Designation:A575−96(Reapproved2013)´1StandardSpecificationforSteelBars,Carbon,MerchantQuality,M-Grades1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA575;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.ε1NOTE—Sections1.4and4.1wereeditoriallycorrectedinJuly2013.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcovershot-wroughtmerchantqualitycarbonsteelbarsproducedtoachemicalcomposition.Mer-chantqualitybarsareusedforstructuralandsimilarmiscella-neousbarapplicationsinvolvingmoderatecoldbending,mod-eratehotforming,punching,andweldingasusedintheproductionofnoncriticalparts.Moderatecoldbendingin-volvesagenerousbendradiuswiththeaxisofthebendtransversetothedirectionofrolling.1.2Specialqualityhot-wroughtcarbonsteelbarsarecov-eredinSpecificationA576.1.3SomeendusesmayrequireoneormoreoftheavailabledesignationsshownunderSupplementaryRequirements.1.4Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A29/A29MSpecificationforSteelBars,CarbonandAlloy,Hot-Wrought,GeneralRequirementsforA576SpecificationforSteelBars,Carbon,Hot-Wrought,SpecialQuality3.OrderingInformation3.1Ordersunderthisspecificationshouldincludethefol-lowingasrequiredtodescribeadequatelythedesiredmaterial:3.1.1ASTMspecificationnumberanddateofissue,3.1.2Gradedesignationorchemicalcomposition(Section7andappropriatechemicalanalysistables),3.1.3SupplementaryRequirementsoradditions,ifrequired,3.1.4Dimensionsandquantity,and3.1.5Enduseandprocessing.4.MaterialsandManufacture4.1Thesteelshallbemadebythebasic-oxygenorelectric-furnaceprocess.5.Conditions5.1Merchantqualitybarsareavailableinrounds,squares,roundc...
