Description

This Standard specifies requirements for hot-rolled steel plate, floorplate, sheet and strip, rolled on a continuous mill, in thicknesses up to 13 mm and widths up to 2000 mm. It includes slit material, provided that the parent material has an as-rolled width of not less than 600 mm.

Scope

The Standard specifies the following grade requirements:

• (a) For analysis grades: chemical composition only.
• (b) For formability grades, extra formability grades, and structural grades including weather-resistant grades: both chemical composition and mechanical properties.
• (c) For floorplate: both chemical composition and mechanical properties.

The Standard permits the addition of boron and micro-alloying elements for the achievement of special properties.

NOTES:

1. This Standard does not cover the following-
   • (a) steel plate for boilers and pressure vessels (see AS 1548); and
   • (b) hot-rolled structural steel plates, floorplates and slabs (see AS 3678).
2. Advice and recommendations on information to be supplied by the purchaser at the time of enquiry or order are contained in: the purchasing guidelines set out in Appendix A.
3. Alternative means for demonstrating compliance with this Standard are given in Appendix B