ASTM A6/A6M-12a
(Specification)Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
ABSTRACT
This specification deals with the general requirements that apply to rolled structural steel bars, plates, shapes, and sheet piling. The steel shall be made in an open-hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-arc furnace followed by additional refining in a ladle metallurgy furnace, or secondary melting by vacuum-arc remelting or electrostag remelting. The steel products shall undergo heat treatment, structural conditioning, and strand casting in stationary molds. Tension testing and chemical analysis shall be performed wherein the specimens shall conform to the required mechanical properties such as tensile strength, yield strength and elongation, and the required metallurgical structure and composition specifications of the products. Final products shall be legibly marked, bundled, and tagged with the applicable designation, grade, heat number, size and thickness, and name, brand, or trademark of the manufacturer for identification and shipment.
SCOPE
1.1 This general requirements specification2 covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable product specification, apply to rolled structural steel bars, plates, shapes, and sheet piling covered by each of the following product specifications issued by ASTM:
ASTM
Designation3
Title of Specification
A36/A36M
Carbon Structural Steel
A131/A131M
Structural Steel for Ships
A242/A242M
High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
A283/A283M
Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates
A328/A328M
Steel Sheet Piling
A514/A514M
High-Yield Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate Suitable for Welding
A529/A529M
High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Quality
A572/A572M
High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Steel
A573/A573M
Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness
A588/A588M
High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel with 50 ksi (345 MPa) Minimum Yield Point to 4 in. [100 mm] Thick
A633/A633M
Normalized High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates
A656/A656M
Hot-Rolled Structural Steel, High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate with Improved Formability
A678/A678M
Quenched-and-Tempered Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates
A690/A690M
High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling for Use in Marine Environments
A709/A709M
Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Shapes, Plates, and Bars and Quenched-and-Tempered Alloy Structural Steel Plates for Bridges
A710/A710M
Age-Hardening Low-Carbon Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Mo-
lybdenum-Columbium Alloy Structural Steel Plates
A769/A769M
Carbon and High-Strength Electric Resistance Welded Steel Structural Shapes
A786/A786M
Rolled Steel Floor Plates
A808/A808M
High-Strength Low-Alloy Carbon, Manganese, Columbium, Vanadium Steel of Structural Quality with Improved Notch Toughness
A827/A827M
Plates, Carbon Steel, for Forging and Similar Applications
A829/A829M
Plates, Alloy Steel, Structural Quality
A830/A830M
Plates, Carbon Steel, Structural Quality, Furnished to Chemical Composition Requirements
A852/A852M
Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with 70 ksi [485 Mpa] Minimum Yield Strength to 4 in. [100 mm] Thick
A857/A857M
Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage
A871/A871M
High-Strength Low Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance
A913/A913M
Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of Structural Quality, Produced by Quenching and Self-Tempering Process (QST)
A945/A945M
Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Low Carbon and Restricted Sulfur for Improved Weldability, Formability, and Toughness
A950/A950M
Specification for Fusion Bonded Epoxy-Coated Structural Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling
A992/A992M
Specification for Steel f...
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Designation:A6/A6M −12a
StandardSpecification for
General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars,
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Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A6/A6M; 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 (´) 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*
A830/A830M Plates, Carbon Steel, Structural Quality, Furnished to
Chemical Composition Requirements
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1.1 This general requirements specification covers a group
A852/A852M Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate
of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the with 70 ksi [485 Mpa] Minimum Yield Strength to 4 in.
[100 mm] Thick
applicable product specification, apply to rolled structural steel
A857/A857M Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage
bars, plates, shapes, and sheet piling covered by each of the
A871/A871M High-Strength Low Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Atmo-
following product specifications issued by ASTM: spheric Corrosion Resistance
A913/A913M Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of
ASTM
Structural Quality, Produced by Quenching and Self-
Title of Specification
3
Designation
Tempering Process (QST)
A36/A36M Carbon Structural Steel
A945/A945M Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
A131/A131M Structural Steel for Ships
Plate with Low Carbon and Restricted Sulfur for Improved
A242/A242M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
Weldability, Formability, and Toughness
A283/A283M Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates
A950/A950M Specification for Fusion Bonded Epoxy-Coated Structural
A328/A328M Steel Sheet Piling
Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling
A514/A514M High-Yield Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel
A992/A992M Specification for Steel for Structural Shapes for Use in
Plate Suitable for Welding
Building Framing
A529/A529M High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Qual-
A1026 Specification for Alloy Steel Structural Shapes for Use in
ity
Building Framing
A572/A572M High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Steel
A1043/A1043M Specification for Structural Steel with Low Yield to Tensile
A573/A573M Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness
Ratio for Use in Buildings
A588/A588M High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel with 50 ksi (345
MPa) Minimum Yield Point to 4 in. [100 mm] Thick
1.2 Annex A1 lists permitted variations in dimensions and
A633/A633M Normalized High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates
mass (Note 1) in SI units. The values listed are not exact
A656/A656M Hot-Rolled Structural Steel, High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate
conversions of the values in Tables 1 to 31 inclusive but are,
with Improved Formability
A678/A678M Quenched-and-Tempered Carbon and High-Strength Low-
instead,roundedorrationalizedvalues.ConformancetoAnnex
Alloy Structural Steel Plates
A1 is mandatory when the “M” specification designation is
A690/A690M High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling for
used.
Use in Marine Environments
A709/A709M Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel
Shapes, Plates, and Bars and Quenched-and-Tempered
NOTE 1—The term “weight” is used when inch-pound units are the
Alloy Structural Steel Plates for Bridges
standard; however, under SI, the preferred term is “mass.”
A710/A710M Age-Hardening Low-Carbon Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Mo-
lybdenum-Columbium Alloy Structural Steel Plates
1.3 Annex A2 lists the dimensions of some shape profiles.
A769/A769M Carbon and High-Strength Electric Resistance Welded Steel
Structural Shapes
1.4 Appendix X1 provides information on coil as a source
A786/A786M Rolled Steel Floor Plates
of structural products.
A808/A808M High-Strength Low-Alloy Carbon, Manganese, Columbium,
Vanadium Steel of Structural Quality with Improved Notch
1.5 Appendix X2 provides information on the variability of
Toughness
A827/A827M Plates, Carbon Steel, for Forging and Similar Applications tensile properties in plates and structural shapes.
A829/A829M Plates, Alloy Steel, Structural Quality
1.6 Appendix X3 provides information on weldability.
1.7 Appendix X4 provides information on cold bending of
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel, plates, including suggested minimum inside radii for cold
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
bending.
A01.02 on Structural Steel for Bridges, Buildings, Rolling Stock and Ships.
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2012. Published December 2012. Originally
1.8 This general requirements specification also covers a
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