ASTM B899-03a
(Terminology)Standard Terminology Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys
Standard Terminology Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys
SCOPE
1.1 To promote precise understanding and interpretation of standards, reports, and other technical writings promulgated by Committee B02.
1.2 To standardize the terminology used in these documents.
1.3 To explain the meanings of technical terms used within these documents for those not conversant with them.
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Designation: B 899 – 03a
Standard Terminology
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Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 899; 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 heat
ingot
1.1 To promote precise understanding and interpretation of
liquidus
standards, reports, and other technical writings promulgated by
lot
Committee B02.
lot number
1.2 To standardize the terminology used in these documents.
melt
1.3 To explain the meanings of technical terms used within
nominal wall
these documents for those not conversant with them.
part
2. Significance and Use
permanent mold casting
pig
2.1 The terms defined in this document are generic in
pipe
respect to the standards under the jurisdiction of Committee
plate
B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys. The same terms may
powder
have different definitions in other ASTM technical committees.
powder blend
2.2 Some definitions may differ within the committee be-
precious metals
cause of limitations on items such as weights or dimensions. In
pressure die casting
such cases the terms will be more precisely defined in the
producer
Terminology section of the standards in which these terms are
rod
used.
rough part
3. Index of Terms
saline electrolyte
sand casting
3.1 Alphabetical Listing of Terms
seamless pipe
average diameter
semi-permanent mold casting
bar
shapes
billet
sheet
can
shot
cathodic protection
solidus
coiled sheet
sponge
compact
spring wire
contact resistance
strip
contact resistance probe
thin-wall tube
die casting
tube
fill pin
weaving wire
fineness
welded pipe
flats
wire
flat sheet
foundry casting
4. Terminology
galvanic anode
4.1 Terms and Their Definitions
graphite permanent mold casting
average diameter, n—the average of the maximum and
minimum outside the diameters, as determined at any one
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 on
section of the pipe or tube. B 160, B 161, B 163, B 165,
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
B02.91 on Terminology. B 167, B 407, B 423, B 444, B 445, B 535, B 622, B 677,
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2003. Published November 2003. Originally
approved in 1999. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as B 899 – 03.
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B 899 – 03a
B 690, B 710, B 722, B 723, B 726, B 729, B 739, B 751, remelting. B 240, B 327
B 759, B 775 liquidus, n—the lowest temperature at which an alloy under
bar, n—an elongated, forged or rolled metal product with equilibrium conditions begins to freeze on cooling or is
uniform strength, length and section (such as rectangular, completely melted on heating.
square, round, oval or hexagonal). B 327, B 518
lot, n—a quantity of metal made under conditions that, for
sampling purposes, are considered uniform. B 6, B 32,
NOTE 1—In the following standards the term “bar” has a similar
B 240, B 418, B 749
definition, but with greater and more specific detail. B 160, B 164,
lot number, n—a unique alphanumeric designation for a lot
B 166, B 408, B 425, B 446, B 473, B 511, B 512, B 637,
that is traceable to manufacturing records. B32
B 639, B 649, B 672, B 691, B 719, B 756, B 805
melt, n—all the metal that, while molten, was held at the same
billet, n—a formed shape that may be further worked, or a
time in the same holding vessel.
solid, semifinished, round, or rectangular product that has
nickel, n—a refined nickel primarily produced from ore or
been hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion.
matte or similar raw material containing a minimum of 99.80
can, n—the container used to encapsulate the powder during
percent nickel by weight. B39
the pressure consolidation process; it is removed from the
nickel alloy, n—a material that conforms to a specification that
final part. B 834
requires, by weight percent, more nickel than any other
cathodic protection, n—protection of a metal from corrosion
element.
by making it a cathode through the galvanic sacrifice of a
DISCUSSION—Beginning in 1992, only alloys containing nickel as the
less noble metal or through an impressed electric current.
principal constituent have been categorized as a nickel alloy for the
B 418
purpose of new coverage in B02 specifications. Prior to 1992, nickel
coiled sheet, n—sheet in coils with slit edges. B69
alloys were defined as alloys nominally containing less than 50 % iron
compact, n—the consolidated powder from one can; it may be
with nickel as the highest nonferrous element p
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