ASTM A480/A480M-03

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Designation: A 480/A 480M – 03
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.
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1. Scope * Chromium-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
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A 176 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chro-
1.1 This specification covers a group of general require-
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mium Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
ments that, unless otherwise specified in the purchase order or
A 240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-
in an individual specification, shall apply to rolled steel plate,
Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure
sheet, and strip, under each of the following specifications
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Vessels and for General Applications
issued by ASTM: Specifications A 167, A 176, A 240/A 240M,
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
A 263, A 264, A 265, A 666, A 693, A 793, and A 895.
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lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
1.2 In the case of conflict between a requirement of a
A 263 Specification for Corrosion-Resisting Chromium
product specification and a requirement of this specification,
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Steel-Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
the product specification shall prevail. In the case of conflict
A 264 Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-
between a requirement of the product specification or a
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Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
requirement of this specification and a more stringent require-
A 265 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-Clad
ment of the purchase order, the purchase order shall prevail.
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Steel Plate
The purchase order requirements shall not take precedence if
A 342 Test Methods for Permeability of Feebly Magnetic
they, in any way, violate the requirements of the product
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Materials
specification or this specification; for example, by waiving a
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
test requirement or by making a test requirement less stringent.
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of Steel Products
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
A 666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austen-
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
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itic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
A 693 Specification for Precipitation-Hardening Stainless
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
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and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
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Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
cation.
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
1.4 This specification and the applicable material specifica-
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
tions are expressed in both inch-pound and SI units. However,
A 763 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
unless the order specifies the applicable “M” specification
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lar Attack in Ferritic Stainless Steels
designation [SI units], the material shall be furnished in
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A 793 Specification for Rolled Floor Plate, Stainless Steel
inch-pound units.
A 895 Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel
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2. Referenced Documents
Plate, Sheet, and Strip
A 923 Test Methods for Detecting Detrimental Intermetallic
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Phase in Wrought Duplex Austenitic/Ferritic Stainless
A 167 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting
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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,
E 140 Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals (Relationship
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Current edition approved February 10, 2003. Published April 2003. Originally
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approved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 1996 as A 480/A 480M – 02. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.04.
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cation SA – 480 in Section II of that Code. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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