IS 1897 : 2008 RAT ATR fage argratat & fare ofa at uch — Aare ( ORRT Free ) Indian Standard COPPER STRIP FOR ELECTRICAL PURPOSES — SPECIFICATION (Third Revision ) Ics 7.15030 © BIS 2008 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI 110002 ‘November 2008 Price Group 3‘Copper and Copper Alloys Sectional Committee, MTD 8 FOREWORD ‘This Indian Standard (Third Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, 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 1962 and was subsequently revised in 1971 and 1983. In this revision, the following modifications have been made: 8), Definition of strip has been modified to 6 mm thick (see 3.1), )_ Reference of eathode copper have been deleted (see 6), €)_ Edgewise bending test have been made optional (see 8:3), d) Mechanical properties Table | have been modified (see 8.1). «) Temperature correction factor in electrical resistivity has been added as a Note (see Table 3), 1) Altemate method for electrical conductivity test included (see 9.1-1), and 1) Straighiness value of 3 mm per 1 000 mm length has been added (see 11.3). Copper strips are used for electrical connections and windings. for transformers and related electrical machinery. Bright annealed copper strips are used for non-insulated connections. Half hard copper strips are required to be used when the finished products, such as bus-bars and connections elements in heavy switchgear ‘constructions call for a certain amount of stiffness and rigidity and at the same time are subject to some degree of cold work ‘The composition of the Committee responsible for the formulation of thie standard is given in Annex A. For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of unis 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 1S 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.15 1897 : 2008 Indian Standard COPPER STRIP FOR ELECTRICAL PURPOSES — SPECIFICATION ( Third Revision ) IS No. Title 1SCOPE 3635: 1966 Methods of test for resistance of metallic electrical resistance Sip fr electra purposes wih rave or toed om edges (either round or square) inthe annealed, half- 3 TERMINOLOGY hard and hard condition 2. REFERENCES The following standards contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of publication, the Alll standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based ‘on this standard are encouraged to investigate the ity of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below: editions indicated were vi IS No. 191:2007 Tule ‘Copper (fourth revision) 440:1964 Methods of chemical analysis of copper Copper rods and bars for electrical purposes — Specification (third revision) General requirements for the supply ‘of metallurgical materials (second revision) Method for Viekers hardness test for metallic materials (third revision) Method for hend test (second revision) ‘Metallic materials — Tensile testing at ambient temperature (third revision) Dimensions and tolerances for ‘wrought copper and copper alloys sheet, strip and foil (for general engineering purposes) (second revision) Glossary of terms relating to copper and copper alloys : (Part 1): 1986 Materials (third revision) (Part 3): 1986 Wrought forms 1: 1387: 1995 1501-2000 1599: 198s 1608 :2005 3052: 1986 For the purpose of this standard, the definition given in 1S 3288 (Parts | and 3) and the following shall apply. 3A Strip — Flat praduet over 0.18 mm thick and upto and including 6 mm thick, of any width and generally ot cut w length; usualy in coil, bt may be flat or folded. 4 SUPPLY OF MATERIAL The general requirements relating w the supply of ‘material shall conform to 1S 1387. 5 CONDITION OF SUPPLY ‘The material shall be supplied in one ofthe following conditions, as specified by the purchase: a) O— Annealed (Soft, b) HB —Half-hard, and © HD—Hard. 6 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION ‘The materials when analysed as per IS 440 or any other established instrumental (spectrometer)! ‘chemical method shall conform to the requirements of Grade Cu-ETP or Cu-FRHCas per IS 191. Incase of dispute, the procedure given in IS 440 shall be the referee method. However, when the method is not ziven in IS 440 the referee method shal be as agreed. to between the purchaser and the manufacturer. 7 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS ‘The material shall be clean, bright, smooth and free from harmful defects. Strips not supplied in coils shall be reasonably flat and free from twists. 8 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES 8.1 The material when tested in accordance with IS 1608 and 1S 1501 shall have the mechanical properties as given in Table 1