ASTM A6/A6M-16a

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Designation:A6/A6M −16a
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars,
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Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A6/A6M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption 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 U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope*
A871/A871M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate With Atmo-
spheric Corrosion Resistance
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1.1 This general requirements specification covers a group
A913/A913M High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of Structural Quality,
of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the Produced by Quenching and Self-Tempering Process
(QST)
applicable product specification, apply to rolled structural steel
A945/A945M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Low
bars, plates, shapes, and sheet piling covered by each of the
Carbon and Restricted Sulfur for Improved Weldability,
following product specifications issued by ASTM: Formability, and Toughness
A950/A950M Fusion-Bonded Epoxy-Coated Structural Steel H-Piles and
ASTM
Sheet Piling
Title of Specification
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Designation
A992/A992M Structural Steel Shapes
A36/A36M Carbon Structural Steel
A1043/A1043M Structural Steel with Low Yield to Tensile Ratio for Use in
A131/A131M Structural Steel for Ships
Buildings
A242/A242M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
A1066/A1066M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate Produced by
A283/A283M Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates
Thermo-Mechanical Controlled Process (TMCP)
A328/A328M Steel Sheet Piling
1.2 Annex A1 lists permitted variations in dimensions and
A514/A514M High-Yield Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel
Plate, Suitable for Welding
mass (Note 1) in SI units. The values listed are not exact
A529/A529M High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Qual-
conversions of the values in Tables 1 to 31 inclusive but are,
ity
A572/A572M High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Steel instead,roundedorrationalizedvalues.ConformancetoAnnex
A573/A573M Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness
A1 is mandatory when the “M” specification designation is
A588/A588M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel, up to 50 ksi [345
used.
MPa] Minimum Yield Point, with Atmospheric Corrosion
Resistance
NOTE 1—The term “weight” is used when inch-pound units are the
A633/A633M Normalized High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates
standard; however, under SI, the preferred term is “mass.”
A656/A656M Hot-Rolled Structural Steel, High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate
with Improved Formability
1.3 Annex A2 lists the dimensions of some shape profiles.
A690/A690M High-Strength Low-Alloy Nickel, Copper, Phosphorus Steel
H-Piles and Sheet Piling with Atmospheric Corrosion Re-
1.4 Appendix X1 provides information on coil as a source
sistance for Use in Marine Environments
of structural products.
A709/A709M Structural Steel for Bridges
A710/A710M Precipitation-Strengthened Low-Carbon Nickel-Copper-
1.5 Appendix X2 provides information on the variability of
Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Structural Steel
Plates tensile properties in plates and structural shapes.
A769/A769M Carbon and High-Strength Electric Resistance Forge-
1.6 Appendix X3 provides information on weldability.
Welded Steel Structural Shapes
A786/A786M Hot-Rolled Carbon, Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy, and
1.7 Appendix X4 provides information on cold bending of
Alloy Steel Floor Plates
A827/A827M Plates, Carbon Steel, for Forging and Similar Applications plates, including suggested minimum inside radii for cold
A829/A829M Alloy Structural Steel Plates
bending.
A830/A830M Plates, Carbon Steel, Structural Quality, Furnished to
Chemical Composition Requirements
1.8 This general requirements specification also covers a
A857/A857M Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage
group of supplementary requirements that are applicable to
severaloftheaboveproductspecificationsasindicatedtherein.
Such requirements are provided for use where additional
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
testing or additional restrictions are required by the purchaser,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
and apply only where specified individually in the purchase
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock and Ships.
order.
Current edition approved Nov. 15, 2016. Published November 2016. Originally
approved in 1949. Last previous edition approved in 2016 as A6/A6M – 16. DOI:
1.9 In case of any
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