Designation: B 398 / B 398M - 99 Standard Specification for Alumin um Alloy 62 01 T81 Wire for Electrical Purposes 1 This standard is issued under th e fixe d designat ion B 398/B 398M; the numb er immediately fo llo wing th e designation indicates the yea r of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of l as t revision. A number in parentheses indica t es the year of last reapprova l. A supe r sc ript epsi l o n e ) indicates an edito rial change since th e last r ev i sio n or r e appro va l. 1. Scope 1.1 Thi s s p ec ifi ca t i o n covers a luminu1n-allo y 62 0 1 -T81 h ard: s olution h eat- tr eate d , cold worke d , a n d artificially a ge d ) r o un d wi r e for e l ec tri ca l purpo s e s . N oTE T he alloy and ter np e r designations confonn to ANSI H 35.1/ H 35.1M. A lmnin um-a lloy 6 201 co rr esponds t o uni fi ed numbe r ing system alloy A9620 1 io ccordance w i th Pra ct i ce E 527. 1 . 2 The val u es state d in in c h-pound or SI u n i ts are to be r egar d e d separate l y a s s t an d ar d. Th e v alu es in ea c h syste m a r e n ot exac t eq ui valen t s; th er e fore , ea c h sy s tem s hall be u se d i nd e p enden tl y of the othe r . Co1nbini ng va lu es fro1n the two sys t e m s may r es ult in no n conformance wi t h t h e spec ifi ca tion. 1 .2.1 For de n s i ty, r e s i s ti v i ty and te1 np e r at u re , the val u e s s tat e d in SI u n it s are to be regarded as sta ndard. 2. Referenced Documents 2.1 The followi ng documents of thi s i ss u e in e ff ect on date of 1 n ater ial purch ase f on n a p a rt of t hi s s pe c i fication to t h e extent r e ferenced h er e in. 2.2 ASTM St anda rd s: B 19 3 T es t M et h od fo r R es i s tivit y of El ec tric a l Cond u ctor Material s 2 B 557 T est Method s of Te n s io n T es tin g Wroug ht and Cas t Alumin u m- and Ma gnes ium-Allo y P ro d uc t s 3 B 83 0 S p ec ifi ca t i o n fo r Uniform Tes t Meth ods and Fr e quency 2 E 527 B 557M Pr ac t i ce for Numbering M eta l s a nd Alloys UNS) 4 2.3 ANSI Standard: ANS I H 35.l, A1nerica n Na t i o n a l St a nd ard for A ll oy a nd T e mp er D es i g n at ion S ys t e m s for Aluminum 5 ANS I H 35 .1M A m e ri ca n Na t i o n a l St a nd a r d A ll oy a nd Te m per D es i g n at ion Sy s t e in s for Alu1n i nu1n [Met ric 5 1 Th is specifica tio n is und er th e j u risdiction of AS TM Com mi tt ee B 1 on Electr i cal C onduc t o r s a nd is the dir ect r es pon sib ili ty of Subcommittee BO 1. 07 on C onductors of Light Metals. Current e d ition app rov ed April 10, 1999. Pub lished Jun e 1999. Originally pub l ished as B 3 9 8 - 63 T. L ast previous e d itio n B 3 98 - 97. 2 Annual B ook o f ASTM Standards Vol 02.03. 3 Annual Book Standards Vol 4 Annual B ook o f ASTM Standards Vol 0 1 .0 I. 5 Avai l ab l e from American National Standards Institute, 11 W est 42nd St., 13th F loor, New York, NY 1 0036. Copyr i ght © AS TM 1 00 Barr H a r or D r iv e West Cons h ohocken PA 1 9428 - 2959 Un i t ed Sta te s 1 2.4 NIST Standard: NBS H andbook JOO-Copp e r W ire T ables 6 3. Terminology 3 .1 D efinitions of rni s Spe cific to This Standard: 3 .1.l lot - A grou p of pr oduct i o n unit s, up to 30 000 l b [ 1 5 metric tons ] of mass, of one type and s i ze of wi r e, w hi c h was produ ce d d u ri n g th e s a m e tim e p e riod , u nder s imilar produ c t i on co ndition s, and i s pr e s en t ed for acce ptance a t t h e sa1 n e time E x pl an a to ry Notes 1 and 2). 3 .1. 2 production unit A co il , r ee l , s pool , or ot h e r package of w ir e that r e p re s e n t s a s i ngle u sa b l e len g th. 3 .1. 3 saniple The production u nit or u ni t s from w hi c h a test s p ec im e n or s p ec im e n s h as b een re mov ed, and w hi c h i s co n s i dere d to h ave pr o pertie s r e pr e s e n tat i ve of t h e lot. 3 .1. 4 specinien A l e n gt h of w ir e re1nov e d for t est pur po ses. 4. Ordering Information 4.1 Or d ers for ma t eria l un d er t hi s spec ification s h all incl u de t h e followin g in f or m at ion: 4 . 1. l Qu ant ity of each s i ze, 4.1.2 Wi r e s iz e : di a m eter in i n c h es or in millim et r es see 11.1 ), 4.1.3 Sp e c i a l ten s ion t est, if r eq uired see 7 . 2 and 7 . 3), 4.1.4 Fr eq u ency of bending test see 8 . 2) , 4.1.5 Sp e c i a l jointin g proced ur es , if pennitted see 1 2 . 2 ), 4.1.6 Place of in s pection see 1 5.2), 4 . 1. 7 P ac ka ge s i ze and ty p e see 16 . 1 ), and 4.1. 8 Sp e c i a l package 1 n arki n g, if r e quir ed see 16.4). 5. Material and Manufacture 5 .1 Th e al uminu 1 n a ll oy u s ed s h a ll be of s u c h q ua l i ty th at wi r e produced from it can comply w i th th e req ui rements as to c h e mi cal composition, te n s il e and elong ation prop e rti es, bend in g pr opert i es, a nd elec t r i cal re s i s tiv i ty pr escr i bed in thi s s p ec i ficat i on. 6. Chemical Composition 6 . 1 Th e w i re s h all be 1nad e f rom aluminum alloy 6201 as 6 Available from the National In s titut e of Standards a nd Techno l ogy NIST), G ai th ersb u rg, M D 20899.
