COPPER RODS & TUBES FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING PURPOSES

                                                          (Phosphorus deoxidized non-arsenical)­

                                                                                          As per IS 4171-1966

                                                                                                BS 2874-C 106

CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS

                Copper                                         ..                             ..                             ..     99.85%-Min

                                                                                                                                     (including silver)  

                Phosphorus                                  ..                             ..                             ..     .013 to .050%

                Arsenic                                         ..                             ..                             ..     .05%-max.

                Nickel                                           ..                             ..                             ..     .01%-max.

                Other impurities                             ..                             ..                             ..     .06%-max.

PHISICAL PROPERTIES

                Tensile strength                             ..                             ..                             ..     23 to 35 kgs/mm²

                Elongation                                     ..                             ..                             ..    45 to 8%

FABRICATION PROPERTIES

                Capacity for being cold worked        ..                             ..                             ..    Excellent

                Hot formed                                    …                           ..                              ..    Excellent

                Machine ability                              ..                             ..                              ..    Poor

                Suitability for Brazing                     ..                             ..                              ..    Good

                Soldering                                      ..                       ..                            ..    Good

USES

Condensers, evaporators and other heat exchanger tubes, brewery tubes, gas lines, oil burner tubes, steam, water, vapor lines etc.

1  High Conductivity Free Machining
    Copper Rods

2  Copper-Nickel-Alloy Rods

3  Copper Rods & Tubes for General
    Engineering Purposes

4  Nickel Silver Alloy Rods

5  Free Cutting Brass Rods

6  Brass Tubes 63/37

7  Manganese Brass Rods

8  Aluminium Brass Rods

9   Aluminium Silicon Bronze Rods

10 High Conductivity Electrolytic Copper      Rods and Tubes

11 British Standard Specifications for the      Principal

12 Non-Ferrous Casting Alloys

13 Aluminium Casting, Alloys for General      Engineering Purposes (Related      specification and trade name)

14 Table of sizes, weights & Lengths of       copper wire

15  Wrought Alloys and related British       and American Specifications