This standard is issued under the ®xed designation A 370; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval A superscript epsilon !e" indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense. Pressure Vessel Vessel ode applications see or or ASME Boiler and Pressure
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## ## Thes Thesee test test meth method odss$ cover cover proced procedure uress and de®n de®nit itio ions ns for for the the mech mechan anic ical al test testin ing g of wrought wrought and cast steels, stainless stainless steels, steels, and relate related d alloys alloys The variou variouss mechan mechanica icall tests tests here herein in desc descri ribe bed d are are used used to dete determ rmin inee properties re%uired in the product speci®cations &ariations &ariations in testing methods are to be avoided, and standard methods of testing are to be followed to obtain reproducible and comparable results 'n those cases in which the testing testing re%uiremen re%uirements ts for certain certain products products are uni% uni%ue ue or at vari varian ance ce with with thes thesee gene genera rall procedures, the product speci®cation testing re%uirements shall control #$ #$ The The foll follow owin ing g mech mechan anic ical al test testss are are described( Tension Bend Hardness Brinell Rockwell Portable Impact Kewords
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#3 Annexes covering details peculiar to certain products are appended to these test methods as follows( Bar Prod!cts T!b!lar Prod!cts "asteners Ro!nd #ire Prod!cts Si$ni%cance o& 'otc(ed)Bar Impact Testin$ *on+ertin$ Percenta$e ,lon$ation o& Ro!nd Specimens to ,-!i+alents &or "lat Specimens Testin$ Testin$ .!lti)#ire Strand Ro!ndin$ o& Test /ata .et(ods &or Testin$ Steel Rein&orcin$ Bars Proced!re &or 0se and *ontrol o& Heat)*cle Sim!lation
#) The values values stated stated in inch*poun inch*pound d units are are to be regarded as the standard #+ #+ hen hen this docum documen entt is refere referenc nced ed in a metric metric product speci®cation, the yield and tensile values may be determined in
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These test methods and de®nitions are under the -urisdiction of A.T/ ommittee A0# on .teel, .tainless .teel and 1elated Alloys and are the direct responsibility of .ubcommittee A0##3 on /echanical and hemical Testing and 2rocessing /ethods of .teel 2roducts and 2 rocesses rocesses urrent edition approved ct #, $003 2ublished ctober $003 $003 rigin riginally ally approv approved ed in #4+3 #4+3 5ast 5ast previo previous us editio edition n approved in $003 as A 370 6 03
inch*pound !8si" units then converted into .' !/2a" units The elongation determined in inch* pound gage lengths of $ or 9 in may be reported in .' unit gage lengths of +0 or $00 mm, respectiv respectively ely,, as applicabl applicable e onversely onversely,, when this document is referenced in an inch* pound product speci®cation, the yield and tensile values may be determined in .' units then then con*ve con*verte rted d into into inch*p inch*poun ound d units units The elongation determined in .' unit gage lengths of +0 or $00 mm may be reported in inch*pound gage lengths of $ or 9 in, respectively, as appli* cable
