1、Designation:A480/A480M16bStandard Specification forGeneral Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,Sheet,and Strip1This standard is issued under the fixed designation A480/A480M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof original adoption or,i
2、n the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A superscript 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.1.Scope*1.1 T
3、his specification2covers a group of general require-ments that,unless otherwise specified in the purchase order orin an individual specification,shall apply to rolled steel plate,sheet,and strip,under each of the following specificationsissued by ASTM:Specifications A240/A240M,A263,A264,A265,A666,A6
4、93,A793,and A895.1.2 In the case of conflict between a requirement of aproduct specification and a requirement of this specification,the product specification shall prevail.In the case of conflictbetween a requirement of the product specification or arequirement of this specification and a more stri
5、ngent require-ment of the purchase order,the purchase order shall prevail.The purchase order requirements shall not take precedence ifthey,in any way,violate the requirements of the productspecification or this specification;for example,by waiving atest requirement or by making a test requirement le
6、ss stringent.1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI unitsare to be regarded separately as standard.Within the text,theSI units are shown in brackets,except that when A480M isspecified,Annex A3 shall apply for the dimensional tolerancesand not the bracketed SI values in AnnexA2.The va
7、lues statedin each system are not exact equivalents;therefore,eachsystem must be used independently of the other.Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in nonconformancewith the specification.1.4 This specification and the applicable material specifica-tions are expressed in both inch-pound
8、 and SI units.However,unless the order specifies the applicable“M”specificationdesignation SI units,the material shall be furnished ininch-pound units.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3A240/A240M Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate,Sheet,and Strip for Pressur
9、eVessels and for General ApplicationsA262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to IntergranularAttack in Austenitic Stainless SteelsA263 Specification for Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad PlateA264 Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad PlateA265 Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Ba
10、se Alloy-CladSteel PlateA342/A342M Test Methods for Permeability of WeaklyMagnetic MaterialsA370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testingof Steel ProductsA666 Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked AusteniticStainless Steel Sheet,Strip,Plate,and Flat BarA693 Specification for Precipita
11、tion-Hardening Stainlessand Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,Sheet,and StripA700 Guide for Packaging,Marking,and Loading Methodsfor Steel Products for ShipmentA751 Test Methods,Practices,and Terminology for Chemi-cal Analysis of Steel ProductsA763 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to IntergranularAtt
12、ack in Ferritic Stainless SteelsA793 Specification for Rolled Floor Plate,Stainless SteelA895 Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Plate,Sheet,and StripA923 Test Methods for Detecting Detrimental IntermetallicPhase in Duplex Austenitic/Ferritic Stainless SteelsE140 Hardness Conversion Ta
13、bles for Metals RelationshipAmong Brinell Hardness,Vickers Hardness,RockwellHardness,Superficial Hardness,Knoop Hardness,Sclero-scope Hardness,and Leeb Hardness1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibi
14、lity of SubcommitteeA01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel.Current edition approved Dec.1,2016.Published January 2017.Originallyapproved in 1962.Last previous edition approved in 2016 as A480/A480M 16a.DOI:10.1520/A0480_A0480M-16B.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see
15、 related Specifi-cation SA 480 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.*A Summa
16、ry 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 StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 2.2 AIAG Standard:4