Ally Designation: B609/B609M-12 Standard Specification for Aluminum 1350 Round Wire, Annealed and Intermediate Tempers, for Electrical Purposes’ ‘This stander is sued under the fixed designation B609/B609M: the nmberimediey follwing the designation indiates the year ‘of eiial adoption onthe cate of revision, the year of at revision. A number in pareieses nica the year of la eaproval Asuperctip epsilon (e) indicates an editors change since the last revision ot eappeova 1, Seope 1.1 This specification covers aluminum 13$0-O (annealed), 1350-HI2 or -H22 (%4 hard), 1350-H14 or -H24 (14 hard), 1350-H16 or -H26 (% hard) and 1350-H142 or -H242 (4 hard), suitable for stranding into conductors or for solid single ‘conductors, either bate or insulated (see Table | or Table 2). 1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values in each system ‘are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used. independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification. 1.2.1 For density, resistivity, and temperature, the values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. Non: 1—Prior to 1975, aluminum 1380 was designated as EC- aluminum. Non: 2—The aluminum and temper designations conform to ANSI 1135.1, Aluminum 1350 corresponds. to. Unified Nombering ‘System 891350 inaceordance with Practice E27. 2. Referenced Documents 2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date ‘of material purchase form a part of this specification to the extent referenced herein, 2.2. ASTM Standards:? 1193 Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor Materials B233 Specification for Aluminum 1350 Drawing Stock for Electrical Purposes 354 Terminology Relating to Uninsulated Metallic Electri- cal Conductors 'B557 Test Methods for Tension ‘Testing Wrought and Cast Aluminum and Magnesium-Alloy Products "his sfsietion is under the jersdicion of ASTM Comminee HO} on lectical Conictos and isthe diet responsi of Subcormmitee DOL.C7 on Conductor of Lig Metals Carren on appeoved April, 2012. Published May 2012. Originally approved is 1977. Last previous’ eition approved in 2010. as GOS! 'BcODM ~ 92010). DOK 101S20M0609ocOBNET? For refed ASTM standards, vs the ASTM websic, wwwastmorg.o¢ ‘contact ASTM Customer Service at service asm. Foe Anu Book of STH ‘Standards wolne information refer othe standards Docume Summary page on the ASTM west, B682 Specification for Metric Sizes of Electrical Conductor B830 Specification for Uniform Test Methods and Fre quency £29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data tw Determine Conformance with Specifications E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 3 ANSI Standard:* ANSI_H35.1 American National Standart for Alloy an! ‘Temper Designation Systems for Aluminum SIH35.1[M] American National Standard for Alloy ant ‘Temper Designation Systems for Aluminum 24 NIST Standards:* NBS Handbook 100—Copper Wire Tables of the National Bureau of Standards NBS Handbook 109—Aluminum Wire Tables of the No tional Bureau of Standards a 3. Terminology 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard: 3.1.1 fot, na group of production units, up to 30 000 Ih ot ™mass, of one type and size of wire, which was produced durin; the same time period, under similar production conditions, an is presented for acceptance at the same time (Explanatory Notes 1 and 2) 3.1.2 production unit, n—a coil, reel, spool, or other pack age of wire that represents a single usable length. 3.1.3 sample, n—the production unit or units from which « test specimen or specimens has been removed, and which considered to have properties representative of the lot. 3.1.4 specimen, n—a length of wire removed for test pm poses. 4. Ordering Information 4.1 Orders for material under this specification shall inch the following information: 4.1.1 Quantity of each size, * Available rom American National Standards estat (ANSD, 25 W. 3 8 ‘Floor. New York, NY 10036, pwns or * available fom National echnical Information Service (NTIS), 5301 Shon I, Alexandria, VA 22512, het gov ‘eve © ASW testo, 00 Bar Harta, POBox C70, West Cnshhochn, A 942-2059 Unt Ses4] Bsoor6o9M - 12 ‘TABLE 1 Standard Nominal Diameters, Cross-Sectional Areas, and Mass Per Unit Length of Solid Round Aluminum Wires and ‘Conductors at 20°C AWG or emil Sizes "Non: 1—-Metic values listed as follows represent soft conversion and as such they may not be the same as those metric mass per unit length which ue calulated from the basic metric density. oaversion factors 1 To/L0G0 fe = 1.488 f+ 00 kg/km Lin, = 25.4 mm Ream Daneter ‘Gross Sectoral Awa ass Per Unt Langs er oo om in ne Tei000 ro ‘0 000 7074 7.900 ‘0 oar 29) “as waa 40 000 sro 17040 50 000 03504 2200 ans 6153 ‘0 000 e225, 18070 4200 000 osu 2027 3078 5470 350 000 5018 15000 350 000, o2n9 713 Ris aa ‘30 000 577 13910 300 000 02366 1520 257 402 280 000 5000 12700 250 000 0.1968, 1267 a7 Bee 000 4600 1.890 211 600 o62 072 04 2893 000 foo. 104000 107 800 ors 8501 sae eae et ous ‘92800 135 100 01045 eras 1223 1920 ° a9 2.2500 10s 600 0.08201 5349 9700 a3 4 2003 73460 23 690 06873 an 701 maa 2 218 e500 5 300 ose se e008 90.73 a 2204 samo 2 620 ootiss 287 4996 7196 4 2043 5.190 470 03278 215 38.35 stor 5 1819 48200 3 0% ‘0.02500 ws? soa. $524 é we20 anis0 25 200 ‘0.0201 1330 pure 35.00 7 saa 3.650 20 820 ores 108s iat paar 8 ras 3260 18 510 dorea7 Ber 1517 2a ° mae 2.9000 13 000 01028 6st 203 1799 0 oe 2800 10 300 0855 S261 9542 1420 " 207 22000 3 228 006461 168 7889 25, 2 a8 20520 8 529 0.05128 3208 5009 ‘B27 3 70 8200 5 14 ootare 2ex 764 7088 “ oat 200 4109 ooosz27 2082 a6 Sen 18 sr 1.4800 2 200 .02s61 1652 2.006 4450 16 soa 12000 2 sor 3.002027 1308 2art 3320 7 53 visio 2 ose 001612 100 1886 206 8 403 * 0040 162 001276 08229 vase 22a % 388 oon 1 280 oo10r2 6st 1104 1762 2 m0 oat 1 G24 ‘.opeeoK2 189 oto 400 a 2s o7e%0 e122 oomoes79 osne tant 2 253 00026 6401 S.nosoa? 03203 onrse a 26 osr00 5108 OoouaDiT 02888 0.5064 2 21 os, 4oeo 0003173, 02007 05502 % 79 ase? S204 0000516 164 461 2 159 04000 2528 o.ooot0as 1281 ous? a ue 03607 20180001800 0.022 o2rs7 2 26 03200 158 0001247 104s o2i7t 2 ns 2670 1277 o.ooot0ns 00070 oan 0 100 02540 1000 000007864 0.0067 0.1367 412 Wire size; diameter in inches or millimetres (see 11.1), 4.3 Temper (Section 5), 4.14 Special tension test if required (see 7.2), 4.15 Special joiming procedures if permitted (see 12. 4.1.6 Place of inspection (see 15.2), 4.1.7 Package size and type (see 16.1), and 4.18 Special package marking, if required, (see 16.1). 5. Materials and Manufacture 5.1 The aluminum wire shall be made from drawing stock ‘meeting the requirements of Specification B233. 52 Unless otherwise specified, the manufacturer shall have the option of producing the intermediate tempers by either 2 strain-hardening only (H12, H14, H16, H142) or by st hardening and partial annealing (H22, H24, H26, H242) (Explanatory Note | and ANSI H35.1 or ANSI H3S.1[M)). 5.2.1 When the manufacturer is to be given the option in 5.2, the intermediate tempers should be specified as H12 or 1122, H114 or H24, H16 or H26, or H142 or H242. 5.2.2 When the manufacturer is not to be given the option in 5.2, the specific temper must be specified, for example, H12, 122, and so forth 6. Workmanship, Finish, and Appearance 6.1 ‘The wire shall be free of imperfections not consistent with 00d commercial practice.: 4} Bsosre6oom - 12 TABLE 2 Standard Nominal Diameters, Cross-Sectional Areas, ‘and Mass per Unit Length of Solid Round Aluminum Wires and Conductors at 20°C Nom: 1—The data in Table 2 were extracted in part from Specification x2, (Grose Seciopal oa, Mae por Uni Leng Diameter mm as ry 2550 7020 160 2010 5550 40 540 4250 2s 1230 00 n2 985 zo 100 735 aro 9.00 os 760 800 503 13900 710 308 1090 6a 312 80 580 248 680 500 196 ae 430 159 0 40 28 oar 288 ‘990 23 315 779 25 200 er 70 20 aor 135 224 109 200 867 160 555 10 438 15 330 100, an oo 636 176 0500 503 139 ono 0306 08 osm os 0860 0360 ome 0.680 os 0.106, 0502 040 19 0499 oa oe. oo os 0.080 oan oats 90779 0215 2m 2.0618 0170 om 0091 035, TABLE 3 Tensile Property Limits, ‘or purposes of determining. conformance with this specification, each calculated value of tensile strength shal be rounded to the nearest 0. ksi in accordance with the rounding method of Practice SEE Toner eran SR os a 7. Tensile Properties 7.1 Tensile Strength—The wire shall conform to the tensile requirements prescribed in Table 3 (Explanatory Note 2), 7.2 When requested by the purchaser, tension tests of joints as permitted in 12.2 shall be made and the joints shall comply with the minimum tensile requirements shown in Table 3, ‘Sampling shall be as agreed upon between the purchaser and the manufacturer. 2m 8, Bending Properties 8.1 Annealed and intermediate tempers of aluminum wires are ductile due to the processing required. No bending tests are specified. 9. Resistivity 9.1 The electrical resistivity shall not exceed the followit values in Table 4 (Explanatory Note 3) 10. Density 10.1 For the purpose of calculating mass, mass pet unit length, cross sections, and so forth, the density of aluminum 1350 shall be taken as 270S/kg/m? (0.0975 Ibvin.* ) at 20°C. 11. Diameter. 11.1 ‘The diameter of the wire shall be expressed in decimal fractions of an inch to the nearest 0,0001 in. (0.003 mm). 11.2 The actual wire diameter shall not vary from the specified diameter by more than the values shown in Table 5, 12. Joints 12.1 Joints may be made in drawing stock and in the wire prior to final drawing in accordance with good commercial practice, 12.2 If agreed upon between the manufacturer and the purchaser, joints may be made during final drawing or in the finished wire by electric-butt welding, by cold-pressure welding, or by electric-butt, cold-upset’ welding, with the following provisions: 12.2.1 For sizes 0.0100 to 0.0500 in, (0.254 to 1.270 mm), in diameter, not more than three such joints shall be present in any reel, spool, or coil of the nominal specified mass, and 12.2.2 For sizes larger than 0.0500 in, (1.270 mm) in diameter, not more than 10 % of the reels, coils, oF spools shall Contain such joints, and no such joint shall be closer than 50 ft (15 m) to another of to either end of the wire. In addition, there shall be no more than two such joints present in any reel, coil, ‘oF spool of the specified size and nominal mass. 13, Sampling 13.1. Scmpling—Four test specimens shall be obtained, One from each of four production units (Explanatory Note 4) or accordance with Specification B830. 14, Test Methods 14.1 Tensile Strength—Determine the tensile strength in accordance with ‘Test Methods B57. Calculate the tensile strength by dividing the maximum load carried by the speci ‘men during the tension test by the original cross-sectional area Of the specimen (Explanatory Note 2), 14.1.1 If any part of the fracture takes place in the jaws of the tensile machine, or if an examination of the specimen indicates that there was external damage, the value obtained ‘may not be representative of the material. In such cases discard the test and make a new test 14.2 Resistivity—Determine the electrical resistivity of the wire in accordance with Test Method 8193 (Explanatory Note 3 and Table 4),