ASTM specifications represent a consensus among producers, specifiers, fabricators, and users of steel mill products. 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 A548 is applicable to cold-heading quality carbon steel wire for tapping or sheet metal screws.
This article contains a list of standards that covers among other things:
For more information on the ASTM designation system see our related article:
Introduction to the ASTM Standard Designation.
Standard Number |
Last version |
Description | Status |
A 1 | 2005 | Carbon Steel Tee Rails | /6/ |
A 2 | 2008 | Carbon Steel Girder Rails of Plain, Grooved, and Guard Types | /3/ |
A 3 | 2006 | Steel Joint Bars, Low, Medium, and High Carbon (Non-Heat-Treated) | /3/ |
A 4 | Medium-Carbon-Steel Splice Bars | /no materials/ | |
A 5 | High-Carbon Steel Joint Bars | Replaced by A3 /no materials/ | |
A 6/A 6M | 2009 | General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling | /no materials/ |
A 7 | Steel for Bridges and Building | Replaced by A36/A36M /no materials/ | |
A 8 | Structural Nickel Steel | Withdrawn 1963 /no materials/ | |
A 9 | Steel for Buildings | Withdrawn 1940 /no materials/ | |
A 10 | Mild Steel Plates | Withdrawn 1970 /no materials/ | |
A 11 | Structural Steel for Cars | Replaced by A113 /no materials/ | |
A 12 | Structural Steel for Ships | /no materials/ | |
A 13 | Rivet Steel for Ships | Withdrawn 1934 /no materials/ | |
A 14 | Carbon-Steel Bars for Springs | Withdrawn 1950 /no materials/ | |
A 15 | Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement | Withdrawn 1969 /no materials/ | |
A 16 | Rail-Steel Bars of Concrete Reinforcement | Replaced by A 616/A616M /no materials/ | |
A 17 | Carbon-Steel and Alloy-Steel Blooms, Billets and Slabs and Forms | Replaced by A 273 /no materials/ | |
A 18 | Quenched-and-Tempered Carbon-Steel Axles, Shafts, and Other Forgings for Locomotives and Cars | Replaced by A 236 /no materials/ | |
A 20/A 20M | 2007 | General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels | /no materials/ |
A 21 | 1999 | Carbon Steel Axles, Non-Heat-Treated and Heat-Treated, for Railway Use | Withdrawn 2003 /5/ |
A 22 | Cold-Rolled Steel Axles | Replaced by A 57 /no materials/ | |
A 23 | Forged and Rolled, or Rolled Solid Carbon-Steel Wheels for Engine-Truck, Tender, and Passenger Service | Replaced by A 57 /no materials/ | |
A 24 | Forged and Rolled, or Rolled Solid Carbon-Steel Wheels for Freight-Car Service | Replaced by A 57 /no materials/ | |
A 25 | Wrought Steel Wheels for Electric Railway Service | Replaced by A 504 /5/ | |
A 26 | Steel Tires | Replaced by A 551/A551M /no materials/ | |
A 28 | Lap-Welded and Seamless Steel Boiler Tubes for Locomotives | Replaced by A 83 /no materials/ | |
A 29/A 29M | 2005 | Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought, General Requirements for | /273/ |
A 30 | Boiler and Firebox Steel for Locomotives | Withdrawn 1964 /no materials/ | |
A 31 | Steel Rivets and Bars for Rivets, Pressure Vessels | /2/ | |
A 32 | Cold-Drawn Bessemer Steel Automotive Screw Stock | Replaced by A 107 /no materials/ | |
A 35 | Recommended Practice for Annealing of Miscellaneous Rolled and Forged Carbon-Steel Objects | Withdrawn 1937 /no materials/ | |
A 36/A 36M | 2008 | Carbon Structural Steel | /1/ |
A 37 | Recommended Practice for Carburizing and Heat-Treatment of Carburized Objects | Withdrawn 1936 /no materials/ | |
A 49 | 2006 | Heat-Treated Carbon Steel Joint Bars, Microalloyed Joint Bars, and Forged Carbon Steel Compromise Joint Bars | /1/ |
A 50 | Quenched Carbon-Steel Track Bolts | Replaced by A 183 /no materials/ | |
A 51 | Quenched Alloy-Steel Track Bolts | Replaced by A 183 /no materials/ | |
A 52 | Lap-Welded and Seamless Steel and Wrought-Iron Boiler Tubes for Stationary Service | Replaced by A 83 /no materials/ | |
A 54 | Cold-Drawn Open-Hearth Steel Automatic Screw Stock | Replaced by A 107 /no materials/ | |
A 57 | Multiple-Wear Wrought Steel Wheels | Replaced by A 504/A504M /no materials/ | |
A 58 | Carbon-Steel Bars for Vehicle and General Purpose Springs | Replaced by A 689 /no materials/ | |
A 59 | Silicon-Manganese Steel Bars for Springs | Replaced by A 689 /no materials/ | |
A 60 | Chromium-Vanadium Steel Bars for Springs | Replaced by A 689 /no materials/ | |
A 61 | Deformed Rail Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement with 60,000 psi Minimum Yield Strength | Replaced by A 616/A616M /no materials/ | |
A 62 | Steel Elliptical Springs | Withdrawn 1949 /no materials/ | |
A 65 | 2007 | Steel Track Spikes | /3/ |
A 66 | 2007 | Steel Screw Spikes | /1/ |
A 67 | 2005 | Steel Tie Plates, Low-Carbon and High-Carbon Hot-Worked | /2/ |
A 68 | Carbon Steel Bars for Springs | Replaced by A 689 /no materials/ | |
A 69 | Elliptical Steel Springs for Automobiles | Withdrawn 1927 /no materials/ | |
A 70 | Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel | Replaced by A 285/A285M /no materials/ | |
A 72 | Welded Wrought-Iron Pipe | Withdrawn 1972 /no materials/ | |
A 73 | Wrought Iron Rolled or Forged Blooms and Forgings | Withdrawn 1972 /no materials/ | |
A 76 | Low-Carbon Steel Track Bolts and Nuts | Replaced by A183 /no materials/ | |
A 78 | Low Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel Plates of Structured Quality for Welding | Replaced by A283/A283M /no materials/ | |
A 80 | Cold Finished Carbon-Steel Bars and Shafting | Replaced by A107 /no materials/ | |
A 82/A 82M | 2007 | Steel Wire, Plain, for Concrete Reinforcement | /no materials/ |
A 83 | Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes | Replaced by A192/A192M /no materials/ | |
A 89 | 1943 | Low-Tensile Strength Steel Plates of Flange Carbon-Qualities and Firebox | Replaced by A285/A285M /no materials/ |
A 92 | High-Speed Tool Steel | Withdrawn 1937 /no materials/ | |
A 94 | High Strength Structural steel | Withdrawn 1966 /no materials/ | |
A 96 | Alloy-Steel Bolting Material for High-Temperature Service | Replaced by A193/A193M /no materials/ | |
A 98 | Spiegeleisen | Withdrawn 1992 /no materials/ | |
A 113 | 1933 | Structural Steel for Locomotives and Cars | Withdrawn 1979;Replaced by E 44 /no materials/ |
A 114 | Marine Boiler Steel Plates | Withdrawn 1940 /no materials/ | |
A 115 | Alloy Tool Steel | Withdrawn 1937 /no materials/ | |
A 125 | 2007 | Steel Springs, Helical, Heat-Treated | /no materials/ |
A 131/A 131M | 2008 | Structural Steel for Ships | /17/ |
A 134 | 2005 | Pipe, Steel, Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded (Sizes NPS 16 and Over) | /14/ |
A 135/A 135M | 2006 | Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe | /2/ |
A 137 | Lock-Bar Steel Pipe | Withdrawn 1943 /no materials/ | |
A 139/A 139M | 2004 | Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded Steel Pipe (NPS 4 and Over) | /5/ |
A 140 | Steel for Bridges and Buildings | Withdrawn 1935 /no materials/ | |
A 141 | Structural Rivet Steel | Withdrawn 1967 /no materials/ | |
A 147 | Heat-Treated Steel Leaf Springs | Withdrawn 1987 /no materials/ | |
A 149 | High Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel Plates for Boilers and Other Pressure Vessel Plates (2 in.) | Withdrawn 1940 /no materials/ | |
A 150 | High Tensile Strength Carbon-Silicon Steel Plates for Boilers and Other Pressure Vessel | Withdrawn 1940 /no materials/ | |
A 151 | Steel Suitable for Fusion Welding | Withdrawn 1938 /no materials/ | |
A 155 | Electric-Fusion Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Service | Replaced by A 671 /no materials/ | |
A 160 | Axle-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement | Replaced by A 617/A617M /no materials/ | |
A 161 | 1994 | Seamless Low-Carbon and Carbon-Molybdenum Steel Still Tubes for Refinery Service | /2/ |
A 162 | Uncoated Wrought Iron Sheets | Withdrawn 1973 /no materials/ | |
A 178/A 178M | 2008 | Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-Manganese Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes | /3/ |
A 179/A 179M | 2005 | Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes | /1/ |
A 183 | 2009 | Carbon Steel Track Bolts and Nuts | /4/ |
A 185/A 185M | 2007 | Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain, for Concrete | /1/ |
A 186 | One-Wear Wrought Steel Wheels | Replaced by A 504/A504M /no materials/ | |
A 187 | Seamless Cold-Drawn Alloy-Steel (4 to 6 Percent Chromium) Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes | Withdrawn 1943 /no materials/ | |
A 188 | Seamless Alloy-Steel (4 to 6 Percent Chromium) Still tubes for refinery service | Withdrawn 1943 /no materials/ | |
A 189 | Single and Double Refined Wrought Iron Bars | Withdrawn 1972 /no materials/ | |
A 192/A 192M | 2007 | Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure Service | /1/ |
A 194/A 194M | 2009 | Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure or High Temperature Service, or Both | /42/ |
A 195 | 1959 | High-Strength Structural Rivet Steel | Replaced by A 502 /no materials/ |
A 200 | 1994 | Seamless Intermediate Alloy-Steel Still Tubes for Refinery Service | Replaced by A213/A213M /9/ |
A 201 | 1967 | Carbon-Silicon Steel Plates of Intermediate Tensile Ranges for Fusion-Welded Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels | Replaced by A515/A515M /no materials/ |
A 202/A 202M | 2003 | Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Manganese-Silicon | Withdrawn 2004 /2/ |
A 203/A 203M | 2007 | Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel | Withdrawn 1972 /5/ |
A 204/A 204M | 2007 | Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum | /3/ |
A 206 | Seamless Ferritic Alloy-Steel Pipe for HIgh-Temperature Service | Replaced by A 335/A335M /no materials/ | |
A 207 | Rolled Wrought Iron Shapes and Bars | Withdrawn 1972 /no materials/ | |
A 209/A 209M | 2007 | Seamless Carbon-Molybdenum Alloy-Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes | /3/ |
A 210/A 210M | 2007 | Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes | /2/ |
A 211 | Spiral-Welded Steel or Iron Pipe | Withdrawn 1993 /no materials/ | |
A 212 | High Tensile Strength Carbon-Silicon Steel Plates for Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels | Withdrawn 1967 /no materials/ | |
A 214/A 214M | 2005 | Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes | /1/ |
A 226/A 226M | 1995 | Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Boiler Superheater Tubes for High-Pressure Service | Withdrawn 1997 /1/ |
A 227/A 227M | 2006 | Steel Wire, Cold-Drawn for Mechanical Springs | |
A 228/A 228M | 2007 | Steel Wire, Music Spring Quality | /1/ |
A 229/A 229M | 2005 | Steel Wire, Oil-Tempered for Mechanical Springs | /2/ |
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