1. SCOPE

This standard covers the requirements for high carbon steel wire rods for the manufacture of wires for various purposes.

2. REFERENCES

The standards listed below contain provisions, which through reference in this text constitute provisions 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 (All parts) Methods for chemical analysis of steels

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

1956 (All Parts) Glossary of terms relating to iron and steel

4163 : 2004 Steel — Determination of content of non-metallic Inclusions — Micrographic method using standard diagrams (third revision)

6396 : 2000 Methods of measuring decarburized depth of steel (second revision)

8910 : 2010 General technical delivery requirements for steel products (first revision)

IS/ISO 16124 : 2004 Steel wire rod — Dimensions and tolerances