ASTM E702-85(1999)

Standard Specification for Municipal Ferrous Scrap

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the chemical and physical requirements of municipal ferrous scrap that is intended for use by such industries listed as follows:  
1.1.1 Copper industry (precipitation process),  
1.1.2 Iron and steel foundries,  
1.1.3 Iron and steel production,  
1.1.4 Detinning industry, and  
1.1.5 Ferroalloy industry.  
1.2 Questions concerning material rejection, downgrading, and retesting based on failure to meet the requirements of this specification shall be dealt with through contractual arrangements between the purchaser and the supplier.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-1999
• ICS: 13.030.10 - Solid wastes
• Technical Committee: D34 - Waste Management
• Drafting Committee: D34.03 - Treatment, Recovery and Reuse

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM E702-85(2005) - Standard Specification for Municipal Ferrous Scrap
• Effective Date: 01-Feb-2005
• Referred By: ASTM D5681-22e1 - Standard Terminology for Waste and Waste Management
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-1999
• Referred By: ASTM D5833-12(2020) - Standard Guide for Source Reduction Reuse, Recycling, or Disposal of Steel Cans
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-1999
• Referred By: ASTM E701-80(2018) - Standard Test Methods for Municipal Ferrous Scrap
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E 702 – 85 (Reapproved 1999)
Standard Specification for
Municipal Ferrous Scrap
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 702; 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 scrap consists of a metal or alloy fraction, a combustible
fraction, and an inorganic noncombustible fraction that in-
1.1 This specification covers the chemical and physical
cludes metal oxides.
requirements of municipal ferrous scrap that is intended for use
3.1.3 total combustibles—materials that include paints, lac-
by such industries listed as follows:
quers, coatings, plastics, etc., associated with the original
1.1.1 Copper industry (precipitation process),
ferrous product, as well as combustible materials (paper,
1.1.2 Iron and steel foundries,
plastic, textiles, etc.) which become associated with the ferrous
1.1.3 Iron and steel production,
product after it is manufactured.
1.1.4 Detinning industry, and
1.1.5 Ferroalloy industry.
4. Chemical Composition
1.2 Questions concerning material rejection, downgrading,
4.1 Municipal ferrous scrap shall conform to the require-
and retesting based on failure to meet the requirements of this
ments as to chemical composition for the respective end uses
specification shall be dealt with through contractual arrange-
prescribed in Table 1.
ments between the purchaser and the supplier.
4.2 ThechemicalrequirementslistedinTable1arebasedon
2. Referenced Documents melt analyses except where noted.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
5. Physical Properties
E 701 Test Methods for Municipal Ferrous Scrap
5.1 Municipal ferrous scrap shall conform to the physical
3. Terminology properties for the respective end uses prescribed in Table 2.
3.1 Definitions:
6. Test Methods
3.1.1 metallic yield—the weight percent of the municipal
6.1 Determine the physical and chemical requirements of
ferrous scrap that is generally recoverable as metal or alloy.
municipal ferrous scrap in accordance with Test Methods
3.1.2 municipal ferrous scrap—ferrous waste that is col-
E 701.
lected from industrial, commercial, or household sources and
destined for disposal facilities. Typically, municipal ferrous
7. Keywords
7.1 chemical requirements; copper industry; detinning in-
This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D34 on Waste dustry; ferroalloy production; iron and steel foundries; iron and
Disposal and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D34.03.02 on Municipal
steel production; municipal ferrous scrap; physical
Recovery and Reuse.
requirements
Current edition approved July 26, 1985. Published February 1986. Originally
published as E 702 – 79. Last previous edition E 702 – 79.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.04.
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E 702 – 85 (1999)
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Composition, %
Copper
Element
Industry Iron and Steel Iron and Steel Ferroalloy
B
Detinning Industry
A
(Precipitation Foundries Production Production
Process)
Phosphorus, max . 0.03 0.03 . 0.03
Sulfur, max . 0.04 0.04 . .
Nickel, max . 0.12 0.08 . .
Chromium, max . 0.15 0.10 . 0.15
Molybdenum, max . 0.04 0.025 . .
Copper, max . 0.20 0.10 . 0.20
C
Aluminum, max . 0.50 0.50 4.00 0.15
D E
Tin . 0.30 max 0.30 max 0.15 min 0.30
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