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Reade Advanced Materials offers:
Alloy Nomenclatures (Form & Condition)
A) Specification Form:
AT= Seamless tubing
B= Bar
BC= Bearing Components
BI= Billet
CC= Centrifugally Cast
CG= Columnar Grain
CM= Composite Mold
E= Extrusion
F= Forging
HIP= Hot Isostatically Pressed
IC= Investment Cast
MT= Mechanical Tubing
P= Plate
PM= Permanent Mold
PMET= Powder Metallurgy
PR= Preform
R= Rings
RO= Rod
R/L= Random Length
S= Sheet
SC= Sand Cast
SFH= Spray Formed or Hot Isostatically Pressed
ST= Strip
SXL= Single Crystal
W= Wire
WDT= Welded and Drawn Tubing
WT= Welded Tubing
WW= Weldwire
B) Specification Condition:
AC= As Cast
AE= As Extruded
ANN= Annealed
AO= As Ordered
CAR= Carburized
CD= Cold Drawn
CT= Cold Worked & Tempered
CW= Cold Worked
ELI= Extra Low Interstitual
EO= Equalized & Overtempered
EQ= Equalized
HCF= Hot or Cold Finished
HCFT= Hot or Cold Finished or Tempered
HF= Hot Finished
LCF= Low Cycle Fatigue Version
O= Annealed
SCT= Subzero Cooled & Tempered
SCW= Solutioned & Cold Worked
SEO= Solutioned, Equalized & Overtempered
SOL= Solution Heat Treated
SP= Solutioned & Precipitation Heat Treated
SPA= Solution & Primary Aged
SR= Stress Relieved
SSP= Solution, Stabilization & Precip. Heat Treated
SSR= Solution & Stress Relieved
SST= Solution & Stabilized
STP= Stabilized & Precipitation Heat Treated
SWP= Solutioned, Cold Worked, & Precip. Heat Treated
T= Thermally Treated to Produce Stable Tempers
TEM= Tempered
VAR= Various------------------
Comment: The above form and standard nomenclatures are generally used within North America. We advise that you confirm the required definition from another reference source to ensure that it is accurate.
alloy nomenclatures form condition specification abbreviations designations terminologies classification slang alloy nomenclatures form condition specification abbreviations designations terminologies classification slang
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