Designation:A701/A701M−10(Reapproved2015)StandardSpecificationforFerromanganese-Silicon1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA701/A701M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversamanganese-siliconalloy.1.2Units—ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.2.1Thisspecificationisexpressedinbothinch-poundunitsandinSIunits(withinthetext,theSIunitsareshowninbrackets);however,unlessthepurchaseorderorcontractspecifiestheapplicableMspecificationdesignation(SIunits),theinch-poundunitsshallapply.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A1025SpecificationforFerroalloysandOtherAlloyingMaterials,GeneralRequirements3.GeneralConditionsforDelivery3.1MaterialsfurnishedtothisspecificationshallconformtotherequirementsofSpecificationA1025,includinganysupple-mentaryrequirementsthatareindicatedinthepurchaseorder.FailuretocomplywiththegeneralrequirementsofSpecifica-tionA1025constitutesnonconformancewiththisspecification.IncaseofconflictbetweentherequrementsofthisspecificationandSpecificationA1025,thisspecificationshallprevail.4.ChemicalRequirements4.1ThealloyshallconformtothechemicalrequirementsasspecifiedinTable1andTable2.4.2Themanufacturershallfurnishananalysisofeachshipmentshowingthepercentageofeachelementspecified.5.Size5.1ThealloyisavailableinthesizesshowninTable3.5.2ThesizeslistedinTable3aretypicaloftheproductasshippedfromtheseller’splant.Somedeteriorationofsizecanbeexpectedintransit.6.ChemicalAnalysis6.1Chemicalmethodsaresubjecttoagreementbetweenthepurchaserandsupplier.6.2SpecialAnalysisRequirements—Analysisf...
