ASTM A480/A480M-03a

Designation: A 480/A 480M – 03a
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-
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Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 480/A 480M; 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 167 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting
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Chromium-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
1.1 This specification covers a group of general require-
A 176 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chro-
ments that, unless otherwise specified in the purchase order or
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mium Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
in an individual specification, shall apply to rolled steel plate,
A 240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-
sheet, and strip, under each of the following specifications
Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure
issued by ASTM: Specifications A 167, A 176, A 240/A 240M,
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Vessels and for General Applications
A 263, A 264, A 265, A 666, A 693, A 793, and A 895.
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
1.2 In the case of conflict between a requirement of a
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lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
product specification and a requirement of this specification,
A 263 Specification for Corrosion-Resisting Chromium
the product specification shall prevail. In the case of conflict
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Steel-Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
between a requirement of the product specification or a
A 264 Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-
requirement of this specification and a more stringent require-
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Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
ment of the purchase order, the purchase order shall prevail.
A 265 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-Clad
The purchase order requirements shall not take precedence if
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Steel Plate
they, in any way, violate the requirements of the product
A 342 Test Methods for Permeability of Feebly Magnetic
specification or this specification; for example, by waiving a
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Materials
test requirement or by making a test requirement less stringent.
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
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of Steel Products
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
A 666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austen-
SI units are shown in brackets, except that when A 480M is
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itic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar
specified, Annex A3 shall apply for the dimensional tolerances
A 693 Specification for Precipitation-Hardening Stainless
and not the bracketed SI values in Annex A2. The values stated
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and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
system must be used independently of the other. Combining
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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.
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
1.4 This specification and the applicable material specifica-
A 763 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
tions are expressed in both inch-pound and SI units. However,
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lar Attack in Ferritic Stainless Steels
unless the order specifies the applicable “M” specification
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A 793 Specification for Rolled Floor Plate, Stainless Steel
designation [SI units], the material shall be furnished in
A 895 Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel
inch-pound units.
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Plate, Sheet, and Strip
2. Referenced Documents
A 923 Test Methods for Detecting Detrimental Intermetallic
Phase in Wrought Duplex Austenitic/Ferritic Stainless
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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Steels
E 112 Test Methods for Determining the Average Grain
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Size
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
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Current edition approved April 10, 2003. Published May 2003. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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approved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 480/A 480M – 03. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.04.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05.
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cation SA – 480 in Section II of that Code. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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