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APPLICABLE STANDARDS
A) COPPER TUBES click here for more info
i) BS 2871 Part I : Copper Tubes for water, gas & sanitation.
ii) BS EN 1057 : Seamless, round copper tubes for water and gas in sanitary and heating applications.
iii) ASTM B 88 : Seamless Copper water tube
iv) ASTM E 243 / EN 1971 : Electromagnetic (Eddy Current) examination of copper and copper alloy tubes.
   
B) COPPER FITTINGS click here for more info
i) BS 864 PART 2 : Capillary and compression tube fittings of copper and copper alloys.
ii) EN 1254 : Copper and Copper Alloy Plumbing fittings
Part 1 : Fittings with ends for capillary soldering or capillary brazing to copper tubes.
Part 2 : Fittings with compression ends or use with copper tubes.
Part 5 : Fittings with short ends for capillary brazing to copper tubes.
   
C) FLUX / SOLDER / GALVANIC CORROSION / HOW TO SPECIFICY PIPES AND FITTINGS click here for more info
i) As per ANSI / NSF 6 or equivalent.
ii) BS EN 29453 : Soft Solder alloys- Chemical Compositions and forms.
iii) BS 1723 : Brazing
   
D) RAJCO Copper Tubes for Plumbing, Medical Gas Plumbing Systems & copper / bronze fittings click here for more info
   
   
NOTE : All ASTM specifications (American) specify tubes & fittings in inches (Imperial sizes) whereas the British or the European standards specify fittings in mm (Metric sizes). Except for USA, the world over uses pipes & fittings in mm (Metric) sizes and hence, we in India use & specify fittings as per British & European standards.