ASTM_B_211_-_12e1.pdf

Designation:B211121Standard Specification forAluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Rolled or Cold Finished Bar,Rod,and Wire1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B211;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.1NOTETable 1 was corrected editorially in June 2012.1.Scope*1.1 This specification2covers rolled or cold-finished bar,rod,and wire in alloys(Note 1)and tempers as shown in Table2.NOTE1Throughout this specification use of the term alloy in thegeneral sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.NOTE2The term cold finished is used to indicate the type of surfacefinish,sharpness of angles,and dimensional tolerances produced bydrawing through a die.NOTE3See Specification B221 for aluminum and aluminum-alloyextruded bars,rods,wire,shapes,and tubes;and Specification B316/B316M for aluminum and aluminum-alloy rivet and cold-heading wireand rods.1.2 Alloy and temper designations are in accordance withANSI H35.1.The equivalent UNS alloy designations are thoseof Table 1 preceded byA9,for example,A91100 for aluminum1100 in accordance with Practice E527.1.3 Acomplete metric companion to Specification B211 hasbeen developedB211M;therefore,no metric equivalents arepresented in this specification.1.4 For acceptance criteria for inclusion of new aluminumand aluminum alloys in this specification,see Annex A2.2.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:3B221 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Ex-truded Bars,Rods,Wire,Profiles,and TubesB316/B316M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Rivet and Cold-Heading Wire and RodsB557 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 ProductsB881 Terminology Relating to Aluminum-and Magnesium-Alloy ProductsB918 Practice for Heat Treatment of Wrought AluminumAlloysE29 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 SpectrometricAnalysis 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 SpectrometryG47 Test Method for Determining Susceptibility to Stress-Corrosion Cracking of 2XXX and 7XXX AluminumAlloy Products1This 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 Jan.15,2012.Published March 2012.Originallyapproved in 1946.Last previous edition approved in 2003 as B21103.DOI:10.1520/B0211-12.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-cation SB-211 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.4The 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 2.3 ANSI Standards:H35.1 Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for Alumi-num5H35.2 Dimensional Tolerances for Aluminum Mill Prod-ucts52.4 Federal Standard:Fed.Std.No.123 Marking for Shipment(Civil Agencies)62.5 Military Standard:MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage62.6 Aerospace Material Specification:AMS 2772 Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloy Raw Mate-rials72.7 The Aluminum Association:InternationalAlloy Designations and Chemical CompositionLimits for Wrought Aluminum and Wrought AluminumAlloys82.8 Other Standards:CEN EN 14242 Aluminium and Aluminium AlloysChemi-cal AnalysisInductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emis-sion Spectral Analysis