ASTM A582/A582M-12

Standard Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars

ABSTRACT
This specification covers hot-finished or cold-finished bars, except bars for forging, suitable for machining processes. It includes rounds, squares, and hexagons in the more commonly used types of stainless free-machining steels designed especially for optimum machinability and for general corrosion and high-temperature service. Bars may be furnished either hot finished or cold finished in one of the conditions specified. Materials shall adhere to specified chemical composition requirements. At least one hardness testing shall be made midway between surface and center on each lot to determine that the material conforms to hardness requirements. Also, test methods and definition for hardness testing are presented.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers hot-finished or cold-finished bars, except bars for forging (Note 1), suitable for machining processes. It includes rounds, squares, and hexagons in the more commonly used types of stainless free-machining steels designed especially for optimum machinability and for general corrosion and high-temperature service. Stainless steel bars other than the free-machining types are covered in a separate specification (Note 2).  
1.2 This specification is expressed in both inch-pound units and in SI units; however, unless the purchase order or contract specifies the applicable M specification designation (SI units), the inch-pound units shall apply. The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI (metric) units are to be regarded separately as standard: within the text and tables, the SI units are shown in [brackets]. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents: therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.
Note 1—For bars for reforging, see Specification A314.
Note 2—For non-free machining stainless bars, see Specification A276.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2012
• ICS: 77.140.60 - Steel bars and rods
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.17 - Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A582/A582M-05 - Standard Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Replaced By: ASTM A582/A582M-12e1 - Standard Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F917-19 - Standard Specification for Commercial Food Waste Disposers
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F2281-04(2017) - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloy Bolts, Hex Cap Screws, and Studs, for Heat Resistance and High Temperature Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F1718-01(2019) - Standard Specification for Rotary Positive Displacement Distillate Fuel Pumps
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM A484/A484M-23 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F1150-22 - Standard Specification for Commercial Food Waste Pulper and Waterpress Assembly
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F3215-22 - Standard Specification for Food Waste Dehydrators
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F857-17 - Standard Specification for Hot Water and Chemical Sanitizing Commercial Dishwashing Machines, Stationary Rack Type
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F1899-14a(2019) - Standard Specification for Food Waste Pulper Without Waterpress Assembly
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F821/F821M-23 - Standard Specification for Domestic Use Doors and Frames, Steel, Interior, Marine
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F899-20 - Standard Specification for Wrought Stainless Steels for Surgical Instruments
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F594-22 - Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Nuts
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F836M-20 - Standard Specification for Style 1 Stainless Steel Metric Nuts (Metric) (Withdrawn 2023)
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F998-12(2022) - Standard Specification for Centrifugal Pump, Shipboard Use
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A582/A582M −12
StandardSpecification for
1
Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA582/A582M; 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* A751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi-
cal Analysis of Steel Products
1.1 This specification covers hot-finished or cold-finished
A959 Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade
bars, except bars for forging (Note 1), suitable for machining
Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels
processes. It includes rounds, squares, and hexagons in the
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
more commonly used types of stainless free-machining steels
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
designed especially for optimum machinability and for general
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2.2 SAE Document:
corrosion and high-temperature service. Stainless steel bars
other than the free-machining types are covered in a separate SAE J 1086 Recommended Practice for Numbering Metals
3
and Alloys
specification (Note 2).
1.2 This specification is expressed in both inch-pound units
3. Ordering Information
and in SI units; however, unless the purchase order or contract
3.1 It is the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all
specifies the applicable M specification designation (SI units),
requirements that are necessary for product ordered under this
the inch-pound units shall apply. The values stated in either
specification. Such requirements to be considered include, but
inch-pound units or SI (metric) units are to be regarded
are not limited to, the following:
separately as standard: within the text and tables, the SI units
3.1.1 Quantity (weight or number of pieces),
are shown in [brackets]. The values stated in each system may
3.1.2 Type (alloy) or UNS designation (Table 1),
not be exact equivalents: therefore, each system shall be used
3.1.3 Form (bars, angles, etc.),
independently of the other. Combining values from the two
3.1.4 Condition (Table 2),
systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.
3.1.5 Finish (5.1),
NOTE 1—For bars for reforging, see Specification A314.
3.1.6 Applicable dimensions, including size, thickness,
NOTE 2—For non-free machining stainless bars, see Specification
width, and length,
A276.
3.1.7 Cross section (round, square, etc.),
2. Referenced Documents 3.1.8 ASTM designation (Specification A582/A582M) and
2
approval date,
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.9 Preparation for delivery, and
A276 Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
3.1.10 Marking requirements.
A314 Specification for Stainless Steel Billets and Bars for
Forging
NOTE3—Atypicalorderingdescriptionisasfollows:5000lb[2000kg]
1
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing Type416bars,annealedandcenterlessground,1 ⁄2 in.[40mm]round,10
to 12 ft [3 to 4 m] in length, ASTM Specification A582/A582Mdated.
of Steel Products
A484/A484M Specification for General Requirements for
4. General Requirements
Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
4.1 Product furnished to this specification shall conform to
the requirements of Specification A751, including any supple-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, mentary requirements indicated in the purchase order or
Stainless Steel and Related Alloysand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
contract. Failure to comply with the general requirements of
A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Specification A751 constitutes nonconformance with this
Current edition approved March 1, 2012. Published March 2012. Originally
specification.
approved in 1967. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as A582/A582M – 05.
DOI: 10.1520/A0582_A0582M-12.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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A582/A582M − 12
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Chemical Composition, %
UNS
B Other
Desig- Type
Manga- Phos- Silicon, Molyb- Selenium
C C
A Carbon Sulfur Chromium Nickel Elements
C C
nation
nese phorus, max denum
Austenitic
D
S20300 XM-1 0.
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Designation:A582/A582M–05 Designation: A582/A582M – 12
Standard Specification for
1
Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA582/A582M; 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*
1.1 This specification covers hot-finished or cold-finished bars, except bars for forging (Note 1), suitable for machining
processes. It includes rounds, squares, and hexagons in the more commonly used types of stainless free-machining steels designed
especially for optimum machinability and for general corrosion and high-temperature service. Stainless steel bars other than the
free-machining types are covered in a separate specification (Note 2).
1.2 This specification is expressed in both inch-pound units and in SI units; however, unless the purchase order or contract
specifies the applicable M specification designation (SI units), the inch-pound units shall apply. The values stated in either
inch-pound units or SI (metric) units are to be regarded separately as standard: within the text and tables, the SI units are shown
in [brackets]. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents: therefore, each system shall be used independently
of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification.
NOTE 1—For bars for reforging, see Specification A314.
NOTE 2—For non-free machining stainless bars, see Specification A276.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A276 Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
A314 Specification for Stainless Steel Billets and Bars for Forging
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
A484/A484M Specification for General Requirements for Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
A751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
A959 Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)
3
2.2 SAE Document:
3
SAE J 1086 Recommended Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
3. Ordering Information
3.1 It is the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all requirements that are necessary for product ordered under this
specification. Such requirements to be considered include, but are not limited to, the following:
3.1.1 Quantity (weight or number of pieces),
3.1.2 Type (alloy) or UNS designation (Table 1),
3.1.3 Form (bars, angles, etc.),
3.1.4 Condition (Table 2),
3.1.5 Finish (5.1),
3.1.6 Applicable dimensions, including size, thickness, width, and length,
3.1.7 Cross section (round, square, etc.),
3.1.8 ASTM designation (Specification A582/A582M) and publicationapproval date,
3.1.9 Preparation for delivery, and
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.17
on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.
Current edition approved March 1, 2005.2012. Published March 2005.2012. Originally approved in 1967. Last previous edition approved in 20002005 as
´1
A582/A582M–95b (2000) . A582/A582M – 05. DOI: 10.1520/A0582_A0582M-0512.
2
For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
3
Available from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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A582/A582M – 12
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Chemical Composition, %
UNS
B
Desig- Type
Manga- Phos- Silicon, Molyb- Other
BC BC
A
Carbon Sulfur Chromium Nickel Selenium
BC BC
nation
nese phorus, max denum Elements
Austenitic
S20300 XM-1 0.08 5.0–6.5 0.04 0.18–0.35 1.00 16.0–18.0 5.0–6.5 . . Cu
1.75–2.25
D
S20300 XM-1 0.08 5.0–6.5 0.04 0.18–0.35 1.00 16.00–18.0 5.0–6.5 . . Cu
1.75–2.25
S30300 303 0.15 2.00 0.20 0.15 1.00 1
...