ASTM A276-00ae1

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Designation: A 276 – 00a
Standard Specification for
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Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 276; 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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e NOTE—Table 1 was corrected editorially in January 2002.
1. Scope SAE J 1086 Recommended Practice for Numbering Metals
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and Alloys
1.1 This specification covers hot-finished or cold-finished
bars except bars for reforging (Note 1). It includes rounds,
3. Ordering Information
squares, and hexagons, and hot-rolled or extruded shapes, such
3.1 It is the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all
as angles, tees, and channels in the more commonly used types
requirements that are necessary for material ordered under this
of stainless steels. The free-machining types (Note 2), for
specification. Such requirements may include but are not
general corrosion resistance and high-temperature service, are
limited to the following:
covered in a separate specification.
3.1.1 Quantity (weight or number of pieces),
NOTE 1—For bars for reforging, see Specification A 314.
3.1.2 Name of material: stainless steel,
NOTE 2—For free-machining stainless bars designed especially for
3.1.3 Form (bars, angles, etc.),
optimum machinability, see Specification A 582/A 582M.
3.1.4 Condition (Section 4.1),
NOTE 3—There are standards covering high nickel, chromium, austen-
3.1.5 Finish (Section 8 of Specification A 484/A 484M),
itic corrosion, and heat resisting alloy materials. These standards are under
3.1.6 Surface preparation of shapes (Section 8 of Specifica-
the jurisdiction of ASTM Subcommittee B 02.07 and may be found in
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 02.04.
tion A 484/A 484M),
3.1.7 Applicable dimensions including size, thickness,
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
width, and length,
as the standard.
3.1.8 Cross section (round, square, etc.),
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.9 Type or UNS designation (Table 1),
3.1.10 ASTM designation and date of issue, and
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.11 Whether bars are to be rolled as bars or cut from strip
A 314 Specification for Stainless Steel Billets and Bars for
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or plate.
Forging
3.1.12 Test for magnetic permeability when specified by
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
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customer purchase order when ordering Types 201 and 205.
of Steel Products
3.1.13 Special requirements.
A 484/A 484M Specification for General Requirements for
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Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
NOTE 4—A typical ordering description is as follows: 5000 lb (2268 kg)
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A 582/A582M Specification for Free-Machining Stainless
Stainless Steel Bars, Annealed and Centerless Ground, 1 ⁄2 in. (38.10 mm)
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Steel Bars Round, 10 to 12 ft (3.05 to 3.66 m) in length, Type 304, ASTM
Specification A 276 dated — . End use: machined valve parts.
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
4. Manufacture
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
4.1 Condition:
2.2 Other Document:
4.1.1 Bars shall be furnished in one of the following
conditions listed in the Mechanical Requirements table:
4.1.1.1 Condition A—Annealed
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, 4.1.1.2 Condition H—Hardened and tempered at a rela-
Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
tively low temperature
A01.17 on Flat Stainless Steel Products.
4.1.1.3 Condition T—Hardened and tempered at a relatively
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2000. Published November 2000. Originally
high temperature
published as A 276 – 44 T. Last previous edition A 276 – 00.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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4.1.1.4 Condition S— Strain Hardened—Relatively light 8. General Requirements
cold work
8.1 In addition to the requirements of this specification, all
4.1.1.5 Condition B—Relatively severe cold work
requirements of the current edition of Specification A 484/
A 484M shall apply. Failure to comply with the general
5. Chemical Composition
requirements of Specification A 484/A 484M constitutes non-
5.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements for chemical
conformance to this specification.
composition s
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