American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved May 1, 2007. Published June 2007. Originally approved in 1970. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 604 – 93 (2003). 15 p. This practice covers testing and inspection and is applicable to bars, billets, and blooms of carbon, alloy, and stainless steel which have been consumable electrode remelted.