Designation:A834−95(Reapproved2015)StandardSpecificationforCommonRequirementsforIronCastingsforGeneralIndustrialUse1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA834;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisspecificationcoversagroupofrequirementsthataremandatoryrequirementswhenusedinconjunctionwiththefollowingironcastingspecificationsissuedbyASTM:ASTMSpecification2A47/A47MA48/A48MA197/A197MA220/A220MA278/A278MA319A395/A395MA436A439A518/A518MA532/A532MA536A571/A571MA823A842A874/A874MA897/A897M1.2Thisspecificationalsocoversagroupofsupplementaryrequirementswhichmaybeappliedtotheabovespecificationsasindicatedherein.Theseareprovidedforusewhenadditionaltestingorinspectionisdesiredandapplyonlywhenspecifiedindividuallybythepurchaserintheorder.1.3Therequirementsoftheindividualmaterialspecification,andthisgeneralspecificationshallprevailinthesequencenamed.1.4Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A47/A47MSpecificationforFerriticMalleableIronCast-ingsA48/A48MSpecificationforGrayIronCastingsA197/A197MSpecificationforCupolaMalleableIronA220/A220MSpecificationforPearliticMalleableIronA247TestMethodforEvaluatingtheMicrostructureofGraphiteinIronCastingsA278/A278MSpecificationforGrayIronCastingsforPressure-ContainingPartsforTemperaturesUpto650°F(350°C)A319SpecificationforGrayIronCastingsforElevatedTemperaturesforNon-PressureContainingPartsA395/A395MSpecificationforFerriticDuctileIronPressure-RetainingCastingsforUseatElevatedTempera-turesA436SpecificationforAusteniticGrayIronCastingsA439SpecificationforAusteniticDuctileIronCastingsA518/A518MSpecificationforCorrosion-Resistant...