ASTM A36/A36M-14 pdf free.Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel.
This specification2 covers carbon steel shapes, plates, and bars of structural quality for use in riveted, bolted, or welded construction of bridges and buildings, and for general structural purposes.
3. Appurtenant Materials
3. I When components of a steel structure are identified with this AS TM designation but the product form is not listed in the scope of this specification, the material shall conform to one of the standards listed in Table I unless otherwise specified by the purchaser.
4. General Requirements for Delivery
4.1 Structural products furnished under this specification shall conform to the requirements of the current edition of Specification A6/A6M, for the specific structural product ordered, unless a conflict exists in which case this specification shall prevail.
4.2 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica- tion until they are processed into a finished structural product Structural products produced from coil means structural prod- ucts that have been cut to individual lengths from a coil. The processor directly controls, or is responsible for, the operations involved in the processing of a coil into a finished structural product. Such operations include decoiling, leveling or straightening, hot-forming or cold-forming (if applicable). cutting to length, testing, inspection, conditioning, heat treat- ment(if applicable),packaging, marking, loading for shipment, and certification.
5. Bearing Plates
5.1 Unless otherwise specified, plates used as bearing plates for bridges shall be subjected to mechanical tests and shall conform to the tensile requirements of Section 8.
5.2 Unless otherwise specified, mechanical tests shall not be required for plates over 1) in. [40 mm) in thickness used as bearing plates in structures other than bridges, subject to the requirement that they shall contain 0.20 to 0.33 carbon by heat analysis, that the chemical composition shall conform to the requirements of Table 3 in phosphorus and sulfur content, and that a sufficient discard shall be made to secure sound plates.
6. Materials and Manufactur
6.I The steel shall be killed
7. Chemical Composition
7.1 The heat analysis shall conform to the requirements prescribed in Table 3, except as specified in 5.2 .
7. 2 The steel shall conform on product analysis to the requirements prescribed in Table 3, subject to the product analysis tolerances in Specification A6/A6M.