodal heat Tempers, TM Tempers of heat-treated materials as supplied by the mill resulting fromcombinations of cold work and precipitation heat treatment orspinodal heat Heat-Treated or Spinodal Heat-Treated1 This classification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B05 onCopper and Copper Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Editorial and edition approved Oct. 10, 2002. Published November 2002. Originallypublished as B 601 74. Last previous edition B 601 Book of ASTM Standards, Vol *A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United Cold-Worked Tempers, TL Tempers produced by coldworking the precipitation heat-treated or spinodal Heat-Treated or Spinodal Heat-Treated, Cold-Worked, and Thermal Stress-Relieved Tempers,TR Tempers produced in the cold-worked precipitation heat-treated or spinodal heat-treated alloys by thermal stress of Welded Tubes, W (Welded tubes are pro-duced from strip of various tempers and essentially have thetemper of the strip except in the heat-affected zone.)

4 , As-Welded Tempers, WM Tempers that resultfrom forming and welding when producing , Welded and Annealed Temper , WO Temperthat results from forming, welding, and annealing when pro-ducing , Welded and Cold-Worked Tempers, WH Tempers that result from forming, welding, and cold workingwhen producing , Welded, Cold-Worked and Stress-Relieved Tem-pers, WR Tempers that result from forming, welding, coldworking, and stress relieving when producing , Welded, and Fully Finished Tempers, O, OS,H Tempers that result from both annealing a welded andcold-worked tube, or cold working, a welded cold-worked andannealed tube. With these treatments, the weld area has beentransformed into a wrought structure, and the usual temperdesignations Temper Designation Tempers, to Meet Mechanical Properties, O:AnnealedTempers OTemper NamesO10 Cast and Annealed (Homogenized)O11As Cast and Precipitation Heat TreatedO20 Hot Forged and AnnealedO25 Hot Rolled and AnnealedO30 Hot Extruded and AnnealedO31 Extruded and Precipitation Heat TreatedO32 Hot Extruded and Temper AnnealedO40 Hot Pierced and AnnealedO50 Light AnnealO60 Soft AnnealO61 AnnealedO65 Drawing AnnealO68 Deep Drawing AnnealO70 Dead Soft AnnealO80 Annealed to Temper 1 8 HardO81 Annealed to Temper 1 4 HardO82 Annealed to Temper 1 to Meet Nominal Average Grain Size, OS:Annealed Tempers, withGrain Size Prescribed OSTemper Designations NominalAvg Grain Size, Tempers, Tempers to Meet Standard RequirementsBased on Cold Rolling or Cold Drawing, H.

5 Cold-WorkedTempers HTemper NamesH001 8 HardH011 4 HardH021 2 HardH033 SpringH13 Ultra SpringH14 Super Tempers to Meet Standard RequirementsBased on Temper Names Applicable to Particular Products, H:Cold-WorkedTempers HTemper NamesH50 Extruded and DrawnH52 Pierced and DrawnH55 Light Drawn, Light Cold-WorkedH58 Drawn General PurposeH60 Cold Heading, FormingH63 RivetH64 ScrewH66 BoltH70 BendingH80 Hard DrawnH85 Medium Hard-Drawn ElectricalWireH86 Hard-Drawn Electrical Tempers with Added Worked and Stress Relieved, HR: Temper NamesHR011 4 Hard and Stress RelievedHR021 2 Hard and Stress RelievedHR04 Hard and Stress RelievedHR06 Extra Hard and Stress RelievedHR08 Spring and Stress RelievedHR10 Extra Spring and Stress RelievedHR12 Special Spring and Stress and Stress Relieved, HR: Temper NameB601 022HR50 Drawn and Stress Rolled and Order Strengthened, HT: Temper NamesHT04 Hard Temper and TreatedHT08 Spring Temper and Drawn End Annealed, HE: Temper NameHE80 Hard Drawn and End Tempers, M: Temper NamesM01As Sand CastM02As Centrifugal CastM03As Plaster CastM04As Pressure Die CastM05As Permanent Mold CastM06As Investment CastM07As Continuous CastM10As Hot Forged Air CooledM11As Forged QuenchedM20As Hot RolledM25As Hot Rolled and RerolledM30As Hot ExtrudedM40As Hot PiercedM45As Hot Pierced and Tempers, Hardened, TQ: Temper NamesTQ00 Quench HardenedTQ30 Quench Hardened and TemperedTQ50 Quenched Hardened and Temper AnnealedTQ55 Quench Hardened and Temper Annealed, ColdDrawn and Stress RelievedTQ75 Interrupted Heat Treated, TB: Temper NameTB00 Solution Heat Treated (A) Heat Treated and Cold Worked, TD: Temper NamesTD00 Solution Heat Treated and Cold Worked:1 8 HardTD01 Solution Heat Treated and Cold Worked:1 4 Hard (1 4H)TD02 Solution Heat Treated and Cold Worked:1 2 Hard (1 2H)TD03 Solution Heat Treated and Cold Worked:3 4 Hard (3 4H)TD04 Solution Heat Treated and Cold Worked.

6 Hard (H) Heat Treated and Precipitation Heat Treated,TF: Temper NameTF00 Precipitation Hardened (AT)TF01 Precipitation Heat-Treated Plate LowHardness (ATLH)TF02 Precipitation Heat-Treated Plate HighHardness (ATHH) Heat Treated and Spinodal Heat Treated, TX: Temper NameTX00 Spinodal Hardened (AT) Heat Treated, Cold Worked, and Precipita-tion Heat Treated, TH: Temper NamesTH011 4 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (1 4HT)TH021 2 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (1 2HT)TH033 4 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (3 4HT)TH04 Hard and Precipitation Heat Treated (HT) Tempers and Spinodal Heat Treated toMeet Standard Requirements Based on Cold Rolling or ColdDrawing, TS: Temper NamesTS001 8 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (1 8TS)TS011 4 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (1 4TS)TS021 2 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (1 2TS)TS033 4 Hard and Spinodal Hardened (3 4TS)TS04 Hard and Spinodal Hard and Spinodal and Spinodal Spring and Spinodal Spring and Spinodal HardenedTS13 Ultra Spring and Spinodal HardenedTS14 Super Spring and Spinodal Hardened, TM:Manufacturing DesignationsTM00 AMTM011 4 HMTM021 2 HMTM033 Heat Treated or Spinodal Heat Treatedand Cold Worked, TL: Temper NamesTL00 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal HeatTreated and1 8 HardTL01 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal HeatTreated and1 4 HardB601 023TL02 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal HeatTreated and1 2 HardTL04 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal HeatTreated and HardTL08 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal HeatTreated and SpringTL10 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal HeatTreated and Extra Heat Treated or Spinodal Heat Treated,Cold Worked, and Thermal Stress Relieved, TR.

7 Temper NamesTR01 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal Heat Treated,1 4 Hard and Stress RelievedTR02 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal Heat Treated,1 2 Hard and Stress RelievedTR04 Precipitation Heat Treated or Spinodal Heat Treated,Hard and Stress of Welded Tube, , WM: Temper NamesWM50As-Welded from Annealed StripWM00As-Welded from1 8 Hard StripWM01As-Welded from1 4 Hard StripWM02As-Welded from1 2 Hard StripWM03As-Welded from3 4 Hard StripWM04As-Welded from Hard StripWM06As-Welded from Extra Hard StripWM08As-Welded from Spring StripWM10As-Welded from Extra Spring StripWM15As-Welded from Annealed Strip, Thermal StressRelievedWM20As-Welded from1 8 Hard Strip, Thermal Stress RelievedWM21As-Welded from1 4 Hard Strip, Thermal Stress RelievedWM22As-Welded from1 2 Hard Strip, Thermal Stress Tube and Annealed, WO: Temper NamesWO50 Welded and Light AnnealedWO60 Welded and Soft AnnealedWO61 Welded and Tube and Light Cold-Worked, WC: Temper NameWC55 Weldedand Tube and Cold Drawn, WH: Temper NamesWH00 Welded and Drawn: Eighth HardWH01 Welded and Drawn: Quarter HardWH02 Welded and Drawn: Half HardWH03 Welded and Drawn: Three Quarter HardWH04 Welded and Drawn: HardWH06 Welded and Drawn: Extra HardWH55 Welded and Cold Reduced or Light DrawnWH58 Welded and Cold Reduced or Drawn, GeneralPurposeWH80 Welded and Reduced or Hard Tube, Cold Drawn, and Stress Relieved, WR: Temper NamesWR00 Welded, Drawn, and Stress Relieved from: Eighth HardWR01 Welded, Drawn, and Stress Relieved from: Quarter HardWR02 Welded, Drawn, and Stress Relieved from: Half HardWR03 Welded, Drawn, and Stress Relieved from: ThreeQuarter HardWR04 Welded, Drawn, and Stress Relieved from: HardWR06 Welded, Drawn, and Stress Relieved from: Extra Tube, Fully Finished, O, OS, Finished Tube, Annealed to Meet PropertyRequirements.

8 Temper NamesO & OS Use appropriate designation for propertyor grain size or Finished Tube, Drawn to Meet Property Re-quirements: Temper NamesH Use appropriate designation for Copper and Copper alloys; Temper designationB601 024 SUMMARY OF CHANGESC ommittee B05 has identified the location of selected changes to this Standard since the last issue (B 601 - 01)that may impact the use of this Standard :(1) The O32 Temper designation was added to International takes no position respecting the validity of any patent rights asserted in connection with any item mentionedin this Standard . Users of this Standard are expressly advised that determination of the validity of any such patent rights, and the riskof infringement of such rights, are entirely their own Standard is subject to revision at any time by the responsible technical committee and must be reviewed every five years andif not revised, either reapproved or withdrawn. Your comments are invited either for revision of this Standard or for additional standardsand should be addressed to ASTM International Headquarters.

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