Metal Grade Information
This page provides all the information related to the Metal Grade. The information is split into the following sections.
Summary
- Specified in Standard: Displays the standard the metal grade is specified. Clicking this link navigates to Standard page
- Auto Metal Code: Displays the categorization
- Country: Displays the country where the metal is available
- Description: Displays descriptive keywords
- Forms: Displays the available forms
- Suppliers: Displays the suppliers. Clicking this link navigates to the Metal Grade Supplier page
Chemical Compositions
- Element: The chemical element
- Min Per: The minimum percentage
- Max Per: The maximum percentage
- Comparable metals: Clicking on this button will open the search grid pre-filled with parameters taken from the metal record you are viewing. You can either search directly for the metal grades from the pre-filled data or adjust your search parameters before initiating the search.
Mechanical Properties
- Property: The mechanical property and unit. The units can be either metric or imperial. This is a controlled vocabulary field.
- Condition: The condition tested
- Temp: The temperature tested
- Thickness: The thickness tested
- Min Value: The minimum value
- Max Value: The maximum value
- Comparable metals: Clicking on this button will open the search grid pre-filled with parameters taken from the metal record you are viewing. You can either search directly for the metal grades from the pre-filled data or adjust your search parameters before initiating the search.
Physical Properties
Information taken from the Standard
Notes
- Information taken from the Standard about the use and type of metal.
- It may also contain explanations where necessary about other parts of the record.
Heat Treatment
- Information taken from the Standard about the supply condition of the metal and the heat treatment carried out to achieve the requirements contained in the Mechanical Properties field.
- Some metals are not subjected to a heat treatment and in these cases this field may contain information about the method of manufacture (e.g. cold rolled, hot rolled, extruded, as-cast etc.).
- If the original standard does not contain this information, it will not be included.