AS 3830.

4—1998

Australian Standard™
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Ferroalloys—Specifications

Part 4: Ferrosilicomanganese
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee MN/6, Ferroalloys. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 12 June 1998 and
published on 5 August 1998.

The following interests are represented on Committee MN/6:

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
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Australian Foundry Institute

Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia

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 AS 3830.4—1998
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Australian Standard™

Ferroalloys—Specifications

Part 4: Ferrosilicomanganese

First published as AS 3830.4 — 1998.

Published by Standards Australia

(Standards Association of Australia)
1 The Crescent, Homebush, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 2092 7
 AS 3830.4 — 1998 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee MN/6, Ferroalloys to
provide specifications for ferrosilicomanganese.
In preparing this Standard, reference was made to the following international Standards:
ISO 5447:1980 Ferrosilicomanganese — Specification and conditions of delivery
ASTM A922-93 Specification for Silicon Metal
JIS G 2304-1986 Silicon-manganese
ISO 5447 is a very general document having limited commercial application to the
Australian industry. The following particular points are of relevance:
(a) Chemical analysis for the major elements, in this case manganese and silicon, must
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comply with specified concentration ranges. Material that does not fall within these
concentration ranges warrants a complaint. The ISO standard refers only to nominal
target concentrations.
(b) Many clauses of ISO 5447 make mention of agreements between the parties
concerned. Such statements in relation to the specifications render the document
unacceptable as an Australian Standard.
(c) The general terminology in ISO 5447 is unacceptable. Terms such as preferably;
other methods; may be used; may be agreed detract from the reasons for preparing
specifications.
The objective of this Standard is to prepare an appropriate Australian document which
clearly defines specifications and test methods to be used and reflects the real needs of
producers, traders and customers in the ferroalloys industry of Australia.

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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 CONSTITUTION OF CONSIGNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 PRODUCT SIZING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 COMMERCIAL ASPECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Ferroalloys — Specifications

Part 4: Ferrosilicomanganese

1 SCOPE This Standard relates to the principal grade of ferrosilicomanganese

currently used in Australia, as shown in Table 1. The Standard specifies the key technical
and commercial requirements for the supply of this product.
Sampling methods for ferroalloys, precision and bias in relation to sampling of
ferroalloys, and methods of chemical analysis for selected ferroalloys, including
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ferrosilicomanganese, are covered by AS 3586 Parts 1 to 4, and AS 3587 Parts 1 to 6.

2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
3586 Ferroalloys — Sampling
3586.1 Part 1: Particulate alloys
3586.2 Part 2: Molten alloys
3586.3 Part 3: Preparation of samples
3586.4 Part 4: Determination of quality variation, precision and bias
3587 Ferroalloys — Chemical analysis
3587.1 Part 1: Determination of silicon content of ferrosilicon and ferrosilicomanganese
3587.2 Part 2: Determination of manganese content of ferromanganese and ferrosilico-
manganese
3587.3 Part 3: Determination of chromium content of ferrochromium and
ferrosilicochromium
3587.4 Part 4: Determination of carbon content — Infrared method
3587.5 Part 5: Determination of sulfur content — Infrared method
3587.6 Part 6: Determination of phosphorus content — Spectrophotometric method
ISO
4551 Ferroalloys — Sampling and sieve analysis

3 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Standard, the definitions below apply.
3.1 Customer —any party that purchases ferrosilicomanganese.
3.2 Ferrosilicomanganese — an alloy consisting mainly of silicon, manganese and iron,
produced by reduction smelting of silicon, manganese and iron-bearing ores and slags, and
used mainly in the manufacture of iron and steel.
3.3 Producer — any party that operates a process to produce ferrosilicomanganese for
sale to other parties.
3.4 Supplier — any party that sells ferrosilicomanganese.

4 CONSTITUTION OF CONSIGNMENTS Ferrosilicomanganese shall be supplied in

consignments constituted by the graded lot method.
A consignment constituted by this method consists of a number of melts, or mixed parts
of a number of melts, of ferrosilicomanganese of a single grade.

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