AS 1442-1992

1 - AS 1442-1992 CARBON STEELS AND CARBON-MANGANESE STEELS - HOT-ROLLED BARS AND SEMIFINISHED PRODUCTS
4 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - 1 SCOPE
5 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
5 - 3 DEFINITIONS
5 - 3.1 Bar
5 - 3.2 Billet
5 - 3.3 Bloom
5 - 3.4 Fully killed steel
6 - 3.5 Merchant quality steel
6 - 3.6 Out-of-hexagon
6 - 3.7 Out-of-round
6 - 3.8 Out-of-square
6 - 3.9 Primary rolled product
6 - 3.10 Rod
6 - 3.11 Slab
6 - 3.12 Test batch
6 - 3.13 Test sample
6 - 3.14 Test specimen
6 - 3.15 Test piece
6 - 3.16 Normative appendix
6 - 3.17 Informative appendix
6 - 4 DESIGNATION
6 - 4.1 General
6 - 4.2 For steels supplied to chemical composition only
7 - 4.3 For steels supplied to chemical composition and mechanical properties
7 - 4.4 Surface condition
7 - 4.5 Austenitic grain size
7 - 5 MATERIALS
7 - 5.1 Chemical composition
7 - 5.2 Tensile test requirements
7 - 6 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS
7 - 6.1 General
7 - 6.2 Freedom from surface imperfections
7 - 7 SURFACE DRESSING
7 - 7.1 Bars
8 - 7.2 Blooms, billets and slabs
8 - 8 TENSILE TEST
8 - 8.1 Condition of test sample
8 - 8.2 Location and preparation of test pieces
8 - 8.3 Method of test
8 - 9 DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES FOR RODS AND BARS
9 - 10 ROUNDING OF TEST RESULT VALUES
9 - 10.1 General
9 - 10.2 Tensile test results
9 - 11 MARKING
14 - APPENDIX A - PURCHASING GUIDELINES
14 - A1 GENERAL
14 - A2 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
15 - APPENDIX B - MEANS FOR DEMONSTRATING COMPLIANCE WITH THIS STANDARD
15 - B1 SCOPE
15 - B2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING
15 - B3 PRODUCT CERTIFICATION- STANDARDSMARK
15 - B4 SUPPLIER’S QUALITY SYSTEM
15 - B5 OTHER MEANS OF ASSESSMENT
15 - B5.1 General
15 - B5.2 Sampling
15 - B5.3 Retesting
16 - APPENDIX C - REQUIREMENTS FOR MAXIMUM SURFACE IMPERFECTION DEPTH AND RECOMMENDED MACHINING ALLOWANCES
16 - C1 SCOPE

Specifies requirements for carbon steel and carbon-manganese steel rods, bars, blooms, billets and slabs, delivered in the as-rolled or normalized condition, for forging and for general engineering applications.

This Standard specifies requirements for carbon steel and carbon-manganese steel rods, bars, blooms, billets and slabs, delivered in the as-rolled or normalized condition, for forging and for general engineering purposes. It specifies chemical composition requirements for all grades, and tensile strength requirements for grades required to meet mechanical properties. The Standard permits the addition of boron and micro-alloying elements for the achievement of special properties.The Standard also specifies requirements for the maximum depth of surface imperfections and gives recommended machining allowances for bars of various sizes.NOTES:1 Advice and recommendations on information to be supplied by the purchaser at the time of enquiry or order are contained in Appendix A.2 Alternative means for determining compliance with this Standard are given in Appendix B.

First published in part as AS G7-1961.
Second edition 1966.
Third edition 1968.
AS G26 first published 1968.
AS G7-1968 and AS G26-1968 revised, amalgamated and redesignated AS 1442-1973.
Second edition 1979.
Third edition 1983.
Fourth edition 1992.