List of Selected ASTM Standards

List of Selected ASTM Standards Useful for Materials Selection in ME (Source: Annual Book of ASTM Standards, American Society for Testing
and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2005. Refer also to: Selected ASTM Engineering Materials Standards: for Use in College Curricula, ASTM, Philadelphia, PA, 1960).

Materials Standards
______________________________________________________________________ ASTM Number Title of Material Standard______________________________

Steels
For Pressure Vessel A20/A20M-05 St plates. A31-04 St rivets and bars for rivets. A203/A203M-97(2003) Mo alloy St. A240/A240M-05a Cr and Cr-Ni St plates, sheet and strips. A266/A266M-03a C St forgings. A299/A299M-04 C-Mn-Si St plates. A302/A302M-03 Mn-Mo & Mn-Mo-Ni St plates. A372/A372M-03 C and alloy St forgings for thin walled vessels. A387/A387M-05a Cr-Mo alloy St plates. A414/A414M-05 C St sheets. A455/A455M-03 High strength C-Mn St plates. A479/A479M-05 St St bars and shapes for use in boilers and pressure vessels. A508/A508M-05b Q&T vacuum treated C and alloy St forgings. A541/A541M-05 Q&T C and alloy St forgings. A542/A542M-99(2004)e1 Plates of Cr-Mo and Cr-Mo-V Sts. A543/A543M-93(2004)e1 Q&T, Ni-Cr-Mo Sts. A553/A553M-95(2000) ibid, 8 and 9% Ni alloy Sts. A832/A832M-99(2004)e1 ibid, Cr-Mo-V Sts. A724/A724M-04 Q&T C-Mn-Si St for welded layered vessels. A737/A737M-99(2004) High strength low alloy St plates. B688-96(2004) Superaustenitic stainless steel Cr-Ni-Mo plate, sheet and strip. For Boiler and Superheater Tubes A106/A106M-04 Seamless C St pipes for high temperature service. A178/A178M-02 Resistance welded C and C-Mn St. A179/A179M-900(2005) Seamless cold drawn low C St for heat exchanger tubes. A192/A192M-02 Seamless C St boiler tubes for high temperature service. A209/A209M-03 Seamless C-Mo alloy St. A210/A210M-02 Seamless medium C St. A213/A213M-05c Seamless ferritic and austenitic alloy Sts. For Spring wire A227/A227M-99(2005) Cold drawn St. A228/A228M-02 Music quality St wire A231/A231M-04 Cr-V alloy St. A313/A313M-03 St St spring wire. 241

List of Selected ASTM Standards A407-93(2004) Cold drawn St for coiled springs. A679/A679M-00 Cold drawn high UTS St. A689-97(2002) C & alloy St bars. A877/A877M-05 Cr-Si valve spring quality St. A878/A878M-05 Cr-V valve spring quality St. For Chains A391/A391M-01 Grade 80 alloy St. A413/A413M-01 C St. A973/A973M-01 Grade 100 alloy St. For Turbine Components A288-91(2003) C & alloy St forging turbine gear retaining rings. A291/A291M-05 C & alloy St forgings for pinions, gears, shafts for reduction gears. A470/A470M-05 Vacuum treated C & alloy St forgings for rotors and shafts. A471-05 Vacuum treated alloy St forgings for rotor disks. A768/A768M-05 ibid, 12% Cr St forgings. A940-96(2001) Vacuum treated alloy St rotor. A982/A982M-05 St St forgings for compressor and turbine airfoils. For Bearings A295/A295M-05 High C antifriction St. A485-03 High hardenability antifriction St. A866-01 Medium C antifriction St. A534-04 Carburizing antifriction Sts. A756-94(2001) Antifriction St St. B439-00e1 Sintered oil-impregnated Fe base alloys. B67-05 Lined car and Tender journal type. For bolts and studs A194/A194M-05a C and alloy St nuts for bolts at high pressure and high temperature. A307-04 60 ksi grade C St. A325-04b 120/105 Structural St. A962/A962M-04a Requirements for St fastener and fastener materials. For Crankshafts A983/A983M-05 Forged C and alloy St for medium speed diesel engines. Other Steels A355-89(2000) Alloy St bars for nitriding. A597-87(2004) Cast tool steels A600-92a(2004) High speed tool Sts. A681-94(2004) Alloy tool Sts.

Cast Irons
A47/A47M-99(2004) A48/A48M-03 A159-83(2001) A436-84(2001) A602-94(2004) A823-99(2003) A897/A897M-03 Ferritic malleable iron. Gray iron castings. Automotive gray iron castings. Austenitic gray iron. Automotive malleable iron castings. Permanent mold gray iron castings. Austempered ductile iron castings.

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Stainless steels
A564/A564M-04 Hot rolled, cold finished age hardening (17-4PH) St St bars. A565/A565M-05a Martensitic St St for high temperature service. A638/A638M-00(2004) PH iron base superalloys for high temperature service. A705/A705M-95(2004) Age hardening St St forgings. A747/A747M-04 PH St St castings. A890/A890M-99(2003) Fe-Cr-Ni-Mo duplex St St casting. A967-05 Passivation treatment for St St parts. B912-02 Passivation of St Sts using electropolishing. A999/A999M-04a General requirements for alloy and St St pipes.

Non-ferrous Alloys
B26/B26M-05 B85-03 B159/B159M-05 B438/B438M-05 B552-98(2004) B39-79(2004) B163-04 B333-03(338-05b) B265-05 B338-05b B367-05(381-05) B863-05 B521-98(2004) B523/B523M-02 Al alloy sand castings. Al alloy die castings. P Bronze wire Sintered oil-impregnated bronze bearings. Cu-Ni seamless and welded tubes for water desalting plants. Nickel. Ni and Ni alloy condenser and heat exchanger tubes. Ni-Mo alloy plate, sheet, and strip (rods). Ti and Ti ally strip, sheet and plate. Seamless and welded Ti and Ti alloy tubes for heat exchangers. Ti and Ti alloy castings (forgings). Ti and Ti alloy wire. Ta and Ta alloy seamless and welded tubes. Zr and Zr alloy seamless and welded tubes.

Standards for Testing and Examination

______________________________________________________________________ ASTM Number Title of Standard_for Testing___________________________

Mechanical
A370-05 A770/A770M-03 E6-03 E8-04 E111-04 E143-02 E132-04 E328-02 A833-84(2001) E2291-03 E384-05a B578-87(2004) A1038-05 E10-01e1 (18-05e1) Standard methods for mechanical testing of St products. Through-thickness tension testing of St plates. Terminology relating to mechanical testing. Tension testing of metallic materials. Youngs modulus, tangent modulus and chord modulus. Testing for shear modulus at RT. Test for determining Poissons ratio at RT. Stress relaxation tests for materials and structures. Indentation hardness testing. Guide for indentation testing. Micro-indentation hardness of materials. Microhardness testing of electroplated coatings. Portable hardness testing by US contact impedance method. Brinell (Rockwell) hardness testing of metallic materials. 243

List of Selected ASTM Standards E92-82(2002)e2 E103-84(2002) E110-82(2002) E140-05e1 G171-03 E448-82(2002)e1 B294-92(2001) A673/A673M-05a E23-05 E436-03 E399-05 E740-03 E1221-96(2002) E1820-05 B645-02 B771-87(2001) E1922-04 E1823-05 E606-04e1 B593-96(2003)e1 E647-05 E139-00e1 G98-02 G115-04 G13296(2001) G133-05 G181-04 G40-05 E290-97a E756-05 Vickers hardness testing of metallic materials. Rapid indentation hardness testing of metallic materials. Indentation hardness testing of metals by portable testers. Hardness inter-conversion tables. Scratch hardness testing using a diamond stylus. Scleroscope hardness testing of metallic materials. Hardness testing of cemented carbides. Sampling procedure for impact testing of structural Sts. Notched bar impact testing of metallic materials. Drop weight tear test of ferritic Sts. Linear elastic plane strain fracture toughness test for KIC. Fracture testing with surface crack tension specimens. Plane strain crack arrest fracture toughness KIa of ferritic Sts. Standard test for measurement of fracture toughness. Plane strain fracture toughness testing of Al alloys. Short rod fracture toughness of cemented carbides. Translaminar fracture toughness of laminated and pultruded PMCs. Standard terminology relating to fatigue and fracture testing. Strain controlled fatigue testing. Fatigue testing of Cu alloy spring materials. Measurement of fatigue crack growth rates. Creep, creep rupture and stress rupture tests. Measuring galling resistance of materials. Measuring and reporting friction coefficients. Pin abrasion test. Linearly reciprocating ball-on-flat sliding wear Friction tests of piston ring and cylinder liner materials. Terminology relating to wear and erosion. Bend test for ductility determination. Measuring vibration damping properties of materials.

Metallography
A892-88(2001) E3-01 E7-03 E883-02 E112-96(2004) E1558-99(2004) Defining and rating the microstructure of high carbon bearing Sts. Preparation of metallographic specimens. Metallographic examination of materials. Reflected light photomicrography. Determination of average grain size. Electrolytic polishing of metallographic specimens.

Chemical
A751-01 E1194-01 Methods, practices and terminology for chemical analysis of St. Test for determining vapor pressure.

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Corrosion
G1-03 G131-96(2002) G5-94(2004) G69-97(2003) G102-89(2004)e1 G15-05 G31-72 G82-98(2003) G32-03 G73-04 G119-04 G162-99(2004) G97-97(2002)e1 B117-03 G43-75 G85-02e1 G169-01 G170-01a A763-93(20040 G67-04 G47-98(2004) G66-99(2005) G30-97(2003) G36-94(2000) G103-97(2005) G38-01 G39-99(2005) G49-85(2005) G168-00 G46-94(2005) G48-03 B571-97(2003) Preparing corrosion test specimens. Ultrasonic cleaning procedure. Potentiostatic and potentiodynamic anodic polarization tests. Measurement of potentials of Al alloys. Calculation of corrosion rates from electrochemical measurements. Terminology relating to corrosion and corrosion testing. Laboratory immersion testing of metals. Development and use of galvanic series for galvanic corrosion. Cavitation erosion testing using vibratory apparatus. Liquid impingement erosion test. Testing for synergism between wear and corrosion. Laboratory corrosion tests for corrosion in soils. Laboratory evaluation of Mg anodes for underground application. Salt spray (fog) testing. Acidified synthetic sea water (fog) testing Modified Salt spray (fog) test. Basic statistical method for acid salt fog weathering test. Evaluating and qualifying oil field/refinery corrosion inhibitors. Detecting susceptibility to IG attack in ferritic St St Susceptibility to IG corrosion of 5XXX Al alloys by NAMLT. Susceptibility to SCC of 2XXX and 7XXX Al alloys. Visual assessment of exfoliation susceptibility of 5XXX Al alloys . Making and using U-bend stress corrosion specimens. Evaluating SCC resistance of metals in boiling MgCl2.solution. SCC resistance of 7XXX Al alloys in boiling 6% NaCl solution. C-ring SC test. Bent beam SC test. Direct tension SC test. Precracked double beam SC test. Evaluation of pitting corrosion. Test for pitting and crevice corrosion of St St using FeCl3 solution. Qualitative adhesion testing of metallic coatings.

Physical
E831-05 E1142-04 E1594-99 A893/A893M-03 A977/A977M-02 Test for linear thermal expansion by thermo-mechanical analysis. Terminology relating to thermophysical properties. Standard expression for temperature. Complex dielectric constants of non metallic magnetic materials. Magnetic properties of high coercivity permanent magnet materials

Non-destructive Testing Ultrasonic Inspection of

A388/A388M-05 Heavy St forgings.

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List of Selected ASTM Standards A418/A418M-05 Turbine and generator St forgings. A503/A503M-01(2001)e1 Forged crankshafts. A531/A531M-91(2001) St turbine gear retaining rings. A609/A609M-91(2002) Low alloy St and martensitic St St. A745/A745M-94(2003) Austenitic St forgings. A898/A898M-91(2001) Rolled St structural shapes. E164-03 Examination of weldments. E494-95(2001) Measuring ultrasonic wave velocities in materials. E1495-02 Acousto-ultrasonic assessment of composites and laminates. E1962-04 Surface examination using electromagnetic acoustic transducer. E2375-04 Wrought products.

Magnetic Particle Inspection of

A456/A456M-99(2003) Large crankshafts and forgings. A966/A966M-96(2001) St forgings using AC. A986/A986M-01 Crankshaft forgings. E709-01 Guidelines for magnetic particle examination. E1444-05 Ibid

Radiographic Examination of
E94-04 E390-01 E446-98(2004)e1 E689-95(2004)e1 E802-95(2005) Guide to radiographic examination. Reference radiographs for St fusion weldments. ibid for St castings. ibid for ductile iron castings. ibid for gray iron castings

Liquid Penetrant Examination of

E165-02 E433-71(2003) E1219-05 Test procedure. Reference photographs for tests. Fluorescence examination using solvent removable process.

Eddy Current Examination of

E243-97(2004)e1 E690-98(2004)e1 Cu and Cu alloys. In situ examination of non magnetic heat exchanger tubes.

Acoustic Emission Monitoring

E749-01 During continuous welding.

Resonance Testing
E1875-00e1 E1876-01 E2001-98(2003) Dynamic E, shear modulus and Poissons ratio by sonic resonance. ibid by impulse excitation of vibration. Ultrasonic spectroscopy for defect determination in materials.

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