ASTM A505-00

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Designation: A 505 – 00
Standard Specification for
Steel, Sheet and Strip, Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled,
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General Requirements for
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 505; 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 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
1.1 This specification covers a group of common require-
A 873/A 873M Specification for Steel Sheet and Strip,
ments that, unless otherwise specified in the material specifi-
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Chromium-Molybdenum Alloy, for Pressure Vessels
cation, apply to hot-rolled and cold-rolled alloy steel sheet and
A 919 Definitions of Terms Relating to Heat Treatment of
strip under each of the following specifications:A 506,A 507,
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Metals
and A 873/A 873M.
2.2 Federal Standard:
1.2 In case of any conflict in requirements, the requirements
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Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
of the individual material specification shall prevail over those
2.3 Military Standard:
of this general specification.
MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products, Preparation for Ship-
1.3 The purchaser may specify additional requirements
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ment and Storage
which do not negate any of the provisions of this general
specification or of the individual material specification. Such
3. Terminology
additional requirements, the acceptance of which are subject to
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
negotiation with the supplier, must be included in the order
3.1.1 sheet and strip—hot-rolled and cold-rolled alloy steel
information (see 4.1.9).
sheet and strip is classified as shown in Table 1.
1.4 For purposes of determining conformance with this
3.1.2 exclusive—when used in relation to ranges, as for
specification and the various material specifications referenced
ranges of thicknesses in the tables of permissible variations in
in 1.1, values shall be rounded to the nearest unit in the
dimensions, the term “exclusive” is intended to exclude only
right-hand place of figures used in expressing the limiting
the greater value of the range. Thus a range from 60 to 72 in.
values in accordance with the rounding provisions of Test
(1524 to 1829 mm) exclusive includes 60 in. but does not
Methods and Definitions A 370 and Test Methods, Practices,
include 72 in.
and Terminology A 751.
3.1.3 manufacturer (material manufacturer)—an organiza-
2. Referenced Documents tion that performs or directly controls one or more operations,
suchasmelting,rolling,coiling,andheattreatment,thataffects
2.1 ASTM Standards:
the chemical composition or mechanical properties of the
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for MechanicalTesting
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material.
of Steel Products
A 506 Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Alloy,
4. Ordering Information
HotRolled and Cold-Rolled, Regular Quality and Struc-
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tural Quality
essary, to describe adequately the desired material:
A 507 Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Alloy,
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4.1.1 Specification designation, including year of issue,
HotRolled and Cold-Rolled, Drawing Quality
4.1.2 Chemical composition (grade),
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
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4.1.3 Classificationofthematerial(thatis,hot-rolledsheet),
Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
4.1.4 Dimensions (thickness, width, length) in decimal
inches,
4.1.5 Quantity (weight or number of pieces),
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A-1 on Steel,
4.1.6 Condition (that is, “hot-rolled,” “cold-rolled”),
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.19 on Steel Sheet and Strip.
Current edition approved March 10, 2000. Published May 2000. Originally
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published as A 505 – 64. Last previous edition E 505 – 87(1998). Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.02.
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A 505–00
4.1.7 Heat treatment required, if any, 8.2 Number of Tests—The number of specimens shall be as
4.1.8 Type of edge, specifi
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