ASTM_DS45A-1972.pdf

COMPILATION AND INDEX OF TRADE NAMES,SPECIFICATIONS,AND PRODUCERS OF STAINLESS ALLOYS AND SUPERALLOYS Prepared by Ward F.Simmons and Russell B.Gunia Consultant(formerly U.S.Steel Corporation)Issued under the auspices of ASTM Committee A-l on Steel,Stainless Steel,and Related Alloys and The Metals Ceramics Information Center Batelle Columbus Laboratories ANMVERSAKV ASTM Data Series DS45A List Price$5.25 05-045010-02 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1916 Race Street,Philadelphia,Pa.19103 BY AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1972 Library of Congress Catalog Number:72-91409 NOTE The Society is not responsible,as a body,for the statements and opinions advanced in this publication.Printed in Lin den wold,N.J.Third Printing June 1979 Foreword The purpose of this compilation is the tying together of the trade names,producers designations,and specifications for stainless steels and superalloys,thus easing the problem of identifying some of these alloys.This publication is not intended as a procurement directory or buyers guide.The information contained in this compilation is based on the data supplied by 80 U.S.producers(usually melters)of stainless steels,corrosion and heat resistant castings,and superalloys.This revision also contains powder-metallurgy-produced products.This document does not include information from processers such as forgers,rerollers,wire drawers,etc.,since they are not primary metal producers.Contents Foreword iii Introduction 1 Group 1AISI 200,300,and 400 Series Stainless Steels and Related Alloys 5 Group 2ACI Corrosion and Heat-Resistant Castings and Related Alloys 17 Group 3High Manganese Alloys 24 Group 4Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels and High-Iron Alloys 26 Group 5High-Iron Superalloys 29 Group 6Nickel-Base Superalloys and Related Alloys 34 Group 7Cobalt-Base Superalloys and Related Alloys 42 Index Alloy and Producer Designation Index 45 Specification Index SO Appendix A-l IV INTRODUCTION This compilation lists the compositions,applicable specifica-tions,trade names,and manufacturers of commercial stainless steels and superalloys produced in the United States.The infor-mation included was obtained directly from the alloy producers.Materials covered include stainless steels,heat and corrosion re-sistant alloy castings,and superalloys(those alloys containing approximately 12 percent chromium and up).Thermocouple alloys,controlled-expansion alloys,and magnetic alloys are not included.The users of public specification documents for metals and alloys have a persistent problem in the recognition of many alloys,particularly those which are proprietary,because the use of trade names is not permitted in these documents and because numeric designations have not been completely standardized.The situa-tion is especially complicated in the case of the stainless alloys and superalloys where various trade names and numeric designa-tions are often used for the same alloy.Since trade names may not be used in ASTM specifications to identify an alloy,the chemical composition,an arbitrary number,or some industry-wide accepted designation,such asAISI or ACI numbers,must be used.In turn,the users of the specifica-tions are faced with the tedious task of correlating the ASTM designations with their more familiar trade names.In some Com-mittee A-10 specifications XM numbers have been used to identify proprietary alloys.The XM numbers and chemical re-quirements are given in the Appendix.Because of this situation.Committee A-10 initiated a pro-gram to identify,collect,and list the various designations and trade names used for the metals and alloys within the A-10 scope(there are also a few alloys under ASTM Committee B-2 jurisdic-tion in this compilation).The aim was to list the alloys by their usual or trade designation and show the various producers trade names,the approximate chemical composition,and the applicable public specifications,in the hope that a useful index to these alloys would result.Organization The steels listed in the A1SI Manual are considered to be AISI Standard Types and are identified as AISI Type XXX in the alloy designation column in this compilation.The AISI 600 series numbers*are not standard AISI designations,but they have been included in this compilation since they are sometimes used for identification purposes.Alloy Designations Each alloy in this compilation is listed by its commonly used designation,or if it is a proprietary alloy,by the designation used by the proprietor,usually a trade name.Other often used desig-nations,other than trade names,have also been included in the listing.For example,the listing for the cobalt-base alloy.Crucible WF-11,also shows L-605 and AISI 670.Information available to the authors regarding proprietorship is not complete,but an effort has been made to identify proprietary alloys.Whenever the infor-mation was made available to the authors,proprietary alloys were identified by a letter Pin the Alloy Designation column and