Product Description
This volume covers standard designations from worldwide standards for cast irons and steels,
wrought carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels, high strength steels, and tool steels.

Entries are provided for more than 30,000 alloy designations. Well over 5000 entries have been
updated, and more than 3000 are brand new additions. In particular, the Fifth Edition features
expanded coverage for specifications and designations from Japan, China, India, and South Korea.

Listings include specification or standard number and title, steel designation or grade, chemical
composition, product form and condition, tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, and hardness
values. The volume includes a comprehensive alloy index and index of standards (by designation).

The updated Fifth Edition incorporates the many changes in the specifications and designations of
irons and steels that have occurred over the past several years. It also covers more countries,
more alloys, and more standards than previous editions, while keeping obsolete designations for
those persons trying to duplicate equipment from old documents.

Carbon Steel
          Low-Carbon Steel
          High-Strength Low-Alloy (HSLA) Steel
          Medium-Carbon Steel
          High-Carbon Steel

Low-Alloy Steel
          Chromium Low-Alloy Steel
          Chromium Molybdenum Low-Alloy Steel
          Chromium Vanadium Low-Alloy Steel
          Manganese Low-Alloy Steel
          Molybdenum/Molybdenum Sulfide Low-Alloy Steel
          Nickel Chromium Low-Alloy Steel
          Nickel Chromium Molybdenum Low-Alloy Steel
          Nickel Molybdenum Low-Alloy Steel
          Silicon Low-Alloy Steel

High-Alloy Steel (Corrosion and Heat Resistant, Stainless, and Tool Steel)
          Austenitic Stainless Steel
          Duplex Stainless Steel
          Ferritic Stainless Steel
          Martensitic Stainless Steel
          Precipitation-Hardening Stainless Steel
          Tool Steel