Copper Wire

Chemical Composition
Equivalents
Mechanical properties
Finishes
Tolerances

COPPER WIRE FOR ELECTRICAL APPLICATIONS

COMPOSITION OF Cu-ETP (CW004A) AND Cu-OF (CW008A) COPPER EN 13602

Designation of the material		European Standard (EN)	Composition in % (mass fraction)
Designation of the material		European Standard (EN)	Min. Cu	Max. Bi	Max. O	Max. Pb	Other elements (please see note)
Symbolic	Numerical	EN	Min. Cu	Max. Bi	Max. O	Max. Pb	total max.	excluded
Cu-ETP	CW004A	EN 13602	99.90	0.0005	0.04	0.005	0.03	Ag, O
Cu-OF	CW008A	EN 13602	99.95	0.0005	_	0.005	0.03	Ag

COPPER WIRE FOR GENERAL USES

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION EN 12166

Designation of the material		European Standard (EN)	Composition in % (mass fraction)
Designation of the material		European Standard (EN)	Min. Cu	Min. P	Max. P	Min. Be	Max. Be	Max. Co	Max. Fe	Max. Ni	Other elements (please see note)
Symbolic	Numerical	EN	Min. Cu	Min. P	Max. P	Min. Be	Max. Be	Max. Co	Max. Fe	Max. Ni	total	excluded
Cu-DHP	CW024A	EN 12166	99.9 ¹⁾	0.015	0.04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cu-Be2	CW101C	EN 12166	Remainder	-	-	1.8	2.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	-	0.6

1) Including up to a maximum of 0.015% silver.
NOTE - The total of other elements (other than copper) is defined as the sum of Ag, As, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, O, P, Pb, S, Sb, Se, Si, Sn, Te and Zn, subject to the exclusion of any individual elements specified.

EUROPEAN (EN)	AMERICAN ASTM	JAPANESE (JIS)	CHINESE GB
Cu-ETP	C11000	C1100	-
Cu-OF	C10200	C1020	-
Cu-DHP	C12200	C1220 / C1221	-
Cu-Be2	-	-	-

Mechanical properties EN 13602

Mechanical properties for wires without coatings

Designations			Nominal diameter		Tensile strength Rm	Elongation
Designations			mm		N/mm²	At or A₂₀₀ mm
Material		Metallurgical condition ^a)	above	up to & including	min.	At or A₂₀₀ mm
Symbolic	Numerical	Metallurgical condition ^a)	above	up to & including	min.	min. %
		A010	0.04 ^b)	0.08	(200)	10
		A015	0.08	0.16	(200)	15
		A021	0.16	0.32	(200)	21
		A022	0.32	0.50	(200)	22
		A024	0.50	1.00	(200)	24
		A026	1.00	1.50	(200)	26
		A028	1.50	3.00	(200)	28
		A033	3.00	5.00	(200)	33
Cu-ETP Cu-OF	CW004A CW008A	R460	0.16	1.12	460	-
		R440	1.12	1.50	440	-
		R430	1.50	2.00	430	-
		R420	2.00	2.40	420	-
		R400	2.40	3.00	400	-
		R390	3.00	3.55	390	-
		R380	3.55	4.00	380	-
		R370	4.00	4.50	370	-
		R360	4.50	5.00	360	-

NOTE - The values in brackets are not required by this standard, they are given for information purposes only.
a) The metallurgical conditions specified as A… fall under the "annealed" category and those specified as R… the "cold drawn" category.
b) Including the value 0.04

Mechanical properties EN 12166

Designations			Nominal diameter			Tensile strength Rm		Conventional yield strength at 0.2% Rp_0.2
Designations			mm			N/mm²		Conventional yield strength at 0.2% Rp_0.2
Material		Metallurgical condition	from	above	to	min.	max.	N/mm²
Symbolic	Numerical	Metallurgical condition	from	above	to	min.	max.	N/mm²
		M

		R200	1.5	-	20.0	200	270	(60)
		H040	1.5	-	20.0	-	-	-

		R270	1.0	-	8.0	270	-	(250)
		H065	1.0	-	8.0	-	-	-
		R250	-	8.0	20.0	250	-	(230)
		H055	-	8.0	20.0	-	-	-
Cu-DHP	CW024A
		R330	1.0	-	8.0	330	-	(290)
		H090	1.0	-	8.0	-	-	-
		R300	-	8.0	15.0	300	-	(250)
		H090	-	8.0	15.0	-	-	-

		R400	1.0	-	8.0	400	-	(360)
		H105	1.0	-	8.0	-	-	-
		R350	-	8.0	12.0	350	-	(320)
		H105	-	8.0	12.0	-	-	-
		R390	0.2	-	1.0	390	540	(220)
		R410	-	1.0	10.0	410	540	(200)
		H090	0.2	-	10.0	-	-	-

		R550	1.0	-	10.0	510	610	(485)
		H120	1.0	-	10.0	-	-	-

		R580	1.0	-	10.0	580	690	(570)
		H170	1.0	-	10.0	-	-	-

		R750	0.2	-	1.0	750	1140	(929)
		R750	-	1.0	10.0	750	1140	(800)
		H220	0.2	-	10.0	-	-	-

Cu-Be2	CW101C	R1130	0.2	-	1.0	1130	1350	(1090)
		R1100	-	1.0	10.0	1103	1520	(1050)
		H350	0.2	-	10.0	-	-	-

		R1190	1.0	-	10.0	1190	1450	(1150)
		H360	1.0	-	10.0	-	-	-

		R1270	1.0	-	10.0	1270	1450	(1250)
		H370	1.0	-	10.0	-	-	-

		R1310	0.2	-	1.0	1310	1520	(1380)
		H390	0.2	-	1.0	-	-	-
		R1310	-	1.0	10.0	1310	1520	(1300)
		H380	-	1.0	10.0	-	-	-

NOTE 1 - The values in brackets are not required by this standard, they are given for information purposes only.
NOTE 2- 1N/mm² equals 1MPa.

Can be supplied with a tinned or nickel plated surface finish, or others on request.

DIAMETER TOLERANCES OF ROUND WIRE EN12166

Nominal Diameter Value		Tolerances
above	up to & including	Class A	Class B	Class C	Class D	Class E
-	0.25	± 0.005	-	-	-0.025;0	-0.006;0
0.25	0.5	± 0.005	-	-	-0.03;0	-0.010;0
0.5	1.0	± 0.012	-	-	-0.03;0	-0.014;0
1.0	2.0	± 0.02	-0.10;0	-0.05;0	0.0	-0.025;0
2.0	4.0	± 0.03	-0.10;0	-0.05;0	0.0	-0.025;0
4.0	8.0	± 0.04	-0.12;0	-0.05;0	-0.05;0	-0.030;0
8.0	10.0	± 0.06	-0.15;0	-0.09;0	-0.06;0	-0.035;0
10.0	18.0	± 0.08	-0.18;0	-0.11;0	-0.07;0	-0.040;0

TOLERANCES 13602

Diameter tolerances

nominal diameter		max. diameter tolerance	Max. roundness.
nominal diameter
above	up to & including
0.08	0.25	± 0.003mm	0.006mm
0.25	0.4	± 0.004mm	0.008mm
0.4	5	± 1%	2%

STANDARD LENGTH TOLERANCES

NOMINAL LENGTH	TOLERANCE
L < = 1000 mm.	+/- 1 mm.
1000 < L < = 4000	- 0mm. / +3 mm.

* The data contained in this catalogue are for information purposes only and are not under any circumstances, contractual supply conditions. Errors and omissions excepted.