This specification covers three types of a free-machining, corrosion-resistant steel in the form of bars, wire, forgings, and forging stock. AMS5640W is the result of a Five-Year Review and update of the specification. The revision prohibits unauthorized exceptions (3.6, 4.4.4, 5.2.1.1, 8.6), updates in the composition test methods and reporting (3.1, 3.1.1), removes strain rate control during testing (3.3.1.2), removes condition as a periodic test (4.2.2), provides guidance on the use of AS1182 (8.4), and allows prior revisions (8.5).
Steel, Corrosion-Resistant, Bars, Wire, and Forgings 18Cr - 9.0Ni Free Machining
06.02.2023
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