2007 SECTION M1, PART A Sasi SPECIFICATION FOR TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL, RELATED ALLOYS, AND FERROALLOYS SA-941 iwramionat (Adenical wits ASTM Spcifiction A 941-99) 1. Seope 4 This standard is & compilation of definitions of {ers related to steel, stainless steel, related alloys, and ferroalloys, 1.2, When a term is used in an ASTM document for which Committee A-1 is responsible, it is included herein only when judged, after review by Subcommittee A 01,92, to be a generally usable term, 1.3. Definitions of terms specific to a particular standard will appear in that standard and will supersede any defini- tions of identical terms in this standard. 2. Referenced Documents 21 ASTM Standards: E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size ‘Terminology 3.1 Definitions of General Terms alloy steel, n — a steel, other than a stainless steel, that conforms to a specification that requires one or more of the following elements, by mass percent, to have a minimum content equal to or greater than; 0,30 for aluminum; 0,0008 for boron; 0.30 fot chromium; 0.30 for cobalt; 0.06 for coluinbium (niobium); 0.40 for copper; 0.40 for lead; 1.65 for manganese; 0.08 for molybdenum; 0.30 for nickel; 0.60 for silicon; 0.05 for titanium; 0.30 for tungsten (Wolfram); 0.10 for vanadium; 0.08 for zitconium; or 0.10 forany other alloying clement, except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen. capped steel, n — a rimmed steel in which, during ingot solidification, the rimming action was limited by mechani- cal or chemical means carbon steel, n— a steel that conforms to a specification that prescribes @ maximum limit, by heat analysis in mass percent, of not more than: 2.00 for carbon and 1.65 for ‘manganese, but does not prescribe a minimum limit for chromium, cobalt, columbium (niobium), molybdenum, nickel, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium, or zirconium, DISCUSSION — Fxcep as squire above, i ie psssibe for carbon ‘tee specications to prescribe hinits Ginimuen o¢ mina, or both) {or each speified alloying element, subject to the following restvtions forte heat analysis init in mass percent: (a) for wrought carbon steal produets, the speciid maxim lint Js not to exoved: 0110 for sluminuys, 0160 for slim, and .050 for (6) for catbon sie! castings, the specified maxim Hint isnot to exoeet: 0.10 for slaminun, 1.00 for sion, ad 0.080 fr ttanivn (6) for cabon sel that are required to be rephcepharizst he pe fied minimuan nit for phosphorus isnot to be Tes hen 040; (a) for carbon sels tht are yquired tobe resularized the specified nin Timi for suf is otto be los tha 0.050; fe) for carbon sccls that are not soguized to be rephosphozed o resulftized, tie specifed maximum Fit is not to exceed: 0.60 for copper, (080 for phosphors, and 0.060 for sul; and () fovcatbon steels that are required 0 contin boron, cape, ed the acid minimum init snot to exceed 0.0005 far ren, 0:35 for copper, and 025 for les ‘cast analysis — Deprecated term. Use the preferred term eat analysis. certificate of compliance, n — in manufactured products, ‘document that states that the product was manufactured, sampled, tested, and inspected in accordance with the requirements of the specification (including year of issue) ‘and any other requirements specified in the purchase order for contract, and has been found to meet such requirements, DISCUSSION — A single docunen, containing test pon infoxmaion and certificate of compliance information, may be used 1503Sao cold working, — mechanical deformation of @ metal at emperatures below its recrystallization temperature. defect, n ay imperfection of sufficient magnitude to ‘warrant rejection based on the specified requirements direct quenching, n — in thermomechanical processing, guenching immediately following the final hot defor- mation, electronic data interchange, n—~ the computer to computer exchange of business information in a standondized format grain size, — the dimensions of the grains or crystals in a polycrystalline metal, exclusive of twinned regions and subgrains when present DISCUSSION — Grain ste is usually estimated or measured on the 10s section of an agprezate of grains, and designated by an ASTM, arn size number. (See Test Methods E112.) heat, —~ a generic term denoting a specific lot of stecl, based upon steelmaking and casting considerations, DISCUSSION — Wheres necessary tobe more dente, the olow: ing more speciticterms ave sed: pinay heat, mulpl heat, and xemelted het. Ip prodet speciticnons, dhe tem heat gencaly is used, without ‘nalification, to mean the priory, mite, oF remelie’ heat, whichever is apples heat analysis, n — the chemical analysis determined by the steel producer as being representative of a specific heat of steel. heat number, n — the alpha, numeric, or alphanumeric, designator used to identify a specific heat of steel. high-strength lowealloy steel, n — a steel, other than a carbon steel ot an interstitia-free steel, that conforms to ‘specification that requires the minimum content for each specified alloying element (0 be lower than the applicable Jimit in the definition for alloy steel, and the yield point or yield strength of the product t0 be at least 36 ksi or 250 MPa, hot-eold working, n — the mechanical deformation of aus- tcnitic and precipitation hardening stcels at a temperature {just below the reerystalfization temperature to increase the yield strength and hardness by plastic deformation or pre- cipitation hardening effects induced by plastic deformation, or both. hot working, n — mechanical deformation of a metal at temperatures above its recrystallization temperature, imperfection, n — a material discontinuity or irregulacity that is detectable by inspection inspection, n— the process of measuring, examining, test ing, gaging, or otherwise comparing the unit of product, with the applicable requirements, 2007 SECTION Tl, PART A interstirial-free steel, n —a carbon steel that has essentially all of its carbon and nitrogen chemically combined with stabilization elements rather than being present intersti- tially. killed sieel, n — a stecl deoxidized to such a level that essentially no reaction occurred between carbon and oxy- gen during solidification, laser beam welding, n — a welding process that uses « Jnser beam as the heat source. Jot, n —a definite quantity of product manufactured under ‘conditions that are considered uniform. ostatlay steel, n — a steel, other than a carbon steel or «an intersital-free stcel, that conforms to a specification that requires the minimum content for each specified alloying clement to be lower than the applicable limit in the defini tion for alloy steel, manufacturer, n — the organization responsible for the ‘conversion of materials into products meeting the require- ments of @ product specification, ‘multiple heat, n— two or more molten primary heats, in ‘whole or in part, combined in a common ladle or in a common non-oseillating mold. DISCUSSION — Amalie beat is Hens by a single heat number represenaive ofthe multiple heat, or by the Invi heat numbers of the primary eats contained inthe mkiple heat The heat alysis of rikile heat denied by a single heat nuanber isthe weghe average nasi ofthe individual primary beats contained in the multiple et ‘Two ormore molten pinay beats sequently tani ess (poured toa ‘ofellaing mle) eonsiaeaserck of ndividen eat, ts nape hes plate-as-rolied, 1 — the quantity of plate product rolled at ‘one time, either from an individual slab or divectly from an ingot, DISCUSSION — This term dos not refer vo the surf eonlion or ‘he heatsretment sate ofthe material; a plate-a-rolld may be ia the rolled conten, or may have rocsived ope or more surfee athens or beat weatments, of both primary heat, » — the product of a single cycle of a batch melting process. DISCUSSION — Inthe jnvestment casting industry, the term master eat is ws. remelted heat, n-—the product of the remelting of primary heat, in whole of in part DISCUSSION — tn dhe investnent casting ny, he ter ube rimmed steel, n —a steel that contained sufficient oxygen to generate carbon monoxide at the boundary between the solid metal and the remaining molten metal during solidification, resulting in an outer layer low in carbon, 1506