Designation: A794/A794M −24
Standard Specification for
Commercial Steel (CS), Sheet, Carbon (0.16 % Maximum to
0.25 % Maximum), Cold-Rolled
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This standard is issued under the fixed designation A794/A794M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope*
1.1 This specification covers cold-rolled commercial steel
(CS) sheet in coils and cut lengths, in which the maximum of
the specified carbon range is over 0.15 % and not over 0.25 %,
and the maximum of the specified manganese range is not over
0.90 %. This material is ordered to chemical composition.
1.2 This specification is not applicable to the steels covered
in Specifications A109/A109M and A1008/A1008M.
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
with the standard.
1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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A109/A109M Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon (0.25
Maximum Percent), Cold-Rolled
A568/A568M Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon,
Structural, and High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and
Cold-Rolled, General Requirements for
A749/A749M Specification for Steel, Strip, Carbon and
High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled, General Require-
ments for
A1008/A1008M Specification for Steel, Sheet, Cold-Rolled,
Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, High-
Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, Required
Hardness, Solution Hardened, and Bake Hardenable
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
2.2 Society of Automotive Engineers Standard:
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J 1086 Numbering Metals and Alloys
3. Ordering Information
3.1 It is the purchaser’s responsibility to specify in the
purchase order all ordering information necessary to purchase
the needed material. Examples of such information, include but
are not limited to, the following:
3.1.1 ASTM specification number and year of issue,
3.1.2 Name of material (cold-rolled commercial steel (CS)
sheet),
3.1.3 Grade designation or chemical composition or both,
3.1.4 Copper-bearing steel (if required),
3.1.5 Finish; indicate unexposed with matte (dull) finish, or
exposed with either matte (dull), commercial bright or luster
finish, as required,
3.1.6 Specify oiled or not oiled, as required,
3.1.7 Dimensions (thickness, width, and whether cut lengths
or coils),
NOTE 1—Not all producers are capable of meeting all the limitations of
the thickness tolerance tables in Specification A568/A568M. The pur-
chaser should contact the producer regarding possible limitations prior to
placing an order.
3.1.8 Coil size (must include inside diameter, outside
diameter, and maximum mass),
3.1.9 Quantity,
3.1.10 Application (show part identification and
description),
3.1.11 Cast or heat analysis report (request, if required), and
3.1.12 Special requirements (if any).
3.1.12.1 When the purchaser requires thickness tolerances
for
3
⁄
8
in. [10 mm] minimum edge distance (see Supplementary
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloysand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.19 on Steel Sheet and Strip.
Current edition approved May 1, 2024. Published May 2024. Originally
approved in 1982. Last previous edition approved in 2018 as A794/A794M – 18.
DOI: 10.1520/A0794_A0794M-24.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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