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Foreword
Specification
Section 1. General requirements
1.1 Scope
1.2 General
1.3 References
1.4 Definitions
1.5 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
1.6 Chemical composition
1.7 Manufacture
1.8 Temporary identification up to the cast approval
      stage
1.9 Surface dressing of slabs and intermediate products
1.10 Surface inspection of slabs and intermediate
      products
1.11 Freedom from defects
1.12 Sulfur printing and/or deep etching tests
1.13 Cleanness
1.14 Ultrasonic inspection
1.15 Heat treatment
1.16 Surface finish
1.17 Mechanical properties
1.18 Selection and preparation of mechanical test samples
1.19 Tensile test
1.20 Bend test
1.21 Hardness test
1.22 Creep and creep rupture test
1.23 Examination for decarburization
1.24 Retest procedure
1.25 Dimensions and tolerances
1.26 Maintenance of identity
1.27 Final marking
1.28 Certification
Section 2. Sheet and strip delivered in the normalized
or softened condition for use without further heat
treatment (excluding austenitic steel)
2.1 General
2.2 Condition
2.3 Tensile test
2.4 Bend test
2.5 Hardness test
2.6 Retests
Section 3. Sheet and strip delivered in the softened
condition for use in the hardened and tempered condition
3.1 General
3.2 Condition
3.3 Tensile test
3.4 Bend test
3.5 Hardness test
3.6 Decarburization
3.7 Retests
Section 4. Sheet and strip delivered in the hardened and
tempered condition
4.1 General
4.2 Condition
4.3 Hardness test
4.4 Tensile test
4.5 Bend test
4.6 Decarburization
4.7 Retests
Section 5. Not allocated. Previous requirements are
included in section 4.
Section 6. Corrosion and heat resisting austenitic steel
sheet and strip (high temperature properties not verified)
6.1 General
6.2 Condition
6.3 Tensile test
6.4 Bend test
6.5 Hardness test
6.6 Intercrystalline corrosion test
6.7 Retests
Section 7. Precipitation hardening steel sheet and strip
7.1 General
7.2 Condition
7.3 Tensile test
7.4 Bend test
7.5 Hardness test
7.6 Retests
Section 8. Finally heat treated parts (made from sheet and
strip delivered in other than the finally heat treated
condition)
8.1 General
8.2 Condition
8.3 Selection of mechanical test samples
8.4 Mechanical properties
8.5 Retests
Section 9. Modified requirements for the acceptance of
small quantities of steel
9.1 General
9.2 Micro-cleanness assessment
9.3 Other tests
9.4 Certification
Tables
1 Orientation ot test pieces
2 Tolerances on thickness of hot-rolled steel sheet
      and strip (excluding mild steel)
3 Tolerances on thickness of cold-rolled steel sheet
      and strip (excluding mild steel)
4 Tolerances on width of rotary-sheared material
5 Tolerances on width and length of guillotine-
      sheared material
6 Tolerances on thickness of hot-rolled mild steel
      sheet and strip
7 Tolerances on thickness of cold-rolled mild steel
      sheet and strip
Figure
1 Edge bow
List of references