IS 1458 : 1965 Railway bronze ingots and casting

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the requirements of the following fiveclasses of bronze ingots and sand castings which are mostly used inIndian Railways:

a) Phosphorbronze             Class I

b)Gunmetal                    Class II

c) Leaded bronze (78-7-15)      ClassIII

d) Leaded Bronze (83-7-10)      ClassIV

e) Leaded gunmetal (85-5-5-5)   Class V

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding offnumerical values

IS 28 :1958 Phosphor bronze ingots andcastings

IS 306 : 1951Tin bronze ingots and castings

IS 318 : 1952Leaded tin bronze ingots and castings

IS 441 : 1955Methods of chemical analysis of brasses and bronzes(Since withdrawn and superseded by IS : 4027-1967 Methodsof chemical analysis of bronzes)

IS 497 : 1953Tensile testing of metals (non-ferrous)

IS 1387 : 1959Central requirements for the supply of metals and metalproducts

IS 1408 : 1959Recommended procedure for inspection of copper-base alloysand castings

IS 2654 : 1964 Methodof tensile test for copper and copper alloys

IS 3054 : 1965 Methodfor Brinell hardness test for copper and copperalloys