ASTM A794-06

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Designation: A794 – 06
Standard Specification for
Commercial Steel (CS), Sheet, Carbon (0.16 % Maximum to
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0.25 % Maximum), Cold-Rolled
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A794; 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.
1. Scope* theneededmaterial.Examplesofsuchinformation,includebut
are not limited to, the following:
1.1 This specification covers cold-rolled commercial steel
3.1.1 ASTM specification number and year of issue,
(CS) sheet in coils and cut lengths, in which the maximum of
3.1.2 Name of material (cold-rolled commercial steel (CS)
the specified carbon range is over 0.15 and not over 0.25 %,
sheet),
and the maximum of the specified manganese range is not over
3.1.3 Grade designation or chemical composition or both,
0.90 %. This material is ordered to chemical composition.
3.1.4 Copper-bearing steel (if required),
1.2 This specification is not applicable to the steels covered
3.1.5 Finish; indicate unexposed with matte (dull) finish, or
in Specifications A109/A109M and A1008/A1008M.
exposed with either matte (dull), commercial bright or luster
2. Referenced Documents
finish, as required,
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3.1.6 Specify oiled or not oiled, as required,
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.7 Dimensions(thickness,width,andwhethercutlengths
A109/A109M Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon (0.25
or coils),
Maximum Percent), Cold-Rolled
3.1.7.1 As agreed upon between the purchaser and the
A568/A568M Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon, Struc-
producer, material ordered to this specification will be supplied
tural, and High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and
to meet the appropriate standard or restricted thickness toler-
Cold-Rolled, General Requirements for
ance table shown in Specification A568/A568M.
A749/A749M Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon and
High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled, General Require-
NOTE 1—Not all producers are capable of meeting all the limitations of
ments for
the thickness tolerance tables in Specification A568/A568M. The pur-
chaser should contact the producer regarding possible limitations prior to
A1008/A1008M Specification for Steel, Sheet, Cold-
placing an order.
Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy,
High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, So-
3.1.8 Coil size (must include inside diameter, outside diam-
lution Hardened, and Bake Hardenable
eter, and maximum mass),
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
3.1.9 Quantity,
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
3.1.10 Application (show part identification and descrip-
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2.2 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard:
tion),
J 1086 Numbering Metals and Alloys
3.1.11 Special requirements (if required), and
3.1.12 Cast or heat analysis report (request, if required).
3. Ordering Information
NOTE 2—A typical ordering description is as follows: ASTM A 794-
3.1 It is the purchaser’s responsibility to specify in the
XX, Cold-Rolled Commercial Steel (CS), Grade 1018, Exposed, Matte
purchase order all ordering information necessary to purchase
Finish, Oiled, 0.030 by 36 by 96 in., 100 000 lb., for Part No. 5226 Steel
Shelving.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
4. Manufacture
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.19 on Steel Sheet and Strip.
4.1 Condition—The material shall be furnished in the an-
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2006. Published October 2006. Originally
nealed and temper-rolled condition but may be supplied full
approved in 1982. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A794 – 97 (2002).
hard if specified.
DOI: 10.1520/A0794-06.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
5. Chemical Composition
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
5.1 The cast or heat (formerly ladle) analysis of the steel
the ASTM website.
3 shall conform to the chemical requirements shown in Table 1,
Available from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth
Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, http://www.sae.org. or chemical compositions can be specified from carbon 0.16 %
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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