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Designation:B22114Standard Specification forAluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars,Rods,Wire,Profiles,and Tubes1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B221;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 extruded bars,rods,wire,profiles,and tubes in thealuminum alloys(Note 1)and tempers shown in Table 2.NOTE1Throughout this specification,the use of the term alloy in thegeneral sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.NOTE2For rolled or cold-finished bar and rod refer to SpecificationB211,for drawn seamless tube used in pressure applications,SpecificationB210,for structural pipe and tube,Specification B429/B429M,and forseamless pipe and tube used in pressure applications,SpecificationB241/B241M.NOTE3Pipe and tube products listed in this specification are intendedfor general purpose applications.This specification may not address themanufacturing processes,integrity testing,and verification required forfluid-carrying applications involving pressure.See Specifications B210 orB241/B241M,or both as appropriate,for seamless pipe and tube used influid-carrying applications involving pressure.See Specification B234,asappropriate,for use in surface condensers,evaporators,and heat exchang-ers.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 Acomplete metric companion to Specification B221 hasbeen developedSpecification B221M;therefore,no metricequivalents are presented in this specification.2.Referenced Documents2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on thedate of material purchase,unless otherwise noted,form a partof this specification to the extent referenced herein:2.2 ASTM Standards:3B210 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-AlloyDrawn Seamless TubesB211 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-AlloyRolled or Cold Finished Bar,Rod,and WireB234 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-AlloyDrawn Seamless Tubes for Condensers and Heat Ex-changersB241/B241M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Seamless Pipe and Seamless Extruded TubeB429/B429M Specification for Aluminum-Alloy ExtrudedStructural Pipe and TubeB557 Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and CastAluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB594 Practice for Ultrasonic Inspection of Aluminum-AlloyWrought ProductsB660 Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum andMagnesium ProductsB666/B666M Practice for Identification Marking of Alumi-num and Magnesium ProductsB807/B807M Practice for Extrusion Press Solution HeatTreatment for Aluminum AlloysB881 Terminology Relating to Aluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB918 Practice for Heat Treatment of Wrought AluminumAlloysB945 Practice for Aluminum Alloy Extrusions Press Cooledfrom an Elevated Temperature Shaping Process for Pro-duction of T1,T2,T5 and T10Type TempersE29 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 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 Oct.1,2014.Published October 2014.Originallyapproved in 1947.Last previous edition approved in 2013 as B221 13.DOI:10.1520/B0221-14.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-cation SB-221 in Section II of this 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 A