Copper Tubes - Dimensions and Working Pressures

Dimensions and working pressures of copper tubes according BS (British Standard) 2871:1972

Sponsored Links

Dimensions and working pressure of copper tubes according BS 2871:1972 can be found in the table below:

Nominal bore (mm)	Outside Diameter (mm)	Table X Half hard light gauge tube		Table Y Half hard an annealed tube		Tabel Z Hard drawn thin wall tube
Nominal bore (mm)	Outside Diameter (mm)	Thickness (mm)	Maximum working pressure (N/mm²)	Thickness (mm)	Maximum working pressure (N/mm²)	Thickness (mm)	Maximum working pressure (N/mm²)
6	6	0.6	13.3	0.8	14.4	0.5	11.3
8	8	0.6	9.7	0.8	10.5	0.5	9.8
10	10	0.6	7.7	0.8	8.2	0.5	7.8
12	12	0.6	6.3	0.8	6.7	0.5	6.4
15	15	0.7	5.8	1	6.7	0.5	5
18	18	0.8	5.6	1	5.5	0.6	5
22	22	0.9	5.1	1.2	5.7	0.6	4.1
28	28	0.9	4	1.2	4.2	0.6	3.2
35	35	1.2	4.2	1.5	4.1	0.7	3
42	42	1.2	3.5	1.5	3.4	0.8	2.8
54	54	1.2	2.7	2	3.6	0.9	2.5
67	67	1.2	2	2	2.8	1	2
76.1	76.2	1.5	2.4	2	2.5	1.2	1.9
108	108.1	1.5	1.7	2.5	2.2	1.2	1.7
133	133.4	1.5	1.4			1.5	1.6
159	159.4	2	1.5			1.5	1.5

Free SketchUp Engineering ToolBox - enabled for use with the amazing, fun and free Google SketchUp.

8 6 27