ASTM B899-01

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Designation: B 899 – 01 An American National Standard
Standard Terminology
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Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 899; 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.
1. Scope liquidus
lot
1.1 To promote precise understanding and interpretation of
lot number
standard, reports, and other technical writings promulgated by
melt
Committee B02.
nominal wall
1.2 To standardize the terminology used in these documents.
part
1.3 To explain the meanings of technical terms used within
permanent mold casting
these documents for those not conversant with them.
pig
2. Significance and Use
pipe
plate
2.1 The terms defined in this document are generic in
powder
respect to the standards under the jurisdiction of Committee
powder blend
B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys. The same terms may
precious metals
have different definitions in other ASTM technical committees.
pressure die casting
2.2 Some definitions may differ within the committee be-
producer
cause of limitations on items such as weights or dimensions. In
rod
such cases the terms will be more precisely defined in the
rough part
Terminology section of the standards in which these terms are
saline electrolyte
used.
sand casting
3. Index of Terms
seamless pipe
semi-permanent mold casting
3.1 Alphabetical Listing of Terms
shapes
average diameter
sheet
bar
shot
billet
solidus
can
sponge
cathodic protection
spring wire
coiled sheet
strip
compact
thin-wall tube
contact resistance
tube
contact resistance probe
weaving wire
die casting
welded pipe
fill pin
wire
fineness
flats
4. Terminology
flat sheet
4.1 Terms and Their Definitions
foundry casting
galvanic anode
average diameter, n—the average of the maximum and
graphite permanent mold casting
minimum outside the diameters, as determined at any one
heat
section of the pipe or tube. B 160, B 161, B 163, B 165,
ingot
B 167, B 407, B 423, B 444, B 445, B 535, B 622, B 677,
B 690, B 710, B 722, B 723, B 726, B 729, B 739, B 751,
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B 759, B 775
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 on
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee bar, n—an elongated, forged or rolled metal product with
B02.91 on Editorial and Terminology.
uniform strength, length and section (such as rectangular,
Current edition approved May 10, 2001. Published July 2001. Originally
square, round, oval or hexagonal). B 327, B 518
published as B 899–99. Last previous edition B 899–99a.
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B 899
NOTE 1—In the following standards the term “bar” has a similar
that is traceable to manufacturing records. B32
definition, but with greater and more specific detail. B 160, B 164,
melt, n—all the metal that, while molten, was held at the same
B 166, B 408, B 425, B 446, B 473, B 511, B 512, B 637, time in the same holding vessel.
B 639, B 649, B 672, B 691, B 719, B 756, B 805
nominal wall, n—specified wall thickness with a published
plus and minus tolerance from the specified thickness at any
billet, n—a formed shape that may be further worked, or a
point. B 535, B 710, B 722, B 723, B 726, B 739, B 751,
solid, semifinished, round, or rectangular product that has
B 775
been hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion.
part, n—a single item coming from a compact, either prior to
can, n—the container used to encapsulate the powder during
or after machining. B 834
the pressure consolidation process; it is removed from the
permanent mold casting, n—a metal object produced by
final part. B 834
introducing molten metal by gravity or low pressure into a
cathodic protection, n—protection of a metal from corrosion
mold constructed of durable material, usually iron or steel,
by making it a cathode through the galvanic sacrifice of a
and allowing it to solidify. See also graphite permanent mold
less noble metal or through an impressed electric current.
casting. B 86, B 792
B 418
pig, n—an oblong or square mass of metal that has been cast
coiled sheet, n—sheet in coils with slit edges. B69
while still molten into a mold that gives the metal its
compact, n—the consolidated powder from one can; it may be
particular shape; most commonly used for lead and tin in
used to make one or more parts. B 834
weights that can be handled manually. B 29, B 339
contact resistance, n—the resistance to current flow between
pipe, n—a tubular metal product, cast or wrought, of dimen-
two touching bodies, consisting of constriction resistance
sion
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