ASTM_B_209_-_14.pdf

Designation:B20914Standard Specification forAluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B209;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript 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 specification2covers aluminum and aluminum-alloy flat sheet,coiled sheet,and plate in the alloys(Note 1)and tempers shown in Tables 2 and 3,and in the followingfinishes:1.1.1 Plate in all alloys and sheet in heat-treatable alloys:mill finish.1.1.2 Sheet in nonheat-treatable alloys:mill finish,one-sidebright mill finish,standard one-side bright finish,and standardtwo-sides bright finish.1.2 Alloy and temper designations are in accordance withANSI H35.1/H35.1(M).The equivalent Unified NumberingSystem alloy designations are those of Table 1 preceded byA9,for example,A91100 for aluminum 1100 in accordance withPractice E527.NOTE1Throughout this specification,use of the term alloy in thegeneral sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.NOTE2See Specification B632/B632M for tread plate.NOTE3See Specification B928/B928M for 5xxx-H116 and 5xxx-H321 aluminum alloys containing 3%or more nominal magnesium andintended for marine service and similar environments.Other alloy-temperproducts listed in this specification,which do not require the additionalcorrosion testing/capability called out in ASTM B928/B928M,may besuitable for marine and similar environment applications.1.3 For acceptance criteria for inclusion of new aluminumand aluminum alloys in this specification,see Annex A2.1.4 This specification is the inch-pound companion toSpecification B209M;therefore,no SI equivalents are pre-sented in the specification.1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 The following documents form a part of this specifica-tion to the extent referenced herein:2.2 ASTM Standards:3B548 Test Method for Ultrasonic Inspection of Aluminum-Alloy Plate for Pressure VesselsB557 Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and CastAluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB594 Practice for Ultrasonic Inspection of Aluminum-AlloyWrought ProductsB632/B632M Specification for Aluminum-Alloy RolledTread PlateB660 Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum andMagnesium ProductsB666/B666M Practice for Identification Marking of Alumi-num and Magnesium ProductsB881 Terminology Relating to Aluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB918 Practice for Heat Treatment of Wrought AluminumAlloysB928/B928M SpecificationforHighMagnesiumAluminum-Alloy Sheet and Plate for Marine Service andSimilar EnvironmentsB947 Practice for Hot Rolling Mill Solution Heat Treatmentfor Aluminum Alloy PlateB985 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 AlloysE290 Test Methods for Bend Testing of Material for Ductil-ityE527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in theUnified Numbering System(UNS)E607 Test Method for Atomic Emission Spectrometric1This 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 Nov.1,2014.Published November 2014.Originallyapproved in 1946.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as B209 10.DOI:10.1520/B0209-14.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-cation SB-209 in Section II of that Code.3For 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.*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 Analysis Aluminum Alloys by the Point to Plane Tech-nique Nitrogen Atmosphere(Withdrawn 2011)4E716 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 SpectrometryG34 T