SP-73-2003BrazingJointsforCopperandCopperAlloyPressureFittingsStandardPracticeDevelopedandApprovedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,Inc.127ParkStreet,NEVienna,Virginia22180Phone:(703)281-6613-*www.mss-hq.comFax:(703)281-6671e-mail:info@mss.hq.comCopyrightMSSProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithMSSNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,,,,-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---MSSSTANDARDPRACTICESP-73ThisMSSStandardPracticewasdevelopedundertheconsensusoftheMSSTechnicalCommittee201andtheMSSCoordinatingCommittee.ThecontentofthisStandardPracticeistheresultoftheeffortsofcompetentandconcernedvolunteerstoprovideaneffective,clear,andnon-exclusivespecificationthatwillbenefittheindustryasawhole.ThisMSSStandardPracticeisintendedasabasisforcommonpracticebythemanufacturer,theuser,andthegeneralpublic.TheexistenceofanMSSStandardPracticedoesnotinitselfprecludethemanufacture,sale,oruseofproductsnotconformingtotheStandardPractice.Mandatoryconformanceisestablishedonlybyreferenceinacode,specification,salescontract,orpubliclaw,asapplicable.UnlessotherwisespecificallynotedinthisMSSSP,anystandardreferredtohereinisidentifiedbythedateofissuethatwasapplicabletothereferencedstandard(s)atthedateofissueofthisMSSSP.NOTICEThiseditionofMSSSP-73-2003isintendedtobethefinalissueandisscheduledtobewithdrawnDecember31,2006Non-toleranceddimensionsinthisStandardPracticearenominal,and,unlessotherwisespecified,shallbeconsidered“forreferenceonly”.Anypartofthisstandardmaybequoted.Creditlinesshouldread“E.xtractedJi.omMSSSP-73,2003,withpermissionojthepublisher,theManufacturersStandardizationSociety.’’ReproduciionisprohibitedundercopyrightconventionunlesswrittenpermissionisgrantedbytheManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndust?y,Inc.OriginallyApprovedFebruary1970CopyrightO,1982byManufacturersStandardizationSocietyoftheValveandFittingsIndustry,inc.PrintedinU.S.A.1CopyrightMSSProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithMSSNotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingp...