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Description / Abstract:
This specification covers hot-wrought, special quality, carbon
steel bars and bar size shapes produced to mechanical property
requirements and intended for general constructional
applications.
The bars are available in nine strength grades designated 310,
345, 380, 415, 450, 485, 515, 550, and 620 [45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70,
75, 80, and 90] corresponding to the minimum ultimate tensile
strength in MPa [ksi]. The chemical composition is selected by the
manufacturer to develop the required mechanical properties.
Hot-wrought, special quality, carbon steel bars subject to
mechanical property requirements are hot wrought in straight
lengths only. Sections and sizes available are covered in ASTM A
29/A 29M.
Some applications may require one or more of the available
designations shown under Supplementary Requirements.
Note 1—Merchant quality, hot-wrought carbon
steel bars subject to mechanical property requirements are covered
in M 227M/M 227.
This specification is applicable to orders in either SI units
(as M 255M) or inch-pound units (as M 255). SI units and inch-pound
units are not necessarily equivalent. Inch-pound units are shown in
brackets in the text for clarity, but they are the applicable
values when the material is ordered to M 255.