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Work Item: ASTM WK39717 - Revision of A262 - 10 Standard Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels


Active Standard: A262 - 10

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1. Rationale

Revise Practice E to move some footnotes to the body of the text to make them mandatory. Improve the specification of copper sulfate to be used.


Keywords

austenitic stainless steel; copper sulfate; corrosion testing; etch structures; ferric sulfate; intergranular corrosion; nitric acid; oxalic acid; Austenitic stainless steel castings; Classification; Copper-copper sulfate-sulfuric acid test; Discontinuities--steel; Ditch structure; End grain pitting; Etch structures; Ferric sulfate-sulfuric acid test; Grain pits; Interdendritic ditches; Intergranular attack (IGA); Metallurgical structure; Microscopic examination--metals/alloys; Nitric acid/hydrofluoric acid test; Oxalic acid etch test; Specimen preparation (for testing)--metals/alloys; Stainless steel (corrosion testing); Step structure; Structural analysis/applications--steel; Susceptibility; Visual examination--steel; Welded steel materials/applications ;

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Work Item Status:
Date Initiated:11-19-2012
Technical Contact: John Grubb

Item: 021
Ballot: A01 (13-02)
Status: Ballot Item Approved as A262-2013 and Pending Publication

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