ASTM A580/A580M-13

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Designation:A580/A580M −13
StandardSpecification for
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Stainless Steel Wire
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA580/A580M; 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 (´) 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. Scope* 2.2 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard:
J 1086 Numbering Metals and Alloys
1.1 This specification covers stainless steel wire, except the
free-machining types. It includes round, square, octagon,
3. Ordering Information
hexagon, and shape wire in coils only for the more commonly
used types of stainless steels for general corrosion resistance 3.1 It is the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all
and high-temperature service. For bars in straightened and cut
requirements that are necessary for material ordered under this
lengths, see Specifications A276 or A479/A479M. specification. Such requirements may include, but are not
limited to, the following:
NOTE 1—For free-machining stainless wire, designed especially for
3.1.1 Quantity (weight),
optimum machinability, see Specification A581/A581M.
3.1.2 Name of material (stainless steel),
1.2 Unless the order specifies the applicable “M” specifica-
3.1.3 Type or UNS designation (Table 1),
tion designation, the material shall be furnished to the inch-
3.1.4 Condition (4.1),
pound units.
3.1.5 Finish (4.2),
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
3.1.6 Cross section (round, square, etc.),
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
3.1.7 Applicable dimensions including size, thickness, and
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
width.
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
3.1.8 ASTM designation A580/A 580M and date of issue.
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
3.1.9 Coil diameter (inside or outside diameter, or both) and
with the standard.
coil weight.
3.1.10 Special requirements.
2. Referenced Documents
NOTE2—Atypicalorderingdescriptionisasfollows:5000lb[2000kg]
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
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Type 304, wire, annealed and cold drawn, ⁄2 in. [13 mm] round, ASTM
A276 Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
Specification A580/A 580M dated . End use: machined hydraulic
coupling parts.
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
of Steel Products
4. Manufacture
A479/A479M Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and
Shapes for Use in Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels
4.1 Condition (Table 2):
A555/A555M Specification for General Requirements for
4.1.1 Condition A—Annealed as a final heat treatment.
Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods
Material in ConditionAmay be given a final cold drawing for
A581/A581M Specification for Free-Machining Stainless
size control or finish, or both, slightly raising tensile strength.
Steel Wire and Wire Rods
4.1.2 Condition B—Cold worked to higher strength.
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
4.1.3 Condition T—Heat treated to an intermediate temper
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
generally by austenitizing, quenching, and tempering at a
relatively low temperature.
4.1.4 Condition H—Heat treated to a hard temper generally
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
by austenitizing, quenching, and tempering at a relatively low
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel. temperature.
Current edition approved April 1, 2013. Published April 2013. Originally
4.2 Finish:
approved in 1967. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as A580/A580M – 12A.
DOI: 10.1520/A0580_A0580M-13.
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A580/A580M−13
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Composition, %
UNS
Desig- Type
Manga- Phos- Sul-
B Carbon, Silicon, Chromium Nickel Molybdenum Nitrogen Other Elements
nation
nese, phorus, fur,
Austenitic Grades
N08926 . . . 0.020 2.00 0.030 0.010 0.50 19.0–21.0 24.0–26.0 6.0–7.0 0.15–0.25 Cu 0.50–1.50
N08367 . . . 0.030 2.00 0.040 0.030 1.00 20
...