Designation:A555/A555M−16StandardSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforStainlessSteelWireandWireRods1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA555/A555M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecificationcoversgeneralrequirementsthatshallapplytostainlesswireandwirerods.Wirerodsareasemifinishedproductintendedprimarilyforthemanufactureofwire.Wireisintendedprimarilyforcoldforming,includingcoiling,stranding,weaving,headingandmachiningascoveredunderthelatestrevisionofeachofthefollowingASTMspecifications:A313/A313M,A368,A478,A492,A493,A580/A580MandA581/A581M.1.2Incaseofconflictingrequirements,theindividualma-terialspecificationandthisgeneralrequirementspecificationshallprevailintheordernamed.1.3GeneralrequirementsforflatproductsotherthanwirearecoveredinSpecificationA480/A480M.1.4GeneralrequirementsforbarandbilletproductsarecoveredinSpecificationA484/A484M.1.5ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.6Unlesstheorderspecifiestheapplicablemetricspecifi-cationdesignation,thematerialshallbefurnishedintheinch-poundunits.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2A262PracticesforDetectingSusceptibilitytoIntergranularAttackinAusteniticStainlessSteelsA313/A313MSpecificationforStainlessSteelSpringWireA368SpecificationforStainlessSteelWireStrandA370TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTestingofSteelProductsA478SpecificationforChromium-NickelStainlessSteelWeavingandKnittingWireA480/A480MSpecificationforGeneralRequirementsforFlat-RolledStainlessandHeat-Resistin...
