scope:

This standard specifies the requirements, sampling, test methods and conditions of delivery for copper tubes. It is applicable to seamless round copper tubes having an outside diameter from 8 mm up to and including 54 mm for pipeline systems for distributing the following medical gases intended to be used at operating pressures up to 2000 kPa and for systems under vacuum: -oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, xenon; -air for breathing; -specific mixtures of these above mentioned gases; -air for driving surgical tools; -anaesthetic gases and vapours; -vacuum.