American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2006. Published October 2006. Originally approved in 1972. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as A 659/A 659M – 97 (2001). 3 p. This specification covers hot-rolled carbon steel (CS) sheet and strip, in coils and cut lengths, in which the maximum of the specified carbon range is over 0.15 and not over 0.25 % and the maximum of the specified manganese range is not over 0.90 %. This material is ordered to chemical composition.