1、Designation:A510/A510M13Standard Specification forGeneral Requirements for Wire Rods and Coarse RoundWire,Carbon Steel,and Alloy Steel1This standard is issued under the fixed designation A510/A510M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof original adoption or,in the case
2、 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 Department of Defense.1.Scope*1.1 This specificat
3、ion covers general requirements for car-bon and alloy steel wire rods and uncoated coarse round wirein coils or straightened and cut lengths.1.2 In case of conflict,the requirements in the purchaseorder,on the drawing,in the individual specification,and inthis general specification shall prevail in
4、the sequence named.1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound unitsare to be regarded separately as standard.The values stated ineach system may not be exact equivalents;therefore,eachsystem shall be used independently of the other.Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in non-c
5、onformancewith the standard.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2A5 Specification for High-Carbon Steel Joint Bars;Replacedby A 3(Withdrawn 1979)3A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testingof Steel ProductsA510M Specification for General Requirements for WireRods and Coarse Round W
6、ire,Carbon Steel(Metric)(Withdrawn 2011)3A700 Practices for Packaging,Marking,and Loading Meth-ods for Steel Products for ShipmentA751 Test Methods,Practices,and Terminology for Chemi-cal Analysis of Steel ProductsA941 Terminology Relating to Steel,Stainless Steel,RelatedAlloys,and FerroalloysA1040
7、Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard GradeCompositions for Wrought Carbon,Low-Alloy,and AlloySteelsE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE30 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis of Steel,Cast Iron,Open-Hearth Iron,and Wrought Iron(Withdraw
8、n 1995)3E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain SizeE527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in theUnified Numbering System(UNS)2.2 SAE Standard:4J 1086 Numbering Metals and Alloy2.3 AIAG Standard:5AIAGB-5 02.00 Primary Metals Identification Tag Applica-tion Standard3.Terminology3.1 Def
9、initions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.1.1 coarse round wirefrom 0.035 to 0.999 in.0.90 to 25mm in diameter,inclusive,wire that is produced from hot-rolled wire rods or hot-rolled coiled bars by one or more coldreductions primarily for the purpose of obtaining a desired sizewith dimensional a
10、ccuracy,surface finish,and mechanicalproperties.By varying the amount of cold reduction and otherwire mill practices,including thermal treatment,a wide diver-sity of mechanical properties and finishes are made available.3.1.1.1 DiscussionCoarse round wire is designated bySteel Wire Gauge numbers,com
11、mon fractions,or decimal partsof an inch,or metric equivalents.The Steel Wire Gauge system(US)is shown in Table 1(English Units)and Table 1(M)(SIUnits).Since the many gauge systems in use may causeconfusion,the purchaser is encouraged to specify wire diam-eters in inches,decimal parts,or metric equi
12、valents.3.1.2 straightened and cut wirewire that is produced fromcoils of wire by means of special machinery which straightensthe wire and cuts it to a specified length.1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct r
13、esponsibility of SubcommitteeA01.03 on Steel Rod and Wire.Current edition approved April 1,2013.Published April 2013.Originallyapproved in 1964.Last previous edition approved in 2011 as A510 11.DOI:10.1520/A0510_A0510M-13.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact A
14、STM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.4Available from Society of Automotive Engineers(SAE),400 Com
15、monwealthDr.,Warrendale,PA 15096-0001,http:/www.sae.org.5Available from Automotive Industry Action Group(AIAG),26200 Lahser Rd.,Suite 200,Southfield,MI 48033,http:/www.aiag.org.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box
16、C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1Copyright by ASTM Intl(all rights reserved);3.1.2.1 DiscussionThe straightening operation may alterthe mechanical properties of the wire,especially the tensilestrength.The straightening operation may also induce changesin the diameter of the wire.The extent of the changes in theproperties of the wire after cold straightening depends upon thekind of wire and also on the normal variations in the adjust-ments of the straightening equipment.It is th