1、Designation: A480/A480M 09aStandard Specification forGeneral Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip1This standard is issued under the fixed designation A480/A480M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof original adoption
2、 or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A superscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.1. Scop
3、e*1.1 This specification2covers a group of general require-ments that, unless otherwise specified in the purchase order orin an individual specification, shall apply to rolled steel plate,sheet, and strip, under each of the following specificationsissued by ASTM: Specifications A167, A176, A240/A240
4、M,A263, A264, A265, A666, A693, A793, and A895.1.2 In the case of conflict between a requirement of aproduct specification and a requirement of this specification,the product specification shall prevail. In the case of conflictbetween a requirement of the product specification or arequirement of thi
5、s specification and a more stringent require-ment of the purchase order, the purchase order shall prevail.The purchase order requirements shall not take precedence ifthey, in any way, violate the requirements of the productspecification or this specification; for example, by waiving atest requiremen
6、t or by making a test requirement less stringent.1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI unitsare to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, theSI units are shown in brackets, except that when A480M isspecified, Annex A3 shall apply for the dimensional tolerancesand not t
7、he bracketed SI values inAnnexA2. The values statedin each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, eachsystem must be used independently of the other. Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in nonconformancewith the specification.1.4 This specification and the applicable material speci
8、fica-tions are expressed in both inch-pound and SI units. However,unless the order specifies the applicable “M” specificationdesignation SI units, the material shall be furnished ininch-pound units.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3A167 Specification for Stainless and Heat-ResistingChromium
9、-Nickel Steel Plate, Sheet, and StripA176 Specification for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Chro-mium Steel Plate, Sheet, and StripA240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for PressureVessels and for General ApplicationsA262 Practices for Detecti
10、ng Susceptibility to IntergranularAttack in Austenitic Stainless SteelsA263 Specification for Stainless Chromium Steel-CladPlateA264 Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad PlateA265 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-CladSteel PlateA342/A342M Test Methods for Permeability
11、 of FeeblyMagnetic MaterialsA370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testingof Steel ProductsA666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austen-itic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat BarA693 Specification for Precipitation-Hardening Stainlessand Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, She
12、et, and StripA700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Meth-ods for Steel Products for ShipmentA751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi-cal Analysis of Steel ProductsA763 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to IntergranularAttack in Ferritic Stainless SteelsA793 Specificat
13、ion for Rolled Floor Plate, Stainless SteelA895 Specification for Free-Machining Stainless SteelPlate, Sheet, and Strip1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.17 on Flat-Rolled
14、 and Wrought Stainless Steel.Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2009. Published December 2009. Originallyapproved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 2009 as A480/A480M 09.DOI: 10.1520/A0480_A0480M-09a.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-cation SA 480 in S
15、ection II of that Code.3For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.1*A Summary of Changes section appears
16、 at the end of this standard.Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.A923 Test Methods for Detecting Detrimental IntermetallicPhase in Duplex Austenitic/Ferritic Stainless SteelsE140 Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relat
17、ionshipAmong Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, RockwellHardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, andScleroscope Hardness2.2 AIAG Standard:4B-5 Primary Metals Identification Tag Application Standard2.3 ANSI Standard:5Accredited Standards Committee X 12, (ANSI ASC X12)2.4 Federal Standard:6Fed
18、. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)2.5 Military Standards:6MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and StorageMIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products, Preparation for Ship-ment and Storage3. Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 Plate, sheet, strip, and cold work as used in thisspecification apply to t
19、he following:3.1.2 platematerial316 in. 5.00 mm and over in thick-ness and over 10 in. 250 mm in width. Finishes for plate areactually shown in Section 13.3.1.3 sheetmaterial under316 in. 5.00 mm in thicknessand 24 in. 600 mm and over in width. Finishes for sheet areactually shown in Section 11.3.1.
20、4 stripcold-rolled material under316 in. 5.00 mm inthickness and under 24 in. 600 mm in width. Finishes aredetailed in Section 12 for strip, and strip edges in Section 14for Cold-Rolled Strip.3.1.5 cold workthe changing of mechanical properties bywork hardening.4. Ordering Information4.1 It is the r
21、esponsibility of the purchaser to specify allrequirements that are necessary for material ordered under thisspecification. Such requirements may include, but are notlimited to, the following:4.1.1 Quantity (weight and number of pieces),4.1.2 Name of material (stainless steel),4.1.3 Condition (hot-ro
22、lled, cold-rolled, annealed, heat-treated),4.1.4 Finish (see Section 11 for Sheet, Section 12 for Strip,and Section 13 for Plates). In the case of polished finishes,specify whether one or both sides are to be polished,4.1.5 Temper (if the applicable material specification re-quires this detail),4.1.
23、6 Form (plate, sheet, or strip),4.1.7 Dimensions (thickness, width, length),4.1.7.1 Thickness shall be ordered to decimal or fractionalthickness. The use of the gage number is discouraged as beingan archaic term of limited usefulness not having generalagreement on meaning. The gage number shall not
24、be a basisfor rejection.4.1.7.2 Thickness, width, and length, when applicable,should be ordered in the same units, for example, 0.060 in. by48 in. by 120 in. 1.52 mm by 1219 mm by 3048 mm.4.1.8 Edge, strip only (see Section 14 for Cold-RolledStrip),4.1.9 Type or UNS designation, refer to the applica
25、blematerial specification,4.1.10 Specification designation and date of issue,4.1.11 Additions to specification or special requirements,4.1.12 Restrictions (if desired) on methods for determiningyield strength (see appropriate footnote to mechanical proper-ties table of the basic material specificati
26、on),4.1.13 Marking requirements (see Section 25),4.1.14 Preparation for delivery (see Section 25), and4.1.15 Magnetic permeability test (when required). Refer toSection 19.NOTE 1A typical ordering description is as follows: 200 pieces,stainless steel sheets, 0.060 in. by 48 in. by 120 in., Type 410
27、No. 2Bfinish, ASTM A176-XX.5. Process5.1 The steel shall be manufactured/produced by the follow-ing or as specified in the applicable material specification.5.1.1 The steel shall be made by one of the followingprocesses: electric-arc, electric-induction, or other suitableprocesses.5.1.2 If a specifi
28、c type of melting is required by thepurchaser, it shall be so specified on the purchase order.6. Heat Analysis6.1 Methods and practices relating to chemical analysisshall be in accordance with Test Methods, Practices, andTerminology A751.6.2 An analysis of each heat shall be made by the steelproduce
29、r to determine the percentages of the elements specifiedin the applicable material specification. This analysis shall bemade from a test sample taken during the pouring of the melt,or from the in-process product later in the manufacturing flow.6.2.1 The heat analysis shall conform to the chemicalreq
30、uirements for each of the specified elements for the gradeordered, as listed in the applicable product specification.6.2.2 All commercial metals contain small amounts ofelements other than those which are specified. It is neitherpractical nor necessary to specify limits for unspecified ele-ments, wh
31、ether intentionally added unspecified elements, re-sidual elements, or trace elements, that can be present. Theproducer is permitted to analyze for unspecified elements andis permitted to report such analyses. The presence of anunspecified element and the reporting of an analysis for thatelement sha
32、ll not be a basis for rejection, unless the presence ofthat element causes the loss of a property typically expected forthat metal, for the type and quality ordered.6.2.3 The purchaser is permitted to require in the purchaseorder a maximum limit for an individual element not specified4Available from
33、 Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), 26200 Lahser Rd.,Suite 200, Southfield, MI 48033, http:/www.aiag.org.5Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http:/www.ansi.org.6Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP,
34、Bldg. 4,Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098, http:/www.dodssp.daps.mil.A480/A480M 09a2in the product specification. Such a requirement for an elementnot listed in the product specification, when acknowledged inthe order acceptance, shall be treated as a specified element,with de
35、termination of chemical analysis and reporting of thatanalysis.6.2.4 The purchaser is permitted to make the requirementsfor any element more stringent, that is, require higher mini-mums for elements having minimum requirements or rangeswith minimum requirements, or requiring lower maximums forelemen
36、ts having specified maximums, or ranges with maxi-mums. The purchaser is not permitted to make chemicalrequirements less stringent.6.2.5 Analysis limits shall be established for specificelements rather than groups of elements, including but notlimited to all others, rare earths, and balance, unless
37、allelements in such a group are similar in technical effect and areassociated in typical methods of chemical analysis.6.3 The steel shall not contain an unspecified element forthe ordered grade to the extent that the steel conforms to therequirements of another grade for which that element is aspeci
38、fied element having a required minimum content. For thisrequirement, a grade is defined as an alloy described individu-ally and identified by its own UNS designation in a table ofchemical requirements within this specification or any specifi-cation listed within the scope as being covered by the spe
39、cifi-cation.6.4 The producer is not permitted to certify that material isin compliance with an ASTM product specification when thepurchase order has required that the material contain as aminimum or range an element that is neither a specifiedelement nor an intentionally added unspecified element fo
40、r theordered grade in accordance with the definitions of TestMethods, Practices, and Terminology A751.7. Product Analysis7.1 The purchaser is permitted to perform a product analysis(formerly check analysis) to verify the identity of the finishedmaterial representing each heat or lot. Such analysis s
41、hall bemade by any of the commonly accepted methods that willpositively identify the material.7.2 The chemical composition determined in accordancewith 7.1 shall conform to the limits of the material specificationwithin the tolerances of Table A1.1, unless otherwise specifiedin the applicable materi
42、al specification or the purchase order.The allowable variation of a particular element in a singlesample for product analysis is permitted to be either above orbelow the specified range. However, percentages must exhibitthe same tendencies in all samples; that is, the severaldeterminations of any in
43、dividual element in a heat shall notvary both above and below the specified range.8. Material Test Report and Certification8.1 Areport of the results of all tests required by the productspecification shall be supplied to the purchaser. This materialtest report shall reference the product specificati
44、on designationand year date indicating that the material was manufactured,sampled, tested, and inspected in accordance with requirementsof the product specification and has been found to meet thoserequirements. The material test report shall report the meltingprocess when the purchase order requires
45、 either a specific typeof melting or requires that the melting process used is to bereported.8.1.1 The report shall indicate the type of steel. If certifyingthat the material conforms to the requirements for more thanone type of steel, the manufacturer may indicate each type ofsteel on the report, o
46、r may issue a separate report for each typeof steel.8.2 A signature is not required on the report. However, thedocument shall clearly identify the organization submitting thereport. Not withstanding the absence of a signature, theorganization submitting the document is responsible for itscontent.8.3
47、 Amaterial test report, certificate of inspection, or similardocument printed from or used in electronic form from anelectronic data interchange (EDI) transmission shall be re-garded as having the same validity as a counterpart printed inthe certifiers facility. The content of the EDI transmitteddoc
48、ument must meet the requirements of the invoked ASTMstandard(s) and conform to any existing EDI agreement be-tween the purchaser and the supplier. Notwithstanding theabsence of a signature, the organization submitting the EDItransmission is responsible for the content of the report.8.4 When finished
49、 material is supplied to a purchase orderspecifying the product specification, the organization supply-ing that material shall provide the purchaser with a copy of theoriginal manufacturers test report.NOTE 2Notwithstanding the absence of a signature, the organizationsubmitting the report is responsible for the content of the report.NOTE 3The industry definition as invoked here is: EDI is thecomputer-to-computer exchange of business information in a standardformat such as ANSI ASC X 12.8.4.1 When the original manufacturers test report wasprovided by
