IS 319 : 1989

(Reaffirmed 2001))
( Reaffirmed 2006
Edition 5.2
(2004-07)

Indian Standard
FREE CUTTING LEADED BRASS BARS, RODS
AND SECTIONS — SPECIFICATION
( Fourth Revision )
(Incorporating Amendment Nos. 1 & 2)

UDC 669.35’5.018.23-422

© BIS 2004

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Copper and Copper Alloys Sectional Committee, MTD 8

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Fourth Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards
on 25 August 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 1962, 1968 and 1974. In
this revision, following modifications have been made:
a) Minimum cross sectional dimension of material covered in this standard has been reduced
from 10 mm to 6 mm;
b) Grade 3 has been added as it is being used;
c) The requirement of sampling and criteria for conformity and retest have been modified;
d) The clauses on chemical composition and analysis, packing and marking have been modified;
and
e) The requirement of certificate has been added.
This edition 5.2 incorporates Amendment No. 1 (April 1994) and Amendment No. 2 (July 2004).
Side bar indicates modification of the text as the result of incorporation of the amendments.
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.
 IS 319 : 1989

Indian Standard
FREE CUTTING LEADED BRASS BARS, RODS
AND SECTIONS — SPECIFICATION
( Fourth Revision )
1 SCOPE 3.2 Section
1.1 This standard covers the requirements for A solid product with cross section other than
free cutting leaded brass bars, rods and round, hexagonal, square or rectangular, such
sections having a minimum cross-sectional as angle or channel supplied in straight lengths
dimension over 6 mm suitable for high speed or in coiled form.
screw cutting and turning work.
4 SUPPLY OF MATERIAL
2 REFERENCES
4.1 General requirements relating to the
2.1 The following Indian Standards are supply of material shall be as laid down in
necessary adjuncts to this standard: IS 1387 : 1967.
IS No. Title
5 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS
IS 1387 : 1967 General requirements for the
5.1 The material shall be clean, smooth, free
supply of metallurgical
from surface defects, reasonably straight and
materials ( first revision )
free from twist.
IS 1817 : 1961 Method of sampling
non-ferrous metals for 6 CONDITION OF DELIVERY
chemical analysis
6.1 The material shall be supplied in one of the
IS 2305 : 1988 Method for mercurous nitrate following conditions as specified by the
test for copper and copper purchaser. If “not temper” is specified by the
alloys ( first revision ) purchaser, the material shall be supplied in
IS 2654 : 1977 Method for tensile testing of half hard (HB) condition:
copper and copper alloys a) Annealed (O)
( first revision )
b) Half hard (HB)
IS 2826 : 1986 Dimensions and tolerances
for wrought copper and c) Hard (HD)
copper alloy rods and bars for
general engineering purposes 7 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES
( third revision )
IS 3288 Glossary of terms relating to 7.1 Sizes
(Part 3) : 1986 copper and copper alloys:
The material shall be supplied in sizes as
Part 3 Wrought form
specified in IS 2826 : 1986 or as required by the
IS 3685 : 1966 Methods of chemical analysis purchaser.
of brasses
7.2 Tolerances
3 TERMINOLOGY
3.0 For the purpose of this standard, the The tolerances on sizes of bars/rods shall be as
following definitions as given in specified in IS 2826 : 1986.
IS 3288 (Part 3) : 1986 shall apply. 7.2.1 The tolerances for sections shall be as
3.1 Bar/Rod agreed to between the purchaser and the
supplier and shall be stated in the order.
A solid wrought product of uniform cross
section along its whole length, supplied in 8 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
straight length or in coil form, whose width or
greatest distance between parallel faces is 8.1 The material shall conform to the chemical
greater than 6 mm. composition as specified in Table 1.

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IS 319 : 1989
Table 1 Chemical Composition 9.4 The fractured test piece shall be free from
( Clause 8.1 ) pipe and other surface defects.
Constituent Percent 9.5 Should a tensile test piece break outside the
middle third of its gauge length and the

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Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 elongation percentage obtained be lower than
(1) (2) (3) (4) minimum specified, the test may be discarded
Copper 56.0-59.0 60.0-63.0 60.0-63.0 and another test made.
Lead 2.0-3.5 2.5-3.7 0.5-1.5
10 MERCUROUS NITRATE TEST
Iron, Max 0.35 0.35 0.2
Total other impurities 0.7 0.5 0.5 10.1 If required by the purchaser, the material
(excluding iron), Max shall be subjected to the test as specified in
Zinc Remainder Remainder Remainder IS 2305 : 1988.
NOTES 10.2 There should be no cracks in the test
1 If required antimony may be restricted to 0.02 percent specimen when examined immediately after it
in Grade 1 alloy. is removed from the solution, rinsed with water
2 Any nickel or silver present is to be counted as copper. and wiped off.
3 Other impurities do not preclude the possible presence 11 SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR
of other unnamed elements. However, analysis shall be CONFORMITY
regularly made only for the alloying elements listed in
the table. By agreement between the manufacturer and 11.0 Unless otherwise agreed to between the
the purchaser, the limits may be established for purchaser and the supplier the following
elements not specified and analysis done. sampling procedure and criteria for conformity
shall hold good.
8.2 The chemical composition shall be 11.1 In any consignment, all the material of
determined either by the methods specified in same grade, size and temper manufactured
IS 3685 : 1966 or any other established from the same raw material, produced at the
instrumental/chemical method. In case of same place, shall be grouped together to
dispute the procedure specified in constitute a lot.
IS 3685 : 1966 shall be the referee method.
11.2 Material shall be examined for
9 TENSILE PROPERTIES freedom from defects and for tolerances on
diameter/dimensions. Any bar/rod/section
9.1 The material when tested in accordance found defective shall be rejected.
with IS 2654 : 1977 shall conform to the tensile 11.3 From the material found satisfactory
and elongation properties as specified in in 11.2 one sample shall be selected from each
Table 2. lot or part thereof to provide necessary test
pieces for all the tests (Chemical analysis,
9.2 The tensile test shall be made on test pieces tensile test, and mercurous nitrate test). Mass
machined to shape and largest dimensions of each lot vary with the size of material and is
practicable as specified in IS 2654 : 1977 from given in Table 3.
the samples selected in accordance with 11.3.
NOTE — The material required for chemical analysis
from the selected bar/rod sections shall be taken in
9.3 Up to and including 32 mm rods, the accordance with IS 1817 : 1961.
central longitudinal axis of the test pieces shall
be the same as that of the rods. 11.4 The lot shall be accepted if the samples
tested meet all the chemical composition,
9.3.1 In case of rods over 32 mm, the central tensile properties and mercurous nitrate test
longitudinal axis of the test piece shall be at (if required by the purchaser) requirements to
least 16 mm from the nearest face/surface. the specification.
Table 2 Tensile Properties
( Clause 9.1 )
Condition Size Tensile Strength, MPa Elongation of Gauge Length
Min 5.65 So, Min
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Over
Up to and Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3
including
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Annealed (O) 6 25 345 335 315 12 15 22
25 50 315 305 285 17 20 27
50 — 285 275 255 22 25 32
Half hard (HB) 6 12 405 395 355 4 7 8
12 25 395 385 345 6 10 12
25 50 355 345 305 12 15 22
50 — 325 315 285 17 20 27
Hard (HD) 6 12 550 550 460 — — —
12 25 490 485 400 4 4 4
NOTE — 1 N/mm = 0.102 kgf/mm = 1 MPa.

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Table 3 Lot Size 12.2.1 If the test piece from both these
( Clause 11.3 ) additional samples pass, the lot represented by
Specified Size (Diameter or Width Mass of Each
the test samples shall be deemed to comply
Across Flats) of Material Lot with this standard. If the test piece from either
of these additional samples fail the lot
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Over Up to and Including represented by the test samples shall be
mm mm kg
rejected.
— 12 1 000
12 40 2 000
13 PACKING
40 — 4 000
NOTE — When the order does not permit forming lots 13.1 The rods/bars/sections shall be supplied in
in the above quantity the lot size shall be as agreed to bundles and strapped with hoops, and shall be
between the supplier and the purchaser. suitably packed to avoid damages during
transit or as required by the purchaser.
12 RETESTS
14 MARKING
12.1 If a test result of chemical analysis fails to
satisfy the requirements for any of the 14.1 Suitable metallic tags/labels with
constituents, two more tests for that marking made on them to show the size of
constituent shall be done on the same sample in rod/bar/section, grade, temper, lot number, date
order to confirm that the analysis has been of manufacture, mass of the material in
done properly. If both the test results satisfy addition to the name of the manufacturer, and
the relevant requirements, the lot shall be any such information required by the
considered as conforming to this specification, purchaser, shall be attached to each bundle of
otherwise not. the material.
12.2 If any of test pieces first selected fails to
pass the requirements of tensile properties and 15 TEST CERTIFICATE
mercurious nitrate test, two further sample 15.1 The supplier shall provide the test
from the same lot shall be selected for testing, certificate for each consignment giving
one of which shall be from the same piece of information like lot number, corresponding
material from which the original sample was chemical composition, tensile properties and
taken, unless it is withdrawn by the supplier. mercurious nitrate test result.

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This Indian Standard has been developed from Doc : No. MTD 8 (3370)

Amendments Issued Since Publication

Amend No. Date of Issue
Amd. No. 1 April 1994
Amd. No. 2 July 2004

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