Description

Published annually in January.

This volume contains 100 standards.

Specifications and test methods detail the properties of various steel bars intended for specific or general applications. Others focus on carbon steel axles, alloy steel axles, wrought carbon steel wheels, steel tires, and carbon and alloy steel forgings for railway use.

Volume 01.05 also examines standards that set the requirements for and measure the properties of steel forgings and billets in assorted applications, such as pressure vessels, rotors, and general use. The remaining specifications cover steel chain, bearing steels, and tool steels.