| Product Analysis Tolerances |
| for Alloy Steels |
| Bars, Blooms, Billets and Slabs |
| |
|
Tolerance, in Percent, Over Maximum Limit or |
| Under Minimum Limit for Size Ranges Shown |
| Limit or Maximum of |
To 100 in2 |
Over 100 in2 |
| Element |
Specified Range, Percent |
(64,516 mm2) Incl. |
(64,516 mm2) |
| Carbon |
0.30 and under |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| |
over 0.30/0.75 incl. |
0.02 |
0.03 |
| |
over 0.75 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
| Manganese |
0.90 and under |
0.03 |
0.04 |
| |
over 0.90/2.10 incl. |
0.04 |
0.05 |
| Phosphorus |
over maximum only |
0.005 |
0.010 |
| Sulfur |
over maximum onlya |
0.005 |
0.010 |
| Silicon |
0.40 and under |
0.02 |
0.02 |
| |
over 0.40/2.20 incl. |
0.05 |
0.06 |
| Nickel |
1.00 and under |
0.03 |
0.03 |
| |
over 1.00/2.00 incl. |
0.05 |
0.05 |
| |
over 2.00/5.30 incl. |
0.07 |
0.07 |
| |
over 5.30/10.00 incl. |
0.10 |
0.10 |
| Chromium |
0.90 and under |
0.03 |
0.04 |
| |
over 0.90/2.10 incl. |
0.05 |
0.06 |
| |
over 2.10/3.99 incl. |
0.10 |
0.10 |
| Molybdenum |
0.20 and under |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| |
over 0.20/0.40 incl. |
0.02 |
0.03 |
| |
over 0.40/1.15 incl. |
0.03 |
0.04 |
| Tungsten |
1.00 and under |
0.04 |
0.05 |
| |
over 1.00/4.00 incl. |
0.08 |
0.09 |
| Vanadium |
0.10 and under |
0.01 |
0.01 |
| |
over 0.10/0.25 incl. |
0.02 |
0.02 |
| |
over 0.25/0.50 incl. |
0.03 |
0.03 |
| |
min. value specified, under min. limit onlyd |
0.01 |
— |
| Aluminumb |
0.10 and under |
0.03 |
— |
| |
over 0.10/0.20 incl. |
0.04 |
— |
| |
over 0.20/0.30 incl. |
0.05 |
— |
| |
over 0.30/0.80 incl. |
0.07 |
— |
| |
over 0.80/1.80 incl. |
0.10 |
— |
| Leadb |
0.15/0.35 incl. |
0.03c |
— |
| Copperb |
to 1.00 incl. |
0.03 |
— |
| |
over 1.00/2.00 incl. |
0.05 |
— |
| Titaniumb |
to 0.10 incl. |
0.01d |
— |
| Columbiumb |
to 0.10 incl. |
0.01d |
— |
| Zirconiumb |
to 0.15 incl. |
0.03 |
— |
| Nitrogenb |
to 0.030 incl. |
0.005 |
— |
