BRITISH STANDARD AEROSPACE SERIES BS 2B 30:2001

Inco rp orating

Co rrigendum No . 1

Copper-beryllium alloy
strip, foil and parts
(solution treated, cold
rolled: half hard and
precipitation treated)

IC S 49 . 0 2 5 . 1 5 ; 49 . 03 5

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Contents
Page

Committees resp onsible Inside front cover

Foreword ii

1 Scope 1

2 Normative references 1

3 Technical requirements 1

Table 1 — Technical requirements for Cu- Be alloy s trip, foil and parts
(solution treated, cold rolled: half hard and precipitation treated) 2

Bibliography 3
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Fore wo rd

This Brit ish St andard has be en p re p are d b y Tec hnical C o mmitte e AC E /1 6.

It s upe rse de s BS B 3 0: 1 9 9 1 , w hich is w ithdrawn.

This ne w edit io n inco rp orate s te chnical change s o nly. It doe s not re p res e nt a full

re vie w o r re vis ion o f the s tandard, w hich w ill b e unde rtak en in due co urs e.

The fo llo w ing change s have b ee n included in this edit ion o f t he standard. A ne w

s ubc lause 3 . 4 has be e n added, sp ecifying the requirem e nts for parts ; in Table 1 ,

line 6 . 1 , the que nching det ails have be en mo difie d and in T ab le 1 , line 1 9, “k ” has

b ee n s pe cified.

WARNING . T his British S tandard calls for the use of sub s tance s and/o r

p roc e dure s that may b e inj urious to he alth if adequate pre cautio ns are no t take n.

I t re fers o nly to te c hnical suit ab ility and do e s not ab so lve the use r from le gal

ob ligatio ns re lating to healt h and s afe ty at any stage .

This p ublic ation do es not p urp ort to inc lude all the nec es sary provisions of a

co ntrac t. Us ers are re spo nsib le fo r its c orrec t app licatio n.

C o mp liance w i th a B ri tish S tandar d does not of its elf confer i mmu nity

fro m legal o b ligati on s.

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This doc ume nt co mp rises a fro nt co ver, an ins ide fro nt co ver, pages i to ii,

p age s 1 t o 3 and a back c ove r.

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1 S co pe

This Brit is h S tandard s pec ifies the ins pe c tio n and te sting pro ce dures, c hem ic al c o mp o sitio n, heat

treat me nt and mec hanical p ro p ert ie s fo r a prec ipitatio n hardening co p per- be ryllium allo y sup plied in the

fo rm of strip and fo il. The m aterial is sup plied in the so lution treate d and co ld rolle d co ndit ion fo r

p re cip itatio n tre atment afte r co nve rsion int o p arts .

2 Normati ve re fe re nce s

The fo llow ing norma tive doc uments c ontain p ro visions which, thro ugh re fere nc e in this t ext, c onstitute

p ro visio ns o f this British Standard. Fo r date d referenc es , any s ub seque nt am en dm ent s to , o r re vis ions of,

any o f the se p ublic ations do no t ap ply. Fo r undate d re fere nces , the late st e ditio n of the pub licatio n referre d

to applies .

BS 55 55 , Sp eci ficatio n for SI units and reco mm e ndatio ns for the us e of their m ultip les and o f ce rtain other

units.

BS 57 75 - 0 , Spe cificati on for quantitie s, units and sy mb o ls — Part 0: Gene ral p rinci ple s.

BS B 1 0 0 , Pro ce dure fo r ins pect io n, tes ti ng and acce ptance o f w ro ught c op per allo ys .

BS E N 1 65 4 , Co pp er and c o ppe r all oys — Strip fo r s prings and co nne cto rs .

3 Te ch nical re quire me nts

3 .1 Mate rial to this standard shall co nform t o the t e chnical requirem ents s pe c ifie d in Tab le 1 . All mate rial

supp lied shall c onfo rm to t he re quirem e nts app ro priate to its dime ns io ns and conditio n as s p e cified in the

standards given in line s 5 and 96 o f Tab le 1 .

3 .2 S ymb o ls and unit s us ed in Tab le 1 s hall b e inte rp ret ed in ac co rdance wit h BS 55 5 5 and BS 5 7 75 - 0 .

NO TE The fo rma t o f Ta b le 1 a nd the s ym b o ls u se d in this ta b le are de rive d fro m p rE N 45 00- 1 : 1 9 96.

3 .3 Fo r the p urp ose s o f this s tandard, a b atc h is de fine d as mat erial of the s am e nominal c ro ss - s e ctional

dim ensions, from the s am e c ast, manufact ured by t he sam e ro ute and he at t rea ted toge the r.

3 .4 Parts shall b e sup plied in the so lut ion tre ate d, co ld rolle d and p re cip itation treate d c onditio n.

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Table 1 — Technical requirements for C u-Be alloy strip, foil and parts (solution treated,
cold rolled: half hard and precipitation treated)

1 Material designatio n CuBe1.9

2 C hemical Element Be Co + Ni Ni + Co Al Si Others Cu
+ Fe
composition min. 1.80 0.20 Base
% max. 2.00 0.6 0.20 0.20 0.50
3 Methods of melting —
4.1 Form Strip, foil and parts
4.2 Method of production Rolling
4.3 Limit dimensions mm 0.10 a 3.0
5 Technical specificatio n BS B 100
6.1 D elivery condition Solution treated and cold rolled ( H)
He at treatment 760 C 835 C/Quench + cold rolled (1)
6.2 D elivery condition code —
7 Use condition Solution treated, cold rolled and precipitation treated
He at treatment Delivery condition
+ 315 C 330 C/t = 2h/AC
Characteristics

8.1 Test sample(s) See BS B 100

8.2 Test piece(s) See BS B 100
8.3 H eat treatment Delivery condition Use condition
9 D imensions concerned mm —
10 Thickness of cladding on e ach face % —
11 D irection of test piece L T L
12 Temp erature C Ambient temperature
13 Proof stress Rp0.2 MPa — — 1130
14 Tensile Strength Rm MPa 590 Rm 690 1270 Rm 1480
15 Elongation A % 5 1
16 Reduction of area Z % —
180 HV 225 370 HV 430
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17 H ardness

18 S hear stre ngth Rc MPa —

19 Bending k — 0.5 (a = 90 (2 1.0 (a = 90 2 —
20 I mpact strength —
21 Temp erature C —
22 Time h —
23 Stress a MPa —
24 Creep Elo ngation a % —
25 Rupture stre ss R MPa —
26 Elo ngation at A % —
rupture

96 D imensional standard BS EN 1654, class A

98 Notes (1) Quenching shall be effected by forced air, sprayed water or
immersion in oil or water.
(2) “ k” is calculated from:
k = ar where r = bending radius and a = thickness.
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Bibliography
Standards publications

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