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ASTM Updates Metals & Alloys UNS Text

August 08
00:00 2008

ASTM Updates Metals & Alloys UNS Text

John Wolz

ASTM International published a new edition of its Metals & Alloys in the Unified Numbering System in print and online. The compilation includes 5,000+ UNS numbers, 11,800 trade names and alloy designations, and 13,300 specification cross-references.

Jointly developed by ASTM and SAE International, the UNS correlates internationally used metal and alloy numbering systems currently administered by societies, trade associations and individual users and producers of metals and alloys.

Specifications include AA, ASME, ASTM, AWS, CDA, ISO, NACE and SAE.

New features in the 11th edition include 4,500 new trade names and seven new fields of chemical element search capabilities.

The 600-page book costs $195 and the online edition is $390. Tel: 610 832-9585 E-mail: service@astm.org Web: astm.org �2008 FastenerNews.com

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