Designation:A459−08(Reapproved2013)StandardSpecificationforZinc-CoatedFlatSteelArmoringTape1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA459;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversrequirementsforzinc-coatedflatsteeltapeincoilsforuseasinterlockingarmorandflatarmorforelectricalcables.Thezinc-coatedtapeisproducedwiththreeclassesofzinccoatingweight.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A90/A90MTestMethodforWeight[Mass]ofCoatingonIronandSteelArticleswithZincorZinc-AlloyCoatingsA902TerminologyRelatingtoMetallicCoatedSteelProd-uctsB6SpecificationforZinc3.Terminology3.1Definitions—SeeTerminologyA902fordefinitionsofgeneralterminologyrelatingtometallic-coatedsteelproducts.4.OrderingInformation4.1Ordersformaterialunderthisspecificationshallincludethefollowinginformation:4.1.1Quantityofeachsize,4.1.2Widthandthickness(see13),4.1.3Classofcoating(see11),and4.1.4Packagingrequirements(see17).5.MaterialsandManufacture5.1Thebasemetalshallbesteelmadebythebasic-oxygen,orelectric-furnaceprocessandofsuchqualitythatwhenprocessedandcoatedwithzinc,thefinishedtapeshallhavethepropertiesandcharacteristicsprescribedinthisspecification.5.2Theuncoatedtapeshallhaveamillfinishandmayhaveeitheramillorslitedge.Iftheuncoatedtapeismanufacturedbyslittingorshearing,slittingburrsshallbekepttoaminimumconsistentwithgoodcommercialpractice.5.3Thezincshallbeappliedbyeitherthehot-diportheelectrogalvanizingprocessbyafinaloperationsothatallsurfacesincludingedgesarecoated.5.4TheslabzincwhenusedshallconformtoanygradeofzincdescribedinSpecificationB6.6.Joints6.1Thezinc-coatedtapeshallbe...
