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MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
ASTM A105 131
ASTM A350 131
ASTM A434 132
ASTM A182 133
ASTM A193 135
ASTM A572 136
ASTM A588 136
ASTM A615 137
ESTIMATED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL BARS 139
MECHANICAL PROPERTY VARIATIONS WITH CARBON CONENT 150
BAR PROPERTIES
COLD DRAWN OR TURNED AND POLISHED TOLERANCES 151
RECOMMENDED COLD SHEARING LIMITATIONS 152
CARBURIZING RATES 156
RECOMMENDED MAXIMUM HOT WORKING TEMPERATURES 157
CRITICAL TRANSFORMATION TEMPERATURES 158
PERMISSIBLE VARATIONS IN HOT ROLLED BAR CROSS SECTIONS 160
NOMINAL CORNER RADII OF RCS BARS 160
PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS IN HOT ROLLED LENGTH 161
PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS IN HOT ROLLED BAR STRAIGHTNESS 161
EQUIVALENT CROSS SECTION BY BAR SIZE AND SHAPE 163
HOT ROLLED BAR WEIGHTS 164
HOT ROLLED BAR REDUCTION RATIOS AT SDI 167
STEEL PROPERTIES
GRAIN SIZE 171
EFFECTS OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS ON STEEL PROPERTIES 172
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
GLOSSARY OF METALLURGICAL TERMS 175
ROLES OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS IN STEEL 176
HEAT TREATING TERMS 180
MECHANICAL PROPERTY TERMS 183
MICROSTRUCTURAL TERMS 185
STEEL DEFECT TERMS 187
HARDNESS CONVERSION TABLE 189
COMMON COVERSION FACTORS 191
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