ASTM Standard List - Structural and

Constructional Steels Standards: Part One

Abstract:
ASTM specifications represent a consensus among producers, specifiers, fabricators, and users of steel
mill products. ASTMs designation system for metals consists of a letter (A for ferrous materials)
followed by an arbitrary sequentially assigned number. These designations often apply to specific
products, for example A548 is applicable to cold-heading quality carbon steel wire for tapping or sheet
metal screws.

This article contains a list of standards that covers among other things:
Industry specific steel standards for applications in ships, cars and constructional reinforcement
A wide range of specific spring steels and their relevant applications
Numerous standards covering carbon steels

For more information on the ASTM designation system see our related article:
Introduction to the ASTM Standard Designation.
Structural and Constructional Steels: Part One

Standard
Number
Last
version
Description Status
A 1 2005 Carbon Steel Tee Rails /6/
A 2 2008
Carbon Steel Girder Rails of Plain, Grooved, and Guard
Types
/3/
A 3 2006
Steel Joint Bars, Low, Medium, and High Carbon (Non-
Heat-Treated)
/3/
A 4

Medium-Carbon-Steel Splice Bars /no materials/
A 5

High-Carbon Steel Joint Bars
Replaced by A3 /no
materials/
A 6/A 6M 2009
General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars,
Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
/no materials/
A 7

Steel for Bridges and Building
Replaced by A36/A36M /no
materials/
A 8

Structural Nickel Steel
Withdrawn 1963 /no
materials/
A 9

Steel for Buildings
Withdrawn 1940 /no
materials/
A 10

Mild Steel Plates
Withdrawn 1970 /no
materials/
A 11

Structural Steel for Cars
Replaced by A113 /no
materials/
A 12

Structural Steel for Ships /no materials/
A 13

Rivet Steel for Ships
Withdrawn 1934 /no
materials/
A 14

Carbon-Steel Bars for Springs
Withdrawn 1950 /no
materials/
A 15

Billet-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
Withdrawn 1969 /no
materials/
A 16

Rail-Steel Bars of Concrete Reinforcement
Replaced by A 616/A616M
/no materials/
A 17

Carbon-Steel and Alloy-Steel Blooms, Billets and Slabs
and Forms
Replaced by A 273 /no
materials/
A 18

Quenched-and-Tempered Carbon-Steel Axles, Shafts,
and Other Forgings for Locomotives and Cars
Replaced by A 236 /no
materials/
A 20/A
20M
2007
General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure
Vessels
/no materials/
A 21 1999
Carbon Steel Axles, Non-Heat-Treated and Heat-
Treated, for Railway Use
Withdrawn 2003 /5/
A 22

Cold-Rolled Steel Axles
Replaced by A 57 /no
materials/
A 23

Forged and Rolled, or Rolled Solid Carbon-Steel Wheels
for Engine-Truck, Tender, and Passenger Service
Replaced by A 57 /no
materials/
A 24

Forged and Rolled, or Rolled Solid Carbon-Steel Wheels
for Freight-Car Service
Replaced by A 57 /no
materials/
A 25

Wrought Steel Wheels for Electric Railway Service Replaced by A 504 /5/
A 26

Steel Tires
Replaced by A 551/A551M
/no materials/
A 28

Lap-Welded and Seamless Steel Boiler Tubes for
Locomotives
Replaced by A 83 /no
materials/
A 29/A
29M
2005
Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought, General
Requirements for
/273/
A 30

Boiler and Firebox Steel for Locomotives
Withdrawn 1964 /no
materials/
A 31

Steel Rivets and Bars for Rivets, Pressure Vessels /2/
A 32

Cold-Drawn Bessemer Steel Automotive Screw Stock
Replaced by A 107 /no
materials/
A 35

Recommended Practice for Annealing of Miscellaneous
Rolled and Forged Carbon-Steel Objects
Withdrawn 1937 /no
materials/
A 36/A
36M
2008 Carbon Structural Steel /1/
A 37

Recommended Practice for Carburizing and Heat-
Treatment of Carburized Objects
Withdrawn 1936 /no
materials/
A 49 2006
Heat-Treated Carbon Steel Joint Bars, Microalloyed
Joint Bars, and Forged Carbon Steel Compromise Joint
Bars
/1/
A 50

Quenched Carbon-Steel Track Bolts
Replaced by A 183 /no
materials/
A 51

Quenched Alloy-Steel Track Bolts
Replaced by A 183 /no
materials/
A 52

Lap-Welded and Seamless Steel and Wrought-Iron
Boiler Tubes for Stationary Service
Replaced by A 83 /no
materials/
A 54

Cold-Drawn Open-Hearth Steel Automatic Screw Stock
Replaced by A 107 /no
materials/
A 57

Multiple-Wear Wrought Steel Wheels
Replaced by A 504/A504M
/no materials/
A 58

Carbon-Steel Bars for Vehicle and General Purpose
Springs
Replaced by A 689 /no
materials/
A 59

Silicon-Manganese Steel Bars for Springs
Replaced by A 689 /no
materials/
A 60

Chromium-Vanadium Steel Bars for Springs
Replaced by A 689 /no
materials/
A 61

Deformed Rail Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement Replaced by A 616/A616M
with 60,000 psi Minimum Yield Strength /no materials/
A 62

Steel Elliptical Springs
Withdrawn 1949 /no
materials/
A 65 2007 Steel Track Spikes /3/
A 66 2007 Steel Screw Spikes /1/
A 67 2005
Steel Tie Plates, Low-Carbon and High-Carbon Hot-
Worked
/2/
A 68

Carbon Steel Bars for Springs
Replaced by A 689 /no
materials/
A 69

Elliptical Steel Springs for Automobiles
Withdrawn 1927 /no
materials/
A 70

Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel
Replaced by A 285/A285M
/no materials/
A 72

Welded Wrought-Iron Pipe
Withdrawn 1972 /no
materials/
A 73

Wrought Iron Rolled or Forged Blooms and Forgings
Withdrawn 1972 /no
materials/
A 76

Low-Carbon Steel Track Bolts and Nuts
Replaced by A183 /no
materials/
A 78

Low Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel Plates of Structured
Quality for Welding
Replaced by A283/A283M
/no materials/
A 80

Cold Finished Carbon-Steel Bars and Shafting
Replaced by A107 /no
materials/
A 82/A
82M
2007 Steel Wire, Plain, for Concrete Reinforcement /no materials/
A 83

Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes
Replaced by A192/A192M
/no materials/
A 89 1943
Low-Tensile Strength Steel Plates of Flange Carbon-
Qualities and Firebox
Replaced by A285/A285M
/no materials/
A 92

High-Speed Tool Steel
Withdrawn 1937 /no
materials/
A 94

High Strength Structural steel
Withdrawn 1966 /no
materials/
A 96

Alloy-Steel Bolting Material for High-Temperature
Service
Replaced by A193/A193M
/no materials/
A 98

Spiegeleisen
Withdrawn 1992 /no
materials/
A 113 1933 Structural Steel for Locomotives and Cars
Withdrawn 1979;Replaced
by E 44 /no materials/
A 114

Marine Boiler Steel Plates
Withdrawn 1940 /no
materials/
A 115

Alloy Tool Steel
Withdrawn 1937 /no
materials/
A 125 2007 Steel Springs, Helical, Heat-Treated /no materials/
A 131/A
131M
2008 Structural Steel for Ships /17/
A 134 2005
Pipe, Steel, Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded (Sizes NPS 16
and Over)
/14/
A 135/A
135M
2006 Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe /2/
A 137

Lock-Bar Steel Pipe
Withdrawn 1943 /no
materials/
A 139/A
139M
2004
Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded Steel Pipe (NPS 4 and
Over)
/5/
A 140

Steel for Bridges and Buildings
Withdrawn 1935 /no
materials/
A 141

Structural Rivet Steel
Withdrawn 1967 /no
materials/
A 147

Heat-Treated Steel Leaf Springs
Withdrawn 1987 /no
materials/
A 149

High Tensile Strength Carbon-Steel Plates for Boilers
and Other Pressure Vessel Plates (2 in.)
Withdrawn 1940 /no
materials/
A 150

High Tensile Strength Carbon-Silicon Steel Plates for
Boilers and Other Pressure Vessel
Withdrawn 1940 /no
materials/
A 151

Steel Suitable for Fusion Welding
Withdrawn 1938 /no
materials/
A 155

Electric-Fusion Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure
Service
Replaced by A 671 /no
materials/
A 160

Axle-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
Replaced by A 617/A617M
/no materials/
A 161 1994
Seamless Low-Carbon and Carbon-Molybdenum Steel
Still Tubes for Refinery Service
/2/
A 162

Uncoated Wrought Iron Sheets
Withdrawn 1973 /no
materials/
A 178/A
178M
2008
Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-
Manganese Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
/3/
A 179/A
179M
2005
Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel Heat-
Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
/1/
A 183 2009 Carbon Steel Track Bolts and Nuts /4/
A 185/A
185M
2007 Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain, for Concrete /1/
A 186

One-Wear Wrought Steel Wheels
Replaced by A 504/A504M
/no materials/
A 187

Seamless Cold-Drawn Alloy-Steel (4 to 6 Percent
Chromium) Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
Withdrawn 1943 /no
materials/
A 188

Seamless Alloy-Steel (4 to 6 Percent Chromium) Still
tubes for refinery service
Withdrawn 1943 /no
materials/
A 189

Single and Double Refined Wrought Iron Bars
Withdrawn 1972 /no
materials/
A 192/A
192M
2007
Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure
Service
/1/
A 194/A
194M
2009
Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure
or High Temperature Service, or Both
/42/
A 195 1959 High-Strength Structural Rivet Steel
Replaced by A 502 /no
materials/
A 200 1994
Seamless Intermediate Alloy-Steel Still Tubes for
Refinery Service
Replaced by A213/A213M
/9/
A 201 1967
Carbon-Silicon Steel Plates of Intermediate Tensile
Ranges for Fusion-Welded Boilers and Other Pressure
Vessels
Replaced by A515/A515M
/no materials/
A 202/A
202M
2003
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
Manganese-Silicon
Withdrawn 2004 /2/
A 203/A
203M
2007 Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel Withdrawn 1972 /5/
A 204/A
204M
2007 Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum /3/
A 206

Seamless Ferritic Alloy-Steel Pipe for HIgh-Temperature
Service
Replaced by A 335/A335M
/no materials/
A 207

Rolled Wrought Iron Shapes and Bars
Withdrawn 1972 /no
materials/
A 209/A
209M
2007
Seamless Carbon-Molybdenum Alloy-Steel Boiler and
Superheater Tubes
/3/
A 210/A
210M
2007
Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater
Tubes
/2/
A 211

Spiral-Welded Steel or Iron Pipe
Withdrawn 1993 /no
materials/
A 212

High Tensile Strength Carbon-Silicon Steel Plates for
Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels
Withdrawn 1967 /no
materials/
A 214/A
214M
2005
Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-
Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
/1/
A 226/A
226M
1995
Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Boiler
Superheater Tubes for High-Pressure Service
Withdrawn 1997 /1/
A 227/A
227M
2006 Steel Wire, Cold-Drawn for Mechanical Springs

A 228/A
228M
2007 Steel Wire, Music Spring Quality /1/
A 229/A
229M
2005 Steel Wire, Oil-Tempered for Mechanical Springs /2/