ASTM B899-01e1

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Designation: B 899 – 01
Standard Terminology
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Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 899; 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.
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e NOTE—The word “wire” was corrected editorially in Section 5.1 in June 2001.
1. Scope graphite permanent mold casting
heat
1.1 To promote precise understanding and interpretation of
ingot
standard, reports, and other technical writings promulgated by
liquidus
Committee B02.
lot
1.2 To standardize the terminology used in these documents.
lot number
1.3 To explain the meanings of technical terms used within
melt
these documents for those not conversant with them.
nominal wall
2. Significance and Use part
permanent mold casting
2.1 The terms defined in this document are generic in
pig
respect to the standards under the jurisdiction of Committee
pipe
B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys. The same terms may
plate
have different definitions in other ASTM technical committees.
powder
2.2 Some definitions may differ within the committee be-
powder blend
cause of limitations on items such as weights or dimensions. In
precious metals
such cases the terms will be more precisely defined in the
pressure die casting
Terminology section of the standards in which these terms are
producer
used.
rod
3. Index of Terms
rough part
saline electrolyte
3.1 Alphabetical Listing of Terms
sand casting
average diameter
seamless pipe
bar
semi-permanent mold casting
billet
shapes
can
sheet
cathodic protection
shot
coiled sheet
solidus
compact
sponge
contact resistance
spring wire
contact resistance probe
strip
die casting
thin-wall tube
fill pin
tube
fineness
weaving wire
flats
welded pipe
flat sheet
wire
foundry casting
galvanic anode
4. Terminology
4.1 Terms and Their Definitions
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 on
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
average diameter, n—the average of the maximum and
B02.91 on Editorial and Terminology.
minimum outside the diameters, as determined at any one
Current edition approved May 10, 2001. Published July 2001. Originally
section of the pipe or tube. B 160, B 161, B 163, B 165,
published as B 899–99. Last previous edition B 899–99a.
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B 899
B 167, B 407, B 423, B 444, B 445, B 535, B 622, B 677, equilibrium conditions begins to freeze on cooling or is
B 690, B 710, B 722, B 723, B 726, B 729, B 739, B 751, completely melted on heating.
B 759, B 775 lot, n—a quantity of metal made under conditions that, for
bar, n—an elongated, forged or rolled metal product with
sampling purposes, are considered uniform. B 6, B 32,
uniform strength, length and section (such as rectangular, B 240, B 418, B 749
square, round, oval or hexagonal). B 327, B 518
lot number, n—a unique alphanumeric designation for a lot
that is traceable to manufacturing records. B32
NOTE 1—In the following standards the term “bar” has a similar
melt, n—all the metal that, while molten, was held at the same
definition, but with greater and more specific detail. B 160, B 164,
time in the same holding vessel.
B 166, B 408, B 425, B 446, B 473, B 511, B 512, B 637,
nominal wall, n—specified wall thickness with a published
B 639, B 649, B 672, B 691, B 719, B 756, B 805
plus and minus tolerance from the specified thickness at any
billet, n—a formed shape that may be further worked, or a
point. B 535, B 710, B 722, B 723, B 726, B 739, B 751,
solid, semifinished, round, or rectangular product that has
B 775
been hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion.
part, n—a single item coming from a compact, either prior to
can, n—the container used to encapsulate the powder during
or after machining. B 834
the pressure consolidation process; it is removed from the
permanent mold casting, n—a metal object produced by
final part. B 834
introducing molten metal by gravity or low pressure into a
cathodic protection, n—protection of a metal from corrosion
mold constructed of durable material, usually iron or steel,
by making it a cathode through the galvanic sacrifice of a
and allowing it to solidify. See also graphite permanent mold
less noble metal or through an impressed electric current.
casting. B 86, B 792
B 418
pig, n—an oblong or square ma
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