ASTM A555/A555M-05

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Designation: A 555/A 555M – 05
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire
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Rods
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA 555/A 555M; 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.
1. Scope* A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
1.1 This specification covers general requirements that shall
A 313/A 313M Specification for Stainless Steel Spring
apply to stainless wire and wire rods. Wire rods are a
Wire
semifinished product intended primarily for the manufacture of
A 368 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire Strand
wire. Wire is intended primarily for cold forming, including
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for MechanicalTesting
coiling, stranding, weaving, heading and machining as covered
of Steel Products
under the latest revision of each of the following ASTM
A 478 Specification for Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel
specifications: A 313/A 313M, A 368, A 478, A 492, A 493,
Weaving and Knitting Wire
A 580/A 580M and A 581/A 581M.
A 480/A 480M Specification for General Requirements for
1.2 In case of conflicting requirements, the individual ma-
Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
terial specification and this general requirement specification
Sheet, and Strip
shall prevail in the order named.
A 484/A 484M Specification for General Requirements for
1.3 General requirements for flat products other than wire
Stainless and Heat-Resisting Bars, Billets, and Forgings
are covered in Specification A 480/A 480M.
A 492 Specification for Stainless Steel Rope Wire
1.4 General requirements for bar and billet products are
A 493 Specification for Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
covered in Specification A 484/A 484M.
for Cold Heading and Cold Forging
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units or SI (metric)
A 580/A 580M Specification for Stainless Steel Wire
units are to be regarded separately as standard; within the text
A 581/A 581M Specification for Free-Machining Stainless
and tables, the SI units are shown in brackets ([]). The values
and Heat-Resisting Steel Wire and Wire Rods
stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
system must be used independent of the other. Combining
Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
values from the two systems may result in nonconformance
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
with the specification.
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
1.6 Unless the order specifies the applicable metric specifi-
E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
cation designation, the material shall be furnished in the
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2.2 Federal Standard:
inch-pound units.
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
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2. Referenced Documents
2.3 Military Standards:
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MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
2.1 ASTM Standards:
MIL-STD-163 Preservation of Steel Products for Domestic
Shipment
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
2.4 Other Standard:
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Primary Metals Bar Code Standard
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2005. Published September 2005. Originally
approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A 555/A 555M – 97
(2002).
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A 555/A 555M – 05
3. Terminology elements having specified maximums, or ranges with maxi-
mums. The purchaser is not permitted to make chemical
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
requirements less stringent.
3.1.1 bar—wire that has been straightened and cut (see
5.1.6 Analysis limits shall be established for specific
SpecificationA 484/A 484M). However, a straightened an
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