AS 3795—1996

Australian Standard
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Copper alloy tubes for plumbing

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 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee WS/18, Copper and Copper
Alloy Tubes for Plumbing and Gasfitting. It was approved on behalf of the Council of
Standards Australia on 15 January 1995 and published on 5 April 1996.
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The following interests are represented on Committee WS/18:

Australian Association of Certification Bodies
Brisbane City Council
CSIRO — Division of Materials Science and Technology
Department of Land and Water Conservation, N.S.W.
Hunter Water Corporation
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
South Australian Water Corporation
Sydney Water Corporation

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 AS 3795—1996

Australian Standard
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Copper alloy tubes for plumbing

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PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 0358 5
 AS 3795— 1996 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Copper and Copper
Alloy Tubes for Plumbing and Gasfitting to supersede AS 3795 — 1990. The principal change
in this edition is compliance with AS 3855 —1994, Suitability of plumbing and water
distribution systems products for contact with potable water.
The copper alloys selected for inclusion in this Standard are dezincification resistant and
hence the performance criteria for dezincification resistance are not specified.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers with requirements for copper alloy
tubes for use in plumbing and drainage applications.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part
of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.
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CONTENTS
Page

FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4 CLASSIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 DESIGNATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6 INTERPRETATION OF SPECIFIED LIMITING VALUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 CONTAMINATION OF WATER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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9 TEMPER AND FORM OF MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

10 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 HARDNESS TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
13 NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 MERCUROUS NITRATE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 MARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

APPENDICES
A PURCHASING GUIDELINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B SAFE WORKING PRESSURE AND TESTING PRESSURE FOR COPPER
ALLOY TUBES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C HYDROSTATIC TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Originated as AS 3795 — 1990.

Second editi on AS 3795 — 1996.
 AS 3795— 1996 4

FOREWORD

A designer of an installation should, among other duties, evaluate the possible conditions to
which copper alloy tubes will be exposed.
Copper alloy tubes should be selected with consideration of several factors, including the
following:
(a) The requirements of the regulatory authority within whose jurisdiction the tube is to
be used.
(b) The working pressure to which the tubes are likely to be subjected, including pressure
due to water-hammer.
(c) The maximum safe working pressure for tubes (see Appendix B).
(d) External loads that can be expected to be applied to tubes during and after installation.
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(e) Stresses due to expansion and contraction.

(f) Fabrication and heating of tubes during installation.
(g) Compatibility with internal and external environments.
 5 AS 3795—1996

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Copper alloy tubes for plumbing and drainage applications

1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for round seamless copper alloy tubes
intended for use in pressure and non-pressure plumbing and drainage applications as follows:
(a) Brass tubes intended primarily for sanitary plumbing and stormwater drainage services.
(b) Copper nickel tubes intended primarily for water services.
NOTES:
1 Clause 4 gives classification of tubes covered by this Standard.
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2 Guidelines to purchasers on information that should be supplied at the time of enquiry or order
are detailed in Appendix A.
3 Safe working pressure and testing pressure for installed copper alloy tubes are given in
Appendix B.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
1349 Bourdon tube pressure and vacuum gauges
1572 Copper and copper alloys —Seamless tubes for engineering purposes
1817 Metallic materials —Vickers hardness test
2084 Non-destructive testing— Eddy current testing of metal tubes
2136 Method for detecting the susceptibility of copper and its alloys to stress corrosion
cracking using the mercurous nitrate test
2706 Numerical values — Rounding and interpretation of limiting values
2738 Copper and copper alloys —Compositions and designations
2738.2 Part 2: Wrought products
3500 National Plumbing and Drainage Code
3500.0 Part 0: Glossary of terms
3855 Suitability of plumbing and water distribution systems products for contact with
potable water
4041 Pressure piping

3 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Standard, the definitions given in AS 3500.0
and those below apply.
3.1 Mean outside diameter — half the sum of two outside diameters measured at right
angles to each other on one cross-section of the tube.
3.2 Ovality — the difference between the maximum outside diameter and the minimum
outside diameter measured on one cross-section of the tube.

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