ASTM A 506 - 05 Standard Specification for Alloy and Structural Alloy Steel, Sheet and Strip, Hot-Rolled and Cold-Rolled

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2005. Published December 2005. Originally approved in 1964. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as A 506 – 04. 4 p. This specification covers hot-rolled and cold-rolled
alloy and structural alloy-steel sheet and strip. Alloy steel is furnished to chemical composition requirements and is intended primarily for general or miscellaneous use where bending and moderate forming is a requirement. Structuralalloy steel is furnished to chemical composition requirements and to specific mechanical property requirements which may include tension tests, hardness tests, or other commonly accepted mechanical tests.