Astm 6a

Designation: A 6/A 6M – 01

Standard Specification for

General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 6/A 6M; 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 yearof 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.

1. Scope 1.1 This specification2 covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the material specification, apply to rolled steel plates, shapes, sheet piling, and bars undereach of the following specifications issued by ASTM:
ASTM Designation3 A 36/A 36M A 131/A 131M A 242/A 242M A 283/A 283M A 328/A 328M A 514/A 514M A 529/A 529M A 572/A 572M A 573/A 573M A 588/A 588M A 633/A 633M A 656/A 656M A 678/A 678M A 690/A 690M A 709/A 709M Title of Specification Carbon Structural Steel Structural Steel for Ships High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Low and IntermediateTensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates Steel Sheet Piling High-Yield Strength, Quenched and Tempered Alloy Steel Plate Suitable for Welding High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Quality High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Steel Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel with 50 ksi (345 MPa) Minimum Yield Point to 4 in. [100 mm]Thick Normalized High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates Hot-Rolled Structural Steel, High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate with Improved Formability Quenched-and-Tempered Carbon and High-Strength LowAlloy Structural Steel Plates High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling for Use in Marine Environments Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Shapes, Plates, and Bars andQuenched-and-Tempered Alloy Structural Steel Plates for Bridges Age-Hardening Low-Carbon Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Structural Steel Plates Carbon and High-Strength Electric Resistance Welded Steel Structural Shapes Rolled Steel Floor Plates High-Strength Low-Alloy Carbon, Manganese, Columbium, Vanadium Steel of Structural Quality with Improved Notch Toughness Plates, CarbonSteel, for Forging and Similar Applications Plates, Alloy Steel, Structural Quality

A 830/A 830M A 852/A 852M

A 857/A 857M A 871/A 871M A 913/A 913M

A 945/A 945M

A 992/A 992M

Plates, Carbon Steel, Structural Quality, Furnished to Chemical Composition Requirements Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with 70 ksi [485 Mpa] Minimum Yield Strength to 4 in. [100 mm] ThickSteel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage High-Strength Low Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of Structural Quality, Produced by Quenching and SelfTempering Process (QST) Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Low Carbon and Restricted Sulfur for Improved Weldability, Formability,and Toughness Specification for Steel for Structural Shapes for Use in Building Framing

1.2 Annex A1 lists permitted variations in dimensions and mass (Note 1) in SI units. The values listed are not exact conversions of the values in Tables 1 to 31 inclusive but are, instead, rounded or rationalized values. Conformance to Annex A1 is mandatory when the “M” specification designation is used.
NOTE1—The term “weight” is used when inch-pound units are the standard; however, under SI, the preferred term is “mass.”

A 710/A 710M A 769/A 769M A 786/A 786M A 808/A 808M

A 827/A 827M A 829/A 829M

1 This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee A01.02 on Structural Steel for...