Ferrous Metals and Iron Alloys Specifications

Grades & Specifications


	Standards / Specifications
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	AISI		Iron-based or ferrous alloys adhere to designations established by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Examples of AISI-SAE steels grades are 1018, 4140, 9610 and 52100.
	AA / IADS		Metals or alloys meet compositional standards established by the Aluminum Association of the United States (AA), which classifies materials based on the International Alloy Designation System (IADS).
	AMS		Metals or alloys meet specific Aerospace Material Specification (AMS) guidelines established by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
	ASTM / ASME		The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is a non-profit organization that provides a forum for the development and publication of voluntary standards for materials, products, systems, and services. Most specifications from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are adopted from or very similar to ASTM specifications.
	Casting Grade (ICI, etc.)		Ingot or alloy shapes meet the requirements for casting stock from the Alloy Casting Institute (ACI), the American Die Casting Institute (ADCI), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), and the Investment Casting Institute (ICI).
	CDA		Metals or alloys meet compositional standards established by the Copper Development Association (CDA) of the United States.
	EN		European Norm or EuroNorm (EN) specifications have superseded several older, national designation systems such as BS, DIN, NS and SS.
	MIL-SPEC / Federal (QQS)		MIL-SPEC metals meet U.S. government standards and are suitable for military applications. QQ and QQS are prefixes used to designate specific metals.
	JIS		Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) specify the standards used for industrial activities in Japan. The standardization process is coordinated by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee and published through the Japanese Standards Association.
	SAE		Products meet alloy grades, specifications, or designations established by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).
	UNS		Metals or alloys meet the compositional standards in the Unified Numbering System (UNS), which was established by the ASTM, SAE, and several metal trade associations and societies. UNS identifies metals and alloys with a letter and five numbers. For example, carbon and alloy steels are identified as Gnnnnn, where G is the letter nnnnn is the number.
	Specialty / Other		This refers to other unlisted, specialized, and OEM-specific (e.g., GE, P&W, Boeing, etc.) or proprietary material specifications.
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Shape / Form


	Shape / Form:
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	Semi-finished Shape / Mill Stock		Semi-finished metal shapes or stock shapes are suitable for part fabrication by machining, assembly, or other processes. Stock shapes are also used as feedstock for casting, forging, spinning, and other forming processes. Semi-finished metal shapes and stock include forms such as bar stock, rods, plates, strips, wire, shaped wire, hexagonal shapes, billets, sheets, and foil.
	Fabricated Parts / Shapes		Materials are fabricated as custom or application-specific shapes.
	Anode		Metals or alloys are supplied as anode shapes. Plating anodes are in used in plating or electroplating processes. Sacrificial anodes are used to protect steel or other metal structures from corrosion. Sacrificial anodes corrode preferentially, creating a galvanic cell that protects the steel or iron alloy in the process.
	Billet / Slab / Bloom		Billets, slabs, or blooms are massive, hot rolled, or forged blocks of metals or alloys. These forms can have semifinished square, rectangular slab, or round cross-sections. Producing billets or blooms from ingots by forging is called cogging. Hot-rolling ingots is a process called blooming. Billets are used as feedstock for rolling operations and in the machining of large components. Slabs are semi-finished steel blocks, usually with widths that are at least twice their thickness.
	Bar Stock		Materials are supplied or available as bars, rod stock, or billets. Bars or rods may have a round, square, rectangular/flat, hexagonal, or oval-shaped cross-section.
	Flats / Rectangular Bar		Materials are supplied or available as square bars, bar stock, or billets. Squares have a cross-section where two unequal sides proscribe a right angle between the surfaces.
	Squares / Square Bar		Materials are supplied or available as square bars, bar stock, or billets. Squares have a cross-section where two equal sides proscribe a right angle between surfaces.
	Foil		Foil is very thin sheet or strip stock with a thickness of less than 0.006".
	Hex Bar Stock		Materials are supplied or available as hexagonal stock with a hex-shaped cross-section.
	Ingot		Materials are supplied or available as ingots or casting stock product forms.
	Rod / Round Bar Stock		Materials are supplied or available as rod stock with a round cross-section.
	Rebar / Reinforcing Bar		Rebar or reinforcing bar consists of surface-textured rod stock and is used to strengthen and internally support concrete and masonry structures. Rebar is commonly made using carbon steel or stainless steel alloys. Stainless steel rebar is useful in applications where corrosion can attack the rebar. Examples of usage include marine piers, jetties, bridges, or road construction where de-icing salts are spread.
	Plate		Materials are supplied or available as plates. Plates have a thickness of at least 0.250", but may be larger than 1/4".
	Powder		Materials are available as powders, granules, or flakes.
	Filler / Reinforcement		Powder or particulate materials are designed or suitable for filler or reinforcement applications.
	Profile / Structural Shape		Profiles and structural shapes include shaped stock with uniform cross sections such tees, angles, channels, I-beams, rectangular tubes, and other cross sectional shapes. These shapes are manufactured through extrusion, continuous casting, roll forming, or other processes.
	Angle		Material is supplied or available in a stock form with an "L" or angle-shaped cross section.
	Beam / I-Beam		Material is supplied or available in a stock form with an I-beam or I-shaped cross-section.
	Channel		This material is supplied or available in a stock form with a "C" or channel shaped cross-section.
	Tee		This material is supplied or available in a stock form with a "T" or T-shaped cross-section.
	Shim / Shim Stock		Thin brass, steel, or metal stock is manufactured to precise thicknesses for shimming, chocking, or spacing applications.
	Sheet		Materials can be supplied or available as sheets or foil. Sheets have a thickness between 0.006" and 0.250" and are 24" (609.6 mm) or larger in width. Typically, sheets are formed to precise thicknesses and/or width requirements. Hardness and surface finish properties can be controlled by the rolling process, which usually consists of cross-rolling.
	Strip		Materials are supplied or available as strips. Strips are usually 0.187" (3/16", 4.76 mm) or less in thickness and under 24" (609.6 mm) in width. Typically, strips are formed to precise thicknesses and/or width requirements. Hardness and surface finish properties can be controlled by the rolling process, which usually consists of cross-rolling.
	Sphere / Ball (Bearing Ball)		Metals are available as spheres or precision-ground balls. Precision balls are used to fabricate bearing balls, ball valve balls, check valve balls, and measuring balls.
	Strand / Multi-filament		Strand or multi-filament stock consists of multiple filaments or wires that are wound or braided together.
	Wire / Shaped Wire		Materials are supplied or available as round wire, shaped wire, or flattened wire. Wire is less than 0.375" in diameter.
	Other		This refers to other unlisted, specialized or proprietary forms or stock types.
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	Coil Stock?		Materials are supplied or available as coils, reels, or other wound stock forms.
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	Hollow Stock?		Materials are supplied or available as tubes, pipes, or hollow stock with an open internal bore.
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Features



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	Cast (Continuous, Centrifugal, etc.)		Cast alloy stocks or shapes are produced in a casting process such as continuous casting or centrifugal casting.
	Cold Finished / Rolled / Drawn		Alloy stock or shapes are produced in a process that mechanically deforms or works the material at a temperature that is below the recrystallization point of the alloy. Rolling processes squeeze the metal between two steel rolls. Drawing processes pull the metal from a die opening or gap. The elevated temperature allows a greater degree of deformation as well as annealing during the process. Hot rolled metals tend to have more scale on their surface.
	Extruded		These alloy stocks or shapes are produced by using an extrusion process.
	Forged		Metal stock or shapes are available as forged billets, blooms, slabs, or bar stock. The forging process presses, pounds, or squeezes metal stock under very high pressure. Material flow occurs during the forging process, closing any internal porosity and refining the microstructure.
	Hot Rolled		Hot rolled alloy stock or shapes are produced in a process that mechanically deforms or works the material at an elevated temperature (e.g., steels in the "red" hot condition). This temperature is above the recrystallization point of the alloy. The elevated temperature allows a greater degree of deformation or a reduction of thickness. A post annealing process is not required after hot rolling. Hot rolled metals tend to have more surface scale and require pickling and oiling.
	Powdered Metal (Compacted)		Powered metal stock or shapes are fabricated by consolidating or compacting powdered or atomized versions or the metal or alloy. Powder processing eliminates the possibility of large inclusions and can produce a finer structure compared to conventional wrought processes.
	Wrought		Wrought metals or alloys are worked mechanically to refine their structure, break up inclusion, close porosity, and improve homogeneity.
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	Specialty Features
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	Air Hardening		These materials are air-hardened grades of steels or tool steels.
	Amorphous / Glassy Alloy		Amorphous or glassy alloys do not have a crystal structure, which results in their superior or unique magnetic properties, corrosion resistance, and mechanical and electrical properties.
	Anti-slip / Textured		Plates, bars, angles, or other stock metal shapes have a texture or non-slip surface such as an embossed diamond pattern or an anti-slip abrasive coating.
	Austenitic		200-series austenitic steels are stainless steels that contain chromium, nickel, and manganese. 300-series austenitic steels are stainless steels that contain chromium and nickel. The stainless steels in each austenitic group have different compositions and properties, but share many common characteristics. They can be hardened by cold working but not by heat treatment. In the annealed condition, all are essentially nonmagnetic; although, some may become slightly magnetic by cold working. They have excellent corrosion resistance, unusually good formability, and increased strength due to cold working. Type 304 or 18-8 stainless steel is the most widely used alloy in the 300-series austenitic group. It has a nominal composition of 18% chromium and 8% nickel. Type 316 stainless steel has an 18-8 composition modified with molybdenum to improve pitting corrosion resistance. Austenitic grades consist of 201, 301, 301, 303, 304, 304L, 305, 309, 310, 316, 316L, 317, 317L, 321, 347, and 348 as well as specialized or proprietary austenitic stainless steels.
	Boron Modified (B)		Steels are modified by adding boron (B).
	Coated / Painted		Metal or alloy stock or shapes are coated with a protective or decorative layer of paint, resin, plating, thermal spray deposit, or other organic or inorganic material.
	Corrosion Resistant		These alloys are designed or suitable for service applications that require corrosion resistance.
	Cold Work (Die / Mold)		Steels and alloys are designed or suitable for die, mold, or other cold work service applications. Cold work steels have good compressive strength and wear resistance under room temperature conditions.
	Duplex (e.g., 329, 2205)		The structure of duplex stainless steels consists of a combination of ferritic and austenitic phases. Duplex stainless steels have corrosion resistance properties that are equivalent to or better than austenitic stainless steels. Duplex stainless steels also have improved mechanical properties. AISI 329 and ASTM 2205 are examples of duplex grade stainless steels.
	Electric Arc Furnaced (E, VAR, etc.)		Electric arc furnaced materials are very clean and have less inclusions and lower variability. Aircraft, bearing, and premium steels are usually electric arc furnaced or E grade steels.
	Ferritic		Ferritic stainless steels are straight-chromium 400-series metals that cannot be hardened by heat treatment, and only moderately hardened by cold marketing. They are magnetic, have good ductility, and resistant against corrosion and oxidation. Ferritic stainless steels have chromium levels that range from 10.5% to 40% (typically 12% or more) and carbon levels less than 0.20%. Types 409, 430, 434, 430, 439, 442, and 446 belong in this category. Type 430 is a general-purpose ferritic stainless steel.
	Galvanized		Galvanized steel sheets and products are protected with an electrodeposited or dip zinc layer. The zinc and steel form a galvanic cell under wet or moist conditions. The zinc layer has a lower electrogalvanic potential compared to steel causing the zinc to be attacked and sacrificed while protecting the underlying steel.
	Heat Resistant / Hot Work		Alloys are designed or suitable for service applications that require heat resistance.
	Leaded / Free Machining		Alloys contain additions of lead, selenium, or other free-machining additives that help break up chips during the machining process.
	Low Carbon / Low Interstitials (L, ELI)		Metals or alloys have very low levels of carbon or interstitial elements. Low carbon levels in stainless steels (L grades) improve weldability and the corrosion resistance of the welded joints. Titanium alloys with extra low interstitial (ELI) content feature higher ductility and improved weldability.
	Martensitic		Martensitic stainless steels are straight-chromium 400-series metals that can be hardened by heat treatment. They are magnetic, resist corrosion in mild environments, and have fairly good ductility. Some can be heated to tensile strengths that exceed 200,000 psi (1379 MPa). Type 410 is a general-purpose alloy. Martensitic stainless steel grades include 410, 440, 440C, 403, 414, 416 and 420 as well as specialty and proprietary alloys.
	Oil Hardening		These materials are oil-hardened grades of steels or tool steels.
	Precipitation Hardening (e.g., PH, 17-4)		Precipitation hardening alloys can be hardened by solution treating and aged to high strength. Precipitation hardening (PH) stainless steels are chromium-nickel metals, some of which contain alloying elements such as copper or aluminum. PH grades 17-7 (Type 631), 17-4 (Type 630), 13-8, 15-5, 15-7, as well as specialty and proprietary alloys. Many aluminum alloys are hardened or strengthened through a precipitation hardening process.
	Shock / Impact Resistant		Alloys are designed or suitable for service applications that require shock or impact resistance.
	Super Alloy		Superalloys are nickel, cobalt, or iron-based alloys with excellent elevated temperature strength, creep properties, and oxidation resistance.
	Wear Resistant / High Speed		Alloys are designed or suitable for service applications that require wear or erosion resistance.
	Water Hardening		Materials are water-hardened grades of steels or tool steels.
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