{"id":69724,"date":"2026-05-17T17:27:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/encyclopedia-of-metal\/astm-a6-a6-m\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:30:44","slug":"astm-a6-a6-m","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/encyclopedia-of-metal\/astm-a6-a6-m\/","title":{"rendered":"ASTM A6 \/ A6 M"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Technical Regulation for Standard Application<\/h2>\n<p>This specification establishes unified requirements for the production, quality control, and supply of a wide range of metal products. The rules apply to hot-rolled structural shapes, plates, bars, and sheet piling. EV Group China products comply with the established ASTM standards for the following specifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 36 \/ A 36M \u2014 Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel;<\/li>\n<li>A 131 \/ A 131M \u2014 Standard Specification for Structural Steel for Ships;<\/li>\n<li>A 242 \/ A 242M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel;<\/li>\n<li>A 283 \/ A 283M \u2014 Standard Specification for Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates;<\/li>\n<li>A 328 \/ A 328M \u2014 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet Piling;<\/li>\n<li>A 529 \/ A 529M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Carbon-Manganese Steel of Structural Quality;<\/li>\n<li>A 572 \/ A 572M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium Structural Steel;<\/li>\n<li>A 573 \/ A 573M \u2014 Standard Specification for Structural Carbon Steel Plates of Improved Toughness;<\/li>\n<li>A 588 \/ A 588M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel, up to 50 ksi [345 MPa] Minimum Yield Point;<\/li>\n<li>A 633 \/ A 633M \u2014 Standard Specification for Normalized High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates;<\/li>\n<li>A 656 \/ A 656M \u2014 Standard Specification for Hot-Rolled Structural Steel, High-Strength Low-Alloy Plate with Improved Formability;<\/li>\n<li>A 678 \/ A 678M \u2014 Standard Specification for Quenched-and-Tempered Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates;<\/li>\n<li>A 690 \/ A 690M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Yield-Strength, Quenched and Tempered, Formable Structural Steel Plate for Marine Applications;<\/li>\n<li>A 709 \/ A 709M \u2014 Standard Specification for Structural Steel for Bridges;<\/li>\n<li>A 710 \/ A 710M \u2014 Standard Specification for Precipitation-Strengthened Low-Carbon Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Structural Steel Plates;<\/li>\n<li>A 769 \/ A 769M \u2014 Standard Specification for Carbon and High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Shapes;<\/li>\n<li>A 786 \/ A 786M \u2014 Standard Specification for Hot-Rolled Carbon, Low-Alloy, High-Strength Low-Alloy, and Alloy Steel Floor Plates;<\/li>\n<li>A 808 \/ A 808M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Carbon, Manganese, Columbium, Vanadium Steel of Structural Quality with Improved Notch Toughness;<\/li>\n<li>A 827 \/ A 827M \u2014 Standard Specification for Plates, Carbon Steel, for Forging and Similar Applications;<\/li>\n<li>A 829 \/ A 829M \u2014 Standard Specification for Alloy Structural Steel Plates;<\/li>\n<li>A 830 \/ A 830M \u2014 Standard Specification for Plates, Carbon Steel, Structural Quality, Furnished to Chemical Composition Requirements;<\/li>\n<li>A 852 \/ A 852M \u2014 Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with 70 ksi [485 MPa] Minimum Yield Strength;<\/li>\n<li>A 857 \/ A 857M \u2014 Standard Specification for Steel Sheet Piling, Cold Formed, Light Gage;<\/li>\n<li>A 871 \/ A 871M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance;<\/li>\n<li>A 913 \/ A 913M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel Shapes of Structural Quality, Produced by Quenching and Self-Tempering Process (QST);<\/li>\n<li>A 945 \/ A 945M \u2014 Standard Specification for High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plate with Low Carbon and Restricted Sulfur for Improved Weldability, Formability, and Toughness;<\/li>\n<li>A 950 \/ A 950M \u2014 Standard Specification for Fusion-Bonded Epoxy-Coated Structural Steel H-Piles and Sheet Piling;<\/li>\n<li>A 992 \/ A 992M \u2014 Standard Specification for Structural Steel Shapes;<\/li>\n<li>A 1026 \/ A 1026M \u2014 Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Structural Shapes;<\/li>\n<li>A 1043 \/ A 1043M \u2014 Standard Specification for Structural Steel with Improved Yield-to-Tensile Ratio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EV Group China ensures compliance with mass and dimensional tolerances according to Annex A1 of the standard for all deliveries marked with an &#8220;M&#8221; index. In calculations, mass remains the priority parameter in the SI system.<\/p>\n<p>The technical documentation also contains reference data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annex A2 \u2014 Table of Dimensions for Structural Shapes;<\/li>\n<li>Annex X1 \u2014 Guidelines for Ordering and Usage of Coiled Products;<\/li>\n<li>Annex X2 \u2014 Variability of Tensile Properties;<\/li>\n<li>Annex X3 \u2014 Guidelines for Weldability of Metals;<\/li>\n<li>Annex X4 \u2014 Tolerances and Cold Bending Radii for Plates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Expert Notes and Compliance<\/h2>\n<p>The standard is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01. For supplies meeting ASME requirements (boilers and pressure vessels), specification SA-6 \/ SA-6M must be used. In case of conflicting requirements, the specific product specification takes priority. Values are rounded according to Practice E 29. EV Group China supplies products in the imperial system unless the &#8220;M&#8221; designation for the SI system is specified in the order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"wiki_category":[112],"class_list":["post-69724","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","hentry","wiki_category-astm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/69724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wiki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/69724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wiki_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki_category?post=69724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}