Elevated-TemperaturePropertiesofBasic-OxygenSteelPresentedattheNATIONALMEETINGONSTEELAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALSMexicoCity,Mexico,Jan.24-29,1965Reg.U.S.Pat.Off.ASTMDataSeriesDS40Price$4.00;toMembers$2.80PublishedbytheAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceSt.,Philadelphia3,Pa.©1965byAmericanSocietyforTestingandMaterialsLibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:65-22073TheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsadvancedinthispublication.PrintedinPhiladelphia,Pa.July,1965ContentsPAGEMaterialsandExperimentalWork1ResultsandDiscussion3TensilePropertiesofA201(GradeA)Steel3TensilePropertiesofA212(GradeB)Steel4CreepandCreep-RuptureProperties5ASTMA201Steel5ASTMA212Steel6SummaryoftheCreepandCreep-RupturePropertiesoftheBasidOxygenASTMA201andA212Steels...7MetallographicStudies7SupplementaryTesting8SummaryandConclusions10References10Tables1to1111to18Figures1to2319to38Appendix39Tables12to1841to44Figures24to4245to55RelatedASTMPublicationsEvaluationofMetallicMaterialsinDesignforLow-TemperatureService,STP302(1962)Elevated-TemperatureCompressionTestingofSheetMaterials,STP303(1962)ComparisonofthePropertiesofBasicOxygenandOpenHearthSteels,STP364(1963)FOREWORDThissymposiumwaspresentedduringtheNationalMeetingonSteelheldinMexicoCity,Mexico,Jan.24-29,1965,underthesponsorshipofCommitteeA-lonSteel.Elevated-TemperaturePropertiesofBasic-OxygenSteelBYC.E.SPAEDER,JR.1KEYWORDS:carbonsteel,creepandcreep-ruptureproperties,room-andelevated-temperaturetensileproperties,impactproperties,transitiontemperature,strainaging,microstructuralchanges.ABSTRACT:Becauseoftherelativelylimitedamountoftestdataavailableonsteelsmadebythebasic-oxygenprocessandtosupplyinformationonwhichadecisioncouldbemadetoincludethebasic-oxygenprocessincertainASTMspecifications,theASTMauthor-izedaTaskGrouptodeterminethepropertiesofcarbonsteelsmadebythisprocess.Theresultsofthisinvestigationandinformationavailablefrompreviousinvestigationsindicatethatthebasic-oxygenA201andA212steelsinthehot-rolledconditi...