ASTM A876/A876M-98
(Specification)Standard Specification for Flat-Rolled, Grain-Oriented, Silicon-Iron, Electrical Steel, Fully Processed Types
Standard Specification for Flat-Rolled, Grain-Oriented, Silicon-Iron, Electrical Steel, Fully Processed Types
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1.1 This specification (Note 1) covers the detailed requirements to which the specified grades of flat-rolled, grain-oriented, fully processed electrical steels shall conform. These steels are used primarily in transformer cores operating at moderate to high inductions at commercial power frequencies (50 and 60 Hz).
1.2 These grain-oriented electrical steels are low-carbon, silicon-iron alloys with a silicon content of approximately 3.15% in which low core loss and high permeability in the direction of rolling have been achieved by appropriate metallurgical processing.
1.3 The electrical-steel grades described in this specification include conventional grain-oriented electrical steel tested at 15 kG, conventional grain-oriented electrical steel tested at 17 kG, and high-permeability grain-oriented electrical steel tested at 17 kG. Note 1-A complete metric companion to Specification A876 has been developed A876M; therefore, no SI equivalents are shown in this specification.
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Designation: A 876/A 876M – 98
Standard Specification for
Flat-Rolled, Grain-Oriented, Silicon-Iron, Electrical Steel,
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Fully Processed Types
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 876/A 876M; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope Ammeter-Voltmeter Method and 25-cm Epstein Test
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Frame
1.1 This specification covers the detailed requirements to
A 345 Specification for Flat-Rolled Electrical Steels for
which the specified grades of flat-rolled, grain-oriented, fully
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Magnetic Applications
processed electrical steels shall conform. These steels are used
A 664 Practice for Identification of Standard Electrical- and
primarily in transformer cores operating at moderate to high
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Lamination-Steel Grades in ASTM Specifications
inductions at commercial power frequencies (50 and 60 Hz).
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
1.2 These grain-oriented electrical steels are low-carbon,
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Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
silicon-iron alloys with a silicon content of approximately
A 717/A 717M Test Method for Surface Insulation Resis-
3.2 % in which low core loss and high permeability in the
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tivity of Single-Strip Specimens
direction of rolling have been achieved by appropriate metal-
A 719 Test Method for Lamination Factor of Magnetic
lurgical processing.
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Materials
1.3 The electrical-steel grades described in this specification
A 721 Test Method for Ductility of Oriented Electrical
include (1) conventional grain-oriented electrical steel tested at
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Steel
15 kG [1.5 T] in accordance with Test Method A 343, (2 )
A 804/A 804M Test Methods for Alternating-Current Mag-
conventional grain-oriented electrical steel tested at 17 kG [1.7
netic Properties of Materials at Power Frequencies Using
T] in accordance with Test Method A 343, (3) high-
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Sheet-Type Test Specimens
permeability grain-oriented electrical steel tested at 17 kG [1.7
A 937 Test Method for Determining Interlaminar Resis-
T] in accordance with Test Method A 343, and (4) laser-scribed
tance of Insulating Coatings Using Two Adjacent Test
high-permeability grain-oriented electrical steel tested at 17 kG
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Surfaces
[1.7 T] in accordance with Test Methods A 804/A 804M.
A 976 Classification of Insulating Coatings by Composi-
1.4 The values stated in either customary (cgs-emu and
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tion, Relative Insulating Ability and Application
inch-pound) units or SI units are to be regarded separately as
standard. The SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated
3. Terminology
in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each
3.1 The terms and symbols used in this specification are
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
defined in Terminology A 340.
values from the two systems may result in nonconformance to
this specification.
4. Classification
2. Referenced Documents 4.1 The ASTM core-loss type designations, formulated in
accordance with Practice A 664, for grain-oriented electrical
2.1 ASTM Standards:
steels covered by this specification are listed in Table 1.
A 34/A 34M Practice for Sampling and Procurement Test-
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ing of Magnetic Materials
5. Condition
A 340 Terminology of Symbols and Definitions Relating to
2 5.1 These grain-oriented electrical steels may be purchased
Magnetic Testing
in any of the following conditions (which are combinations of
A 343 Test Method for Alternating-Current Magnetic Prop-
material form and surface type or treatment) as desired for the
erties of Materials at Power Frequencies Using Wattmeter-
expected end use.
5.1.1 Condition NF—An annealed coil form having an
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inorganic surface coating, Type C-2 (Note 1). This material is
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A-6 on
Magnetic Properties and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee A06.02 on
not flattened and so exhibits appreciable coil curvature. The
Material Specifications.
principal application is in spirally wound or formed cores in
This specification replaces A 665, A 725, and A 843.
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1998. Published February 1999. Originally
published as A 876 – 87. Last previous edition A 876 – 92.
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A 876/A 876M
TABLE 1 Core
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