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Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards4th EditionJohn E.Bringas,EditorDS67Cwww.astm.orgISBN 978-8031-6223-5ASTM Stock#:DS67CASTM AFNOR API ASME BSI CSA DIN EN GB ISO JIS SAEHandbook of Comparative World Steel Standards4th EditionBringasTHE BOOK EDITOR,John E.Bringas,P.Eng.,is president of CASTI Group of Companies Engineering Information Inc.,Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.A metallurgical and materials engineer,he is an engineering codes and standards information specialist with over 30 years of engineering experience.He understands the needs of the users of the handbook because he is one himself.Mr.Bringas also authored his own series of metals data books including the CASTI Metals Black Book-Ferrous Metals(North American and European Ferrous Data),and the CASTI Metals Red Book-Nonferrous Metals,(available at www.casti.ca).He has over 25 years of experience teaching codes and standards related courses worldwide.Mr.Bringas has been a member of ASTM since 1982 and he is a committee member of A01 Steels(including Chair of A01.92 on Steel Terminology),A05 Coated Steels,B02 Nonferrous Alloys,and E28 Mechanical Testing.He is also a standards committee member of:ISO TC17/SC4 Heat Treatable and Alloy Steels(Canadian Voting Delegate),SAE MTEC Carbon and Alloy Steels,NACE STG 32 Oil and Gas ProductionMetallurgy,STG 34 Petroleum Refi ning and Gas Processing,and STG 36 Process IndustryMaterials Performance in Chemicals.Mr.Bringas is also a long-time member of the American Welding Society(AWS),ASME International,ASM International,and is a registered professional engineer in the province of Alberta,Canada.Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards Fourth Edition John E.Bringas,Editor ASTM Stock No.:DS67C Printed in the U.S.A.ASTM International100 Barr Harbor Drive PO Box C700 West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959 ii Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of comparative world steel standards/John E.Bringas.-4th ed.p.cm.-(ASTM data series;DS67C.)ISBN 978-0-8031-6223-5 1.Steel-Standards-Handbooks,manuals,etc.2.Steel alloys-Standards-Handbooks,manuals,etc.I.Bringas,John E.,1953-TA472.H25 2007 620.170218-dc22 2007035234 Copyright 2007 ASTM International,West Conshohocken,PA.All rights reserved.This material may not be reproduced or copied,in whole or in part,in any printed,mechanical electronic,film,or other distribution and storage media,without the written consent of the publisher.Photocopy Rights Authorization to photocopy items for internal,personal,or educational classroom use,or the internal personal,or education classroom use of specific clients,is granted by the American Society for Testing and Materials(ASTM International)provided that the appropriate fee is paid to the Copyright Clearance Center,222 Rosewood Drive,Danvers,MA 01923;Tel:978-750-8400;online:http:/ September,2007 iii Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards Acknowledgements The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Michael Ling,P.Eng.and Toan Huynh,EIT who assisted with this handbook.Their work in compiling and organizing the data was of particular importance.A special acknowledgement is made to Yin Huang,PhD,who was the lead metallurgical engineering translator of the Chinese GB steel standards.Without his dedicated work,the GB data in this handbook would not have obtained the highest quality standard that has made this handbook renowned worldwide.Their advice when difficult technical decisions had to be made is appreciated.Several colleagues from ASTM,SAE and ISO committees were contacted for their input during the progress of this handbook,including Ralph Davison,Frank Christensen,John Mahaney(ASTM committee members),Gnter Briefs and Baoshi Liu(ISO committee members),and Mel Head(SAE committee member).They added valuable insights into the history and technical aspects of the standards data found in this handbook.The ASTM publishing staff,most notably John Pace,David Von Glahn,Kathy Dernoga and Monica Siperko,were most supportive of my requests to obtain access to the hundreds of standards needed to write this handbook.Their patience and confidence in the author to complete the work is appreciated.Thank you all.The author also acknowledges the dedicated assistance of Patrick Law and Dan Chow who assisted in the research and entered much of the data in the book with care and diligence.A special thanks is extended to IHS Engineering Products for use of their Engineering Resource Center(ERC).One person could not have produced this handbook.It took a dedicated team of professionals.These acknowledgments cannot adequately express the authors sincere appreciation and gratitude for everyones assistance.Without it,this handbook would never have been completed.v Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards Preface This is the book I never wanted to write,but always wanted to own.As a metallurgical engineer and long time user of steel standards,author of the four CASTI Metals Data