IS 1972 : 1989 ”

( Reaffirmed 1996 )
Indian Standard
COPPER PLATE, SHEET AND STRIP FOR
INDUSTRIAL ?URPOSES - SPECIFICATION
( Second Revision )

First Reprint OCTOBER 1991

UDC 669.3-41

Q BIS 1990
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

April 1990 Price Groop 2

Copper and Copper Alloys Sectional Committee, hlTD 8

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard ( Second Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 25
September 1989, after the draft finalized by the Copper and Copper Alloys Sectional Committee had
been approved by the Metallurgical Engineering Division Council.
This standard was first published in 1961 and subsequently revised in 1977. In this second revision the
following modifications have been made:
a) The requirements of chemical composition and analysis, mechanical properties ( hardnesj.
tensile, bend test ), sampling and criteria for conformity and retest have been modified.
b) The requirement of test certificate has been added.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the
final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in
accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )‘. The number of
significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in
this standard.

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 IS 1972:1989

Indian Standard
COPPER PLATE, SHEET AND STRIP FOR *ysF
INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES-SPECIFICATION
( Second Revision )
1 SCOPE 3 TERMINOLOGY
1.1This standard covers the requirements of 3.0 For the purpose of this standard, the follow-
copper plate, sheet and strip for fabricated struc- ing definitions as given in IS 3288 (Part 3 ) : 1986
tures, such as locomotives, fire boxes, heat exchan- shall apply.
ger applications, and chemical plants, by welding
and other methods of fabrication.
3.1 Plate - Flat product, over 10 mm thick and
2 REFERENCES over 300 mm wide.

2.1 The Indian Standards listed below are necessary 3.2 Sheet - Flat product, of exact length, over
adjuncts to this standard: 0’15 mm and up to and including 10 mm thick
and over 300 mm wide.
IS No. Title
Copper ( third revision ) 3.3 Strip - Flat product over 0.15 mm and up to
IS 191
and including 10 mm thick, up to and including
(Parts 1 to 10): 1980
300 mm width, and generally not cut to length;
IS 440: 1964 Methods of chemical analysis usually in coil, but may be flat or folded.
of copper ( revised )
IS 1387 : 1967 General requirements for the 4 SUPPLY OF MATERIAL
supply of metallurgical mate-
rials (first revision ) 4.1 General requirements relating to the supply
of the material shall be as laid down in
IS 1501 Method for Vickers hardness IS 1387 : 1967.
( Part 2 ) : 1984 test for metallic material:
Part 2 HV 0’2 to less than 5 FREEDOM FROM DEFECT
HV 5 (second revision )
5.1 The finished material. shall have clean and
IS 1599 : 1985 Method for bend test ( second smooth surface free from black oxide, porosity
revision ) or other harmful defects.
IS 1817 : 1961 Method of sampling non-
ferrous metals for chemical 6 CONDITION OF SUPPLY
analysis
6.1 The material shall be produced by hot rolling
IS 2654 : 1977 Method for tensile testing of and/or cold rolling and shall be supplied in one
and copper alloys of the following temper, as specified by the
~>YZevision )
purchaser:
IS 3051 : 1988 Dimensions and tolerances for
wrought copper and copper a) Annealed ( 0 )
plate (first revision ) b) Half hard ( HB )
IS 3052 : 1986 Dimensions and tolerances c) Hard ( HD )
for wrought copper and
copper alloy sheet, strip and
foil for general engineering 7 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES
purposes ( second revision )
7.1 The material shall be supplied as ordered by
IS 3288 Glossary of terms relating to the purchaser from the sixes specified in IS 3052 :
(Part3): 1986 copper and copper alloys : 1986 for sheets and strips or in IS 3051 : 1988
Part 3 Wrought form for plates or to the purchaser’s sizes.

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7.2 The tolerances on dimensions shalt be as 9.2 Tensile Test

specified in IS 3052 : 1986 for sheets and strips
and in IS 3051 : 1988 for plates. 9.2.1 The material shall be tested for tensile test irr
.accordance with 1S 2654 : 1977 and shall conform
7.2.1 The tolerances other than those specified in to the tensile properties as specified in Table 1.
IS 3052 : 1986 and IS 3051 : 1988 shall be as
agreed to between the purchaser and the manu- 9.2.2 Whenever practicable, tensile tests shall be
facturer. made on the full section of the material. Alter-
natively, a test piece of the full thickness of the
7.3 Straightness ( Edgewise Curvature ) - When material and machined to the dimensions of the
required by the purchaser tolerances on straight- 12’5 mm wide rectangular section test piece
ness ( edgewise curvature ) shall be as specified specified in IS 2654 : 1977 shall be used. The longi-
in 7.3.1. tudinal axis of symmetry of the test piece shall be
7.3.1 Edges of strip cut to length or strip in coil in the direction ofroliing. The elongation shall be
shall not vary from a straight line by more than measured on gauge length of 5’65 \’ Aor 50 mm.
3 mm in any 1 000 mm length.
9.3 Bend Test
8 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION 9.3.1 The material shall be tested for bend test in
8.1 The material shall conform to chemical com- accordance with 1s 1599 : 1985.
position of grade FRTP 1, DHP, ATP or DPA 9.3.2 Where possible, the material shall be sub-
copper as specified in Parts 7, 8, 9, and 10 of jected to a transverse bend test; made on test
IS 191 ( Parts 1 to 10 ) : 1980. pieces cut with their major axis at right angles to
8.2 The chemical composition shall be determined the direction of rolling, where this is not possible,
either by the method specified in IS 440 : 1964 or it shall be subjected to a longitudinal bend test
other estztblished instrumental/chemical made on test pieces cut with their major axis
any
method. In case of dispute the procedure specified parallel to the direction of rolling Both surfaces
m IS 440 : 1964 shall be the referee method. of the test piece shall be tested.

9 MECHANICAL PRO PERTIES 9.3.3 The test pieces shall not crack when bent
once through the appropriate angles specified ~1
9.0 Tensile and hardness properties are to be Table 1.
regarded as alternatives and the hardness shall be
taken as mandatory unless otherwise agreed. 9.3.4 The test pieces shall be of convenient length
and the width shall be 15 mm for thickness up to
9.1 Hardness Test - Vickers hardness test shall 7’5 mm and twice the thickness for over 7’5 mm
be made on test pieces taken from the samples thickness.
selected as in 11. The test shall be made,in accor-
dance with IS 1501 ( Part 2 ) : 1984. The values 9.3.5 The longer edges shall be carefully roun’ded
shall comply with the requirements specified in and smoothed longitudinally so that the cross
Table 1. section has approximately semi-circular edges.

Table 1 Mechanical Properties of Copper Plate, Sheet and Strip

( Clauses 9.1, 9.2.2 and 9.3.3 )
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Temper Hardness Tensile Elongation Bend Test
HV Strength, Percent on -- -----7
MPa Gauge Length Transverse Longitudinal
$r5;$UF ~------h-.__ c---- _._h---7
Angle Kadius Angle Radius
degree degree
Min MI n
Annealed (0) 60 Max 205 35 180 close 180 close
Half hard (HB) 75 Mln 245 - 180 t 180 t
Hard (HD) 90 Min 295 - 180 2t 180 2t

NOTES
1 The tensile test shall not be applied to material having thickness 0.50 mm and less.
2 The elongation shall not be applied to material thinner than O*sOmm when less than 12.5 mm wide.

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10 CALCULATION OF MASS
10.1 The mass of copper plate, sheet and strip
shall be calculated on the basis of that copper
weighs 8’89 g/cm”.
11 SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR
CONFORMITY
11.1 Unless otherwise agreed between the pur-
chaser and the supplier the following sampling
procedure and criteria for conformity shall hold
good.
11.2 Lot - In a consignment the material of
same thickness and of same grade and tcmpel
manufactured by the same manufticturer at the
same place shall be gl,ouped together to form a lot
not exceeding 1 000 kg. One or more lots may be
formed depending upon the mass of material
submitted for inspectjon. Each Jot shall be sampled
separately for acceptance purposes.
11.3 Each coil/bundle shall be examined for
freedom of defects and dimensional tolerances.
The coil/bundle found defective shall be rejected.
11.4 From the coils/bundles found satisfactory
in 11.3, one sample for 1 000 kg or part thereof in
the lot shall be selected and tested for chemical
composition and mechanical properties ( hardness,
tensile and bend test ). For this purpose the coils
from which samples are out, shall be selected a;
random.
NOTE - The material required for chemical ana-
lysis from the selected plate/sheet/strip shall be
taken in accordance with IS 1817 : 1961.
11.4.1 If the test results satisfy the requirements
of chemical composition, mechanical properties
( hardness, tensile test, bend test ) the lot shall be
considered as conforming to these requirements of
this specification.
l2 RETESTS
12.1 If a test result of chemical analysis fail to
satisfy the requirements for any of the consti-
IS 1972 : 1989
tucnts, two more tests for that constituent shall be
done on the same sample in order to confirm that
the analysis has been done properly. If both the
test results satisfy the relevant requirements, the
lot shall be considered as conforming to the speci-
fication, otherwise not.
12.2 If any of the test sample first selected fails to
pass any of mechanical test two further samples
from the same lot shall be selected and tested for
that test, one of which shall be from the coil/
bundle from which original test sample was taken,
unless that coil/bundle has been withdrawn by the
supplier.
12.2.1 If both the additiona samples pass that
test, the lot represented by the test sample shall be
deemed to comply with this standard. If eithrr of
these additional sample fail, the lot shall be
rejected.
13 PACKIR‘G
13.1 The material shall be suitably packed to
avoid damage during transit or as required by the
purchaser.
14 MARKING
14.1 Suitable tags with marking made on them to
show the size, grade, temper, mass of material, lot
number, date of manufacture, in addition to the
name of maunfacturer and any such information
required by the purchaser, shall be attached to
each coil/bundle of material.
15 TEST CERTIFICATE
1S.J The manufacturer/supplier shall provide test
certificate for each consignment giving infor-
mation like lot number, corresponding chemical
composition, hardness test, tensile test, tensile test
and bend test results.
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testing and quality control which is devised and supervised by BIS and operated by the
producer. Standard marked products are also continuously checked by BIS for conformity
to that standard as a further safeguard. Details of conditions under which a licence for the
use of the Standard Mark may be granted to manufacturers or producers may be obtained
from the Bureau of Indian Standards.
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