Reaffirmed 2023

1. SCOPE

This standard covers the requirements for the manufacture, supply and testing of plain, indented or crimped, cold-drawn, stress-relieved, low relaxation, steel wires.

2. REFERENCES

The standards listed below contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provision of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

228 Methods of chemical analysis of steels:

(Part 3) : 1987 Determination of phosphorus by alkali metric method (third revision)

(Part 9) : 1989 Determination of sulphur by evolution method (for sulphur 0.01 to 0.25 percent) (third revision)

1387 : 1993 General requirements for the supply of metallurgical materials (second revision)

1608 : 2005 Metallic materials — Tensile testing at ambient temperature (third revision)

5074:1969 Method for axial load fatigue testing of steel