ASTM A108-2013

Designation: A108 − 13

Standard Specification for

Steel Bar, Carbon and Alloy, Cold-Finished

1

This standard is issued under the fixed designation A108; 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*

Note 1). Grades of

steel are identified by grade numbers or by chemical compo-

sition.

1.2 Some end uses may require one or more of the available

designations shown under Supplementary Requirements.

Supplementary requirements shall apply only when specified

individually by the purchaser.

1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded

A29/A29M Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy,

Hot-Wrought, General Requirements for

A304 Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Bars Subject

to End-Quench Hardenability Requirements

A322 Specification for Steel Bars, Alloy, Standard Grades

A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing

of Steel Products

A400 Practice for Steel Bars, Selection Guide, Composition,

and Mechanical Properties

A510/A510M Specification for General Requirements for

Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)

AIST Bar Steels: Steel Product Manual

3.1 Definitions:

3.1.1 product tolerance levels—cold-finished steel bar is

4.1.1 Name of material,

4.1.2 ASTM specification number and date of issue,

4.1.3 Chemical composition, or steel grade designation or

4.1.4 Silicon level, if required,

4.1.5 Additional machinability-enhancing elements (see

4.1.6 Surface Condition (Surface tolerances listed in Table

4.1.9 Report of heat analysis, if required,

4.1.10 End use,

This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,

Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee

A01.15 on Bars.

Current edition approved Aug. 15, 2013. Published August 2013. Originally

approved in 1926. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as A108 – 07. DOI:

10.1520/A0108-13.

Available from Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), 180 Thorn