ASTM_B_316_-_B_316M_-_15.pdf

Designation:B316/B316M15Standard Specification forAluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Rivet and Cold-HeadingWire and Rods1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B316/B316M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof 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 U.S.Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This specification covers wire and rod in the alloys(Note 1)shown in Table 1 and the tempers shown in Table 2Table 3 and Table 4 Table 5,suitable for manufacturingrivets and other similar items by cold-heading operations.NOTE1Throughout this specification the use of the term alloy in thegeneral sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.NOTE2For rolled or cold-finished wire and rod,see SpecificationB211,and for extruded wire and rod,see Specification B221.1.2 Alloy and temper designations are in accordance withANSI H35.1/H35.1M.The equivalent Unified NumberingSystem alloy designations are those of Table 1 preceded byA9,for example,A91100 for aluminum 1100 in accordance withPractice E527.1.3 For acceptance criteria for inclusion of new aluminumand aluminum alloys in this specification,see Annex A2.1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound unitsare to be regarded separately as standard.The values stated ineach system may not be exact equivalents;therefore,eachsystem shall be used independently of the other.Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in non-conformancewith the standard.1.4.1 The SI units are shown either in brackets or in separatetables.2.Referenced Documents2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on dateof material purchase form a part of this specification to theextent referenced herein:2.2 ASTM Standards:2B211 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-AlloyRolled or Cold Finished Bar,Rod,and WireB221 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Ex-truded Bars,Rods,Wire,Profiles,and TubesB557 Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and CastAluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB557M Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and CastAluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy Products(Metric)B565 Test Method for Shear Testing of Aluminum andAluminum-Alloy Rivets and Cold-Heading Wire andRodsB660 Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum andMagnesium ProductsB666/B666M Practice for Identification Marking of Alumi-num and Magnesium ProductsB918 Practice for Heat Treatment of Wrought AluminumAlloysB985 Practice for Sampling Aluminum Ingots,Billets,Cast-ings and Finished or Semi-Finished Wrought AluminumProducts for Compositional AnalysisE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE34 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Aluminum andAluminum-Base AlloysE527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in theUnified Numbering System(UNS)E607 Test Method for Atomic Emission SpectrometricAnalysis Aluminum Alloys by the Point to Plane Tech-nique Nitrogen Atmosphere(Withdrawn 2011)3E716 Practices for Sampling and Sample Preparation ofAluminum and Aluminum Alloys for Determination ofChemical Composition by Spectrochemical AnalysisE1004 Test Method for Determining Electrical ConductivityUsing the Electromagnetic(Eddy-Current)MethodE1251 Test Method for Analysis of Aluminum and Alumi-num Alloys by Spark Atomic Emission Spectrometry1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B07 on LightMetals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B07.03 onAluminum Alloy Wrought Products.Current edition approved Oct.1,2015.Published October 2015.Originallyapproved in 1957.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as B316/B316M 10.DOI:10.1520/B0316_B0316M-15.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 2.3ANSI Standards:4H35.1/H35.1M Alloy and Temper Designation Systems forAluminumH35.2 Dimensional Tolerances for Aluminum Mill ProductsH35.2M Dimensional Tolerances for Aluminum Mill Prod-ucts Metric2.4 Military Standard:MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage52.5 AMS Specification:AMS 2772 Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloy Raw Mate-rials62.6 Federal Standard:Fed.Std.No.123 Marking for Shipment(Civil Agencies)52.7 CEN EN Standards:7EN 14242 Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys.ChemicalAnalysis Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical EmissionSpectral Analysis3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 rod,na solid product 0.375 in.or great