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Properly specify requirements for materials, preparation and testing in your steel projects with the help in this feature. Here's a three-part article in AISC's Modern Steel Construction magazine that will help you to do so. Surely it's no coincidence that its title is Are You Properly Specifying Materials?

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications that are common in steel design and construction for materials, preparation and testing are given below. Just click the name to see its scope and most current date of revision. The links below get you the scope statements from ASTM. You can get darn near every one of them, though in AISC's 2001 Selected ASTM Standards for Structural Steel Fabrication.

  • A6/A6M Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
  • A27/A27M Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, for General Application
  • A36/A36M Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
  • A53/A53M Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
  • A123/A123M Standard Specification for Zinc (Hot-Dip Galvanized) Coatings on Iron and Steel Products
  • A148/A148M Standard Specification for Steel Castings, High Strength, for Structural Purposes
  • A153/A153M Standard Specification for Zinc Coating (Hot-Dip) on Iron and Steel Hardware
  • A193/A193M Standard Specification for Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting Materials for High-Temperature Service
  • A194/A194M Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure or High-Temperature Service, or Both
  • A242/A242M Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
  • A276 Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
  • A283/A283M Standard Specification for Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates
  • A307 Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs, 60 000 PSI Tensile Strength
  • A325 Standard Specification for Structural Bolts, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
  • A325M Standard Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Structural Steel Joints (Metric)
  • A354 Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Bolts, Studs, and Other Externally Threaded Fasteners
  • A370 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
  • A384 Standard Practice for Safeguarding Against Warpage and Distortion During Hot-Dip Galvanizing of Steel Assemblies
  • A385 Standard Practice for Providing High-Quality Zinc Coatings (Hot-Dip)
  • A435/A435M Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Plates
  • A449 Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Steel Bolts and Studs
  • A490 Standard Specification for Heat-Treated Steel Structural Bolts, 150 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
  • A490M Standard Specification for High-Strength Steel Bolts, Classes 10.9 and 10.9.3, for Structural Steel Joints (Metric)
  • A500 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes

 
  • A501 Standard Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel Structural Tubing
  • A514/A514M Standard Specification for High-Yield Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate, Suitable for Welding
  • A529/A529M Standard Specification for High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Quality
  • A563 Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
  • A568/A568M Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon, and High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold-rolled, General Requirements for
  • A572/A572M Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel
  • A578/A578M Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Plain and Clad Steel Plates for Special Applications
  • A588/A588M Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel with 50 ksi [345MPa] Minimum Yield Point to 4 in. [100mm] Thick
  • A606 Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled, with Improved Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
  • A618 Standard Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Tubing
  • A666 Standard Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar
  • A673/A673M Standard Specification for Sampling Procedure for Impact Testing of Structural Steel
  • A706/A706M Standard Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Deformed and Plain Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
  • A709/A709M Standard Specification for Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Shapes, Plates, and Bars and Quenched-and-Tempered Alloy Structural Steel Plates for Bridges
  • A759 Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Crane Rails
  • A770/A770M Standard Specification for Through-Thickness Tension Testing of Steel Plates for Special Applications
  • A780 Ptandard Sractice for Repair of Damaged and Uncoated Areas of Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings
  • A786/A786M Standard Specification for Rolled Steel Floor Plates
  • A847 Standard Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless High-Strength, Low-Alloy Structural Tubing with Improved Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance

 
  • A852/A852M Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with 70 ksi [485 MPa] Minimum Yield Strength to 4 in. [100 mm] Thick
  • A913/A913M Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of Structural Quality, Produced by Quenching and Self-Tempering Process (QST)
  • A931 Standard Test Method for Tension Testing of Wire Ropes and Strand
  • A941 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
  • A949/A949M Standard Specification for Spray-Formed Seamless Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
  • A992/A992M Standard Specification for Steel for Structural Shapes for Use in Building Framing
  • A1011/A1011M Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability
  • B695 Standard Specification for Coatings of Zinc Mechanically Deposited on Iron and Steel
  • D3359 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
  • D4541 Standard Test Method for Pull-Off Strength of Coatings Using Portable Adhesion Testers
  • D4752 Standard Test Method for Measuring MEK Resistance of Ethyl Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc-Rich Primers by Solvent Rub
  • D5402 Standard Practice for Assessing the Solvent Resistance of Organic Coatings Using Solvent Rubs
  • E94 Standard Guide for Radiographic Examination
  • E165 Standard Test Method for Liquid Penetrant Examination
  • E709 Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle Examination
  • E1032 Standard Test Method for Radiographic Examination of Weldments
  • F436 Standard Specification for Hardened Steel Washers
  • F606 Standard Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners, Washers, and Rivets
  • F959 Standard Specification for Compressible-Washer-Type Direct Tension Indicators for Use with Structural Fasteners
  • F1554 Standard Specification for Anchor Bolts, Steel, 36, 55, and 105 ksi Yield Strength
  • F1852 Standard Specification for "Twist-Off" Type Tension Control Structural Bolt/Nut/Washer Assemblies, Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
  • G101 Standard Guide for Estimating the Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance of Low-Alloy Steels

 

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