AS 1443-2004

1-AS 1443-2004 CARBON AND CARBON-MANGANESE STEEL-COLD FINISHED BARS
4-PREFACE
5-CONTENTS
6-1 SCOPE
6-2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7-3 DEFINITIONS
7-3.1 Bar
7-3.2 Bar conditions
7-3.2.1 Bright bars
7-3.2.2 Cold-sized bars
7-3.2.3 Peeled bars
7-3.3 Bar shapes
7-3.3.1 Flat bars (flats)
7-3.3.2 Hexagonal bars (hexagons)
7-3.3.3 Round bars (rounds)
7-3.3.4 Square bars (squares)
7-3.4 Fully killed steel
8-3.5 Merchant quality steel
8-3.6 Test batch
8-3.7 Test piece
8-3.8 Test sample
8-3.9 Test specimen
8-4 DESIGNATION
8-4.1 General
8-4.2 Steels supplied to chemical composition only
9-4.3 Steels supplied to chemical composition and mechanical properties
9-4.4 Austenitic grain size
9-5 CONDITION OF STEEL ON DELIVERY
9-5.1 General
9-5.2 Steel supplied to chemical composition
10-5.3 Steels supplied to chemical composition and mechanical properties
10-6 MATERIALS
10-6.1 Chemical composition
10-6.1.1 General
10-6.1.2 Cast analysis
10-6.1.3 Residual elements
10-6.1.4 Product analysis
10-6.2 Tensile test requirements
10-7 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS
10-7.1 General
11-7.2 Bright bars
11-7.2.1 Cold-drawn and cold-rolled bars
11-7.2.2 Turned and polished or precision ground bars
11-7.3 Cold-sized or peeled bars
11-8 DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES
11-9 TENSILE TEST
11-9.1 Condition of test samples
12-9.2 Sampling
12-9.3 Location and preparation of test pieces
12-9.4 Method of test
12-9.5 Retesting
12-10 ROUNDING OF TEST RESULT VALUES
12-10.1 General
13-10.2 Tensile test results
13-11 MARKING
21-APPENDIX A - PURCHASING GUIDELINES
21-A1 GENERAL
21-A2 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
23-APPENDIX B - MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD
23-B1 SCOPE
23-B2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING
23-B3 PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
23-B4 SUPPLIERS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
24-B5 OTHER MEANS OF ASSESSMENT
25-APPENDIX C - REQUIREMENTS FOR MAXIMUM SURFACE IMPERFECTION DEPTH AND RECOMMENDED MACHINING ALLOWANCES