ASTM A36/A36M-03a

Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel shapes, plates, and bars of structural quality for use in riveted, bolted, or welded construction of bridges and buildings, and for general structural purposes.
1.2 Supplementary requirements are provided for use where additional testing or additional restrictions are required by the purchaser. Such requirements apply only when specified in the purchase order.
1.3 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for information on weldability.
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to be used independently of the other, without combining values in any way.
1.5 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes, or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain any mandatory requirements.
1.6 For structural products produced from coil and furnished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the additional requirements, including additional testing requirements and the reporting of additional test results, of A 6/A 6M apply.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-May-2003
• ICS: 77.140.10 - Heat-treatable steels
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.02 - Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock and Ships

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A36/A36M-03 - Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM A36/A36M-04 - Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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• Effective Date: 10-May-2003
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Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A 36/A 36M – 03a
Standard Specification for
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Carbon Structural Steel
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 36/A 36M; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1. Scope* General Application
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A 307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs,
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel shapes, plates,
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60 000 psi Tensile Strength
and bars of structural quality for use in riveted, bolted, or
A 325 Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Structural
welded construction of bridges and buildings, and for general
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Steel Joints
structural purposes.
A 325M Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Struc-
1.2 Supplementary requirements are provided for use where
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tural Steel Joints [Metric]
additional testing or additional restrictions are required by the
A 500 Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless
purchaser. Such requirements apply only when specified in the
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Carbon Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes
purchase order.
A 501 Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless
1.3 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure
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Carbon Steel Structural Tubing
suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to
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A 502 Specification for Steel Structural Rivets
be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for
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A 563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
information on weldability.
A 563M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
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[Metric]
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
A 1011/A 1011M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip,
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
Carbon, Hot-Rolled, High Strengh Low Alloy, and High
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to
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Strength Low Alloy with Improved Formability
be used independently of the other, without combining values
A 668/A 668M Specification for Steel Forgings, Carbon
in any way.
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and Alloy, for General Industrial Use
1.5 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes,
F 568M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Externally
or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
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Threaded Metric Fasteners
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain
any mandatory requirements.
3. Appurtenant Materials
1.6 For structural products produced from coil and fur-
3.1 When components of a steel structure are identified with
nished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the
this ASTM designation but the product form is not listed in the
additional requirements, including additional testing require-
scope of this specification, the material shall conform to one of
ments and the reporting of additional test results, of A 6/A 6M
the standards listed in Table 1 unless otherwise specified by the
apply.
purchaser.
2. Referenced Documents
4. General Requirements for Delivery
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1 Structural products furnished under this specification
A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for
shall conform to the requirements of the current edition of
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
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Specification A 6/A 6M, for the specific structural product
Piling
ordered, unless a conflict exists in which case this specification
A 27/A 27M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, for
shall prevail.
4.2 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica-
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tion until they are processed into a finished structural product.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock, and Ships.
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Current edition approved May 10, 2003. Published August 2003. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.02.
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approved in 1960. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 36/A 36M – 03. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 15.08.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Applications, see related Specifi- Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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cations SA-36 in Section II of that Code. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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