ASTM A 380/A 380M - 13. Standard Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Feb.15, 2013. Published April 2013. Originally approved in 1954. Last previous edition approved in 2006 as A 380 – 06. 13 p. This practice covers recommendations and precautions for cleaning, descaling, and passivating of new stainless stee parts, assemblies, equipment, and installed systems. These recommendations are presented as procedures for guidance when it is recognized that for a particular service it is desired to remove surface contaminants that may impair the normal corrosion resistance, or result in the later contamination of the particular stainless steel grade, or cause product contamination.