ASTM A 255 - 07 Standard Test Methods for Determining Hardenability of Steel

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2007. Published October 2007. Originally approved in 1942. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A 255 – 02. 26 p. These test methods cover the identification and description of test methods for determining the hardenability of steels. The two test methods include the quantitative end-quench or Jominy Test and a method for calculating the hardenability of steel from the chemical composition based on the original work by M. A. Grossman.