American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2003. Published November 2003. 11 р. This specification covers rolled or cold-finished bar, rod, and wire in alloys and tempers as shown in Table 2.
NOTE 1—Throughout this specification use of the term alloy in the general sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.
NOTE 2—The term cold finished is used to indicate the type of surface finish, sharpness of angles, and dimensional tolerances produced by drawing through a die.
NOTE 3—See Specification B 221 for aluminum and aluminum-alloy extruded bars, rods, wire, shapes, and tubes; and Specification B 316/B 316M for aluminum and aluminum-alloy rivet and cold-heading wire and rods.