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ASTM Designation System

The ASTM designation system for metals uses a letter to indicate the material type, followed by a sequentially assigned number. For example, A 548 refers to cold-heading quality carbon steel wire. Metric standards have an M suffix. The A 582/A 582M-95b (2000) designation breaks down as: A indicates a ferrous metal but not the specific type, 582 is an arbitrary number, M denotes metric units, 95b refers to the year and number of revisions, and Grade 303Se identifies the grade and selenium addition of the free-machining stainless steel bars.

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ASTM Designation System

The ASTM designation system for metals uses a letter to indicate the material type, followed by a sequentially assigned number. For example, A 548 refers to cold-heading quality carbon steel wire. Metric standards have an M suffix. The A 582/A 582M-95b (2000) designation breaks down as: A indicates a ferrous metal but not the specific type, 582 is an arbitrary number, M denotes metric units, 95b refers to the year and number of revisions, and Grade 303Se identifies the grade and selenium addition of the free-machining stainless steel bars.

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ASTM Designation System

ASTM's designation system for metals consists of a letter (A for ferrous materials) followed by an
arbitrary sequentially assigned number. These designations often apply to specific products, for
example A 548 is applicable to cold-heading quality carbon steel wire for tapping or sheet metal
screws. Metric ASTM standards have a suffix letter M.
Examples of the ASTM ferrous metal designation system, describing its use of specification numbers
and letters, are as follows.
ASTM A 582/A 582M-95b (2000), Grade 303Se - Free-Machining Stainless Steel
Bars:
A describes a ferrous metal, but does not subclassify it as cast iron, carbon steel,
alloy steel, tool steel, or stainless steel.
582 is a sequential number without any relationship to the metal’s properties.
M indicates that the standard A 582M is written in rationalized SI units (the "M"
comes from the word "Metric"), hence together A 582/A 582M includes both inchpound
and SI units.
95 indicates the year of adoption or last revision and a letter b following the year
indicates the third revision of the standard in 1995.
(2000), a number in parentheses, indicates the year of last reapproval.
Grade 303Se indicates the grade of the steel, and in this case, it has a Se
(selenium) addition.

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