Designation:A882/A882M−04a(Reapproved2010)StandardSpecificationforFilledEpoxy-CoatedSeven-WirePrestressingSteelStrand1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA882/A882M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisspecificationcoversASTMSpecificationA416/A416Mlow-relaxationGrade250andGrade270seven-wireprestressingsteelstrandwithprotectivefusion-bondedepoxycoatingappliedbytheelectrostaticdepositionmethodorothermethodthatwillmeetthecoatingrequirementsinSection8,and,exceptasallowedby1.2,withtheintersticesofthesevenwiresfilledwithepoxytominimizemigrationofcorrosivemedia,eitherbycapillaryactionorotherhydrostaticforces.NOTE1—Themanufacturerasidentifiedthroughoutthisspecificationisthecoatingapplicator.1.2Uponspecialrequestbythepurchaser,theintersticesareleftunfilled.NOTE2—Unfilledstrandcancorrodefromtheinsideanditsapplicationforprestressingtendonsinconcreteorforrockandsoilanchorsisnotrecommended.1.3Thisspecificationisapplicableforordersineitherinch-poundunits(asSpecificationA882)orSIunits[asSpecificationA882M].1.4ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A370TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTestingofSteelProductsA416/A416MSpecificationforSteelStrand,UncoatedSeven-WireforPrestressedConcreteB117PracticeforOperatingSaltSpray(Fog)ApparatusD968TestMethodsforAbrasionResistanceofOrganicCoatingsbyFallingAbrasiveG12TestMethodforNondestructiveMeasurementofFilmThicknessofPipelineCoatingsonSteel(Withdrawn2013)3G14TestMethodforImpactResistanceofPipelineCoatings(FallingWeightTest)G20TestMethodf...