ASTM A480/A480M-04

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Designation: A 480/A 480M – 04
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-
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Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 480/A 480M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1.1 This specification covers a group of general require- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
ments that, unless otherwise specified in the purchase order or A 167 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting
in an individual specification, shall apply to rolled steel plate, Chromium-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
sheet, and strip, under each of the following specifications A 176 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chro-
issued by ASTM: Specifications A 167, A 176, A 240/A 240M, mium Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
A 263, A 264, A 265, A 666, A 693, A 793, and A 895. A 240/A 240M Specification for Chromium and
1.2 In the case of conflict between a requirement of a Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
product specification and a requirement of this specification, for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications
the product specification shall prevail. In the case of conflict A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
between a requirement of the product specification or a lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
requirement of this specification and a more stringent require- A 263 Specification for Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad
ment of the purchase order, the purchase order shall prevail. Plate
The purchase order requirements shall not take precedence if A 264 Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-
they, in any way, violate the requirements of the product Clad Plate
specification or this specification; for example, by waiving a A 265 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-Clad
test requirement or by making a test requirement less stringent. Steel Plate
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units A 342/A 342M Test Methods for Permeability of Feebly
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the Magnetic Materials
SI units are shown in brackets, except that when A 480M is A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
specified, Annex A3 shall apply for the dimensional tolerances of Steel Products
and not the bracketed SI values in Annex A2. The values stated A 666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austen-
in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each itic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar
system must be used independently of the other. Combining A 693 Specification for Precipitation-Hardening Stainless
values from the two systems may result in nonconformance and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
with the specification. A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
1.4 This specification and the applicable material specifica- Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
tions are expressed in both inch-pound and SI units. However, A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
unless the order specifies the applicable “M” specification Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
designation [SI units], the material shall be furnished in A 763 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
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inch-pound units. lar Attack in Ferritic Stainless Steels
A 793 Specification for Rolled Floor Plate, Stainless Steel
A 895 Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel
Plate, Sheet, and Strip
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published March 2004. Originally 3
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
approved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 480/A 480M – 03c.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
cation SA – 480 in Section II of that Code.
the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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