ASTM A36/A36M-04

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: 31-Mar-2004
• 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-03a - Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM A36/A36M-05 - Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2005
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM A134/A134M-19 - Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded (Sizes NPS 16 and Over)
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
• Referred By: ASTM C76M-22a - Standard Specification for Reinforced Concrete Culvert, Storm Drain, and Sewer Pipe (Metric)
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004
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• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A 36/A 36M – 04
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.
1. Scope* A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for
2 Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
1.1 This specification covers carbon steel shapes, plates,
Piling
and bars of structural quality for use in riveted, bolted, or
A 27/A 27M Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, for
welded construction of bridges and buildings, and for general
General Application
structural purposes.
A 307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs,
1.2 Supplementary requirements are provided for use where
60 000 psi Tensile Strength
additional testing or additional restrictions are required by the
A 325 Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Structural
purchaser. Such requirements apply only when specified in the
Steel Joints
purchase order.
A 325M Specification for High-Strength Bolts for Struc-
1.3 When the steel is to be welded, a welding procedure
tural Steel Joints [Metric]
suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service is to
A 500 Specification for Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless
be utilized. See Appendix X3 of Specification A 6/A 6M for
Carbon Steel Structural Tubing in Rounds and Shapes
information on weldability.
A 501 Specification for Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
Carbon Steel Structural Tubing
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
A 502 Specification for Steel Structural Rivets
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
A 563 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to
A 563M Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts
be used independently of the other, without combining values
[Metric]
in any way.
A 1011/A 1011M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip,
1.5 Thetextofthisspecificationcontainsnotesorfootnotes,
Carbon, Hot-Rolled, High Strengh Low Alloy, and High
or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
Strength Low Alloy with Improved Formability
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain
A 668/A 668M Specification for Steel Forgings, Carbon
any mandatory requirements.
and Alloy, for General Industrial Use
1.6 For structural products produced from coil and fur-
F 568M SpecificationforCarbonandAlloySteelExternally
nished without heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the
Threaded Metric Fasteners
additional requirements, including additional testing require-
ments and the reporting of additional test results, ofA6/A6M
3. Appurtenant Materials
apply.
3.1 When components of a steel structure are identified with
2. Referenced Documents thisASTM designation but the product form is not listed in the
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scope of this specification, the material shall conform to one of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
the standards listed inTable 1 unless otherwise specified by the
purchaser.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
4. General Requirements for Delivery
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock, and Ships.
4.1 Structural products furnished under this specification
Current edition approved April 1, 2004. Published May 2004. Originally
shall conform to the requirements of the current edition of
approved in 1960. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 36/A 36M – 03a.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Applications, see related Specifi-
Specification A 6/A 6M, for the specific structural product
cations SA-36 in Section II of that Code.
ordered, unless a conflict exists in which case this specification
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shall prevail.
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A 36/A 36M – 04
TABLE 1 Appurtenant Material Specifications
5.2 Unlessotherwisespecified,mechanicaltestsshallnotbe
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required for plates over 1 ⁄2 in. [40 mm] in thickness used as
NOTE 1
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