• BS 970-1:1991

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    Specification for wrought steels for mechanical and allied engineering purposes General inspection and testing procedures and specific requirements for carbon, carbon manganese, alloy and stainless steels

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-05-1996

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  29-11-1991

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    Foreword
    Specification
    Section one - General inspection and testing procedure
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Definitions
    1.3 Symbols
    1.4 General
    1.5 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
    1.6 Steelmaking and casting process
    1.7 Chemical composition
    1.8 Product analysis and permitted variations
    1.9 Freedom from defects
    1.10 Condition of material on delivery
    1.11 Heat treatment
    1.12 Mechanical properties
    1.13 Selection and preparation of material for
          mechanical testing
    1.14 Frequency of other tests
    1.15 Test methods and test results
    1.16 Retests
    1.17 Inspection
    1.18 Manufacturer's statement
    1.19 Marking
    Section two - Specific requirements for as-rolled,
                  as-rolled and softened and micro-alloyed
                  carbon magnese steels
    2.1 Specific requirements for as-rolled and as-rolled
          and softened steels
    2.2 Specific requirements for micro-alloyed carbon
          manganese steels
    Section three - Specific requirements for steels for
                    surface hardening by nitriding and for
                    through hardening boron steels
    Section four - Specific requirements for case hardening
                   steels
    Section five - Specific requirements for stainless and
                   heat resisting steels
    Section six - Specific requirements for sizes and
                  tolerances
    6.1 Sizes
    6.2 Mass/unit length tolerances
    6.3 Dimensional tolerances
    6.4 Straightness
    6.5 Length
    Appendices
    A - Hardenability curves for through hardening boron
          steels and case hardening steels
    B - Deoxidation of steel
    Publication(s) referred to

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    Requirements for steelmaking and general testing procedures for the release of steel in the form of blooms, billets, slabs, bars, rods and forgings used in the as-rolled, as-forged, annealed or normalized condition.

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    Committee ISE/105
    Development Note Together with BS 970-3(1991), BS EN 10083-1 & BS EN 10083-2, it supersedes BS 970-1(1983). (08/2005)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS 131-1:1961 Methods for notched bar tests The Izod impact test on metals
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    BS 4414(1969) : LATEST METHODS FOR SAMPLING FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
    BS 5903:1980 Method for determination of resistance to intergranular corrosion of austenitic stainless steels: copper sulphate-sulphuric acid method (Moneypenny Strauss test)
    BS 6722:1986 Recommendations for dimensions of metallic materials
    BS HBK19:ADDPKT2(1970) : LATEST METHODS FOR THE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF IRON, STEEL AND OTHER FERROUS METALS - ADDENDUM PACKET NUMBER 2
    BS 1837:1970 Methods for the sampling of iron, steel, permanent magnet alloys and ferro-alloys
    BS HBK19:ADDPKT3(1970) : LATEST METHODS FOR THE SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF IRON, STEEL AND OTHER FERROUS METALS - ADDENDUM PACKET NUMBER 3
    BS 5046:1974 Method for the estimation of equivalent diameters in the heat treatment of steel
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    BS EN 10045-1:1990 Charpy impact test on metallic materials Test method (V- and U-notches)
    BS 427:1990 Method for Vickers hardness test and for verification of Vickers hardness testing machines
    BS EN 10083-1:2006 Steels for quenching and tempering General technical delivery conditions
    BS 4670:1971 Specification for alloy steel forgings
    BS EN 10002-1:2001 Tensile testing of metallic materials Method of test at ambient temperature
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