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STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
FOR
RIVET STEEL FOR SHIPS.

Serial Designation: A 13-21.

These specifications are issued under the fixed designation A 13; the final
number indicates the year of original adoption as standard, or in the case of
revision, the year of last revision.

Adopted, 1901; Revised, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1921.

A . Requirements for Rolled Bars.

I. MANUFACraRE.
1. The steel shall be made by the open-hearth process. Process.

II. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND TESTS.

2. The steel shall conform to the following requirements Chemical
Composition
as to chemical composition:

Phosphorous /^"^ "° ^ ^^^"^ 0-0^ P^'" '=«° *

\ Basic " •• 0.04
Sulfur " •• 0.045

3. An analysis of each melt of steel shall be made by the Ladle

manufacturer to determine the percentages of carbon, man- ^° *^y"«»-
ganese, phosphorus and sulfur. This analysis shall be made
from a test ingot taken during the pouring of the melt. The
chemical composition thus determined shall be reported to the
purchaser or his representative, and shall conform to the
requirements specified in Section 2.
4. Analyses may be made by the purchaser from finished Check
bars representing each melt. The phosphorus and sulfur con- ""y"*"-
tent thus determined shall not exceed that specified in Section 2
by more than 25 per cent.

III. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND TESTS.

5 (a) The bars shall conform to the following requirements Tansion Teats,

as to tensile properties:
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Tensile strength, lb. per sq. in 55 000 - 65 000

Yield point, min., " " 0.5 tens. str.
Elongation in 8 in., min., per cent 1 500 000
(See Section 6.) Tens. str.

(b) The 5deld point shall be determined by the drop of the

beam machine.
of the testing
Modifications in 6. For bars over f in. in diameter, a deduction from the
Elongation.
percentage of elongation specified in Section 5 (a) of 0.25 per
cent shall be made for each increase of in. of the ^ specified
diameter above f in.
Bend Tests. 7. The test specimen shall bend cold through 180 deg.
flat on itself without cracking on the outside of the bent
portion.
Test bpccimens. 8. (a) Test specimens shall be of the full-diameters of bars
as rolled.
Tension and bend test specimens for rivet bars which
(b)

have been cold drawn shall be normalized before testing.

Number of Tests. 9. (a) Two tension and two bend tests shall be made from

each melt, each of which shall conform to the requirements

specified; except that if bars from one melt differ f in. or
more in diameter, one tension and one bend test shall be made
from both the greatest and the least diameters rolled.
(b) If any test specimen develops flaws, it may be discarded

and another specimen substituted.

(c) If the percentage of elongation of any tension test

specimen is less than that specified in Section 5 (a) and any part
of the fracture is outside the middle third of the gage length,
as indicated by scribe scratches marked on the specimen before
testing, a retest shall be allowed.

IV. PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS IN DIAMETER.

Permissible
Variations. 10. The diameter imder in diameter shall not
of bars 1 in. or

vary more than 0.01 in. from that specified; the diameter of bars
over 1 in. to and including 2 in. in diameter shall not vary more
than ^in. under nor more than yj in. over that specified.

V. FINISH.
Finish. 11. The finished bars shall be free from injurious defects
and shall have a workmanlike finish.

MARKING. VI.

Marking. 12. Rivet bars shall, when loaded for shipment, be prop-
erly separated and marked with the name or brand of the manu-
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facturerand the melt number for identification. The melt

number shall be legibly marked on each test specunen.
VII. INSPECTION AND REJECTION.
13. The inspector representing the purchaser shall have free inspection
entry, at all times while work on the contract of the purchaser
is being performed, to all parts of the manufacturer's works
which concern the manufacture of the bars ordered. The manu-
facturer shall afford the inspector, free of cost, all reasonable
facilities to satisfy him that the bars are being furnished in
accordance .with these specifications. All tests (except check
analyses) and inspection shall be made at the place of manu-
facture prior to shipment, unless otherwise specified, and shall
be so conducted as not to interfere unnecessarily with the
operation of the works.
14. (a) Unless otherwise specified, any
based rejection Rejection,

on tests made in accordance with Section 4 shall be reported

within five working days from the receipt of samples.
Bars which show injurious defects subsequent to their
(b)

acceptance at the manufacturer's works will be rejected, and the

manufacturer shall be notified.
15. Samples tested in accordance with Section 4, which Rehearing,
represent rejected bars, shall be preserved for two weeks from the
date of the test report. In case of dissatisfaction with the
results of the tests, the manufacturer may make claim for a
rehearing within that time.

B. Requirements for Rivets.

VIII. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND TESTS.
16. A
copy of the results of tension tests of the rolled bars Test Certificate

from which the rivets were made shall be furnished for each lot
of rivets.
17. If the test certificate required in Section 16 cannot be Tension Tests
furnished, the rivets shall conform to the requirements as to
tensile properties specified in Sections 5 and 6, except that the
elongation shall be measured on a gage length as great as the
length of the rivets tested will permit.
18. The rivet shank shall bend cold through 180 deg. flat Bend Tests
on itself, as shown in Fig. 1, without cracking on the outside of
the bent portion.
19. The rivet head diameter
shall flatten, while hot, to a Flattening Tests.

2^ times the diameter of the shank, as shown in Fig. 2, without

cracking at the edges.
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Number of Tests. 20. (a) When required accordance with Section 17,
in
one tension test shall be made from each size in each lot of rivets
offered for inspection.
Three bend and three flattening tests shall be made
(b)

from each size in each lot of rivets offered for inspection, each of
which shall conform to the requirements specified.

IX. WORKMANSHIP AND FINISH.

Workmanship. 21. The be true to form, concentric, and shall be

rivets shall
made in a workmanlike manner.
Finish 22. The finished rivets shall be free from injurious defects.

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X. INSPECTION AND REJECTION.

Inspection. 23. The inspector representing the purchaser shall have free
entry, at all times while work on the contract of the purchaser
is being performed, to all parts of the manufacturer's works which
concern the manufacture of the rivets ordered. The manu-
facturer shall afford the inspector, free of cost, all reasonable
facilities to satisfy him that the rivets are being furnished in
accordance with these specifications. All tests and inspection
shall be made at the place of manufacture prior to shipment,
unless otherwise specified, and shall be so conducted as not to
interfere unnecessarily with the operation of the works.
Rejection. which show injurious defects subsequent to their
24. Rivets
acceptance at the manufacturer's works will be rejected, and
the manufacturer shall be notified.