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Description / Abstract:
This specification covers carbon steel semifinished rolled or
forged blooms, billets, and slabs for reforging.
Blooms, billets, and slabs are semifinished steel products,
hot-rolled or forged from ingots to approximate cross-sectional
dimensions. Blooms and billets may be square, round, or rectangular
in section; slabs are rectangular. The following size distinctions
are in general use:
Blooms.-Cross-sectional area greater then 36 sq in.
Billets.-Maximum cross -sectional area 36 sq in.;
minimum cross-sectional area, 16 sq in.
Slabs.-Minimum thickness, 1½ in.; width, more than
twice the thickness; and generally a cross-sectional area of not
less than 16 sq in.
Supplementary requirements (Paragraphs S1 to S17) of an optional
nature are provided. They shall apply only when specified by the
purchaser. Details of these supplementary requirements shall be
agreed upon by the manufacturer and the purchaser.