AMS6551A: Steel Bars, Forgings and Tubing 1.75Cr - 4.0Ni - 0.5Mo - (0.35 - 0.40C) Premium Aircraft Quality Consumable Electrode Vacuum Remelted - Material Specification

Features

Issuing Committee: AMS E Carbon and Low Alloy Steels Committee

Scope

Content: This specification covers a premium aircraft-quality, low-alloy steel in the form of bars, forgings, mechanical tubing, and forging stock.

Rationale

Content: AMS6551A results from a Five-Year Review and update of this specification that revises composition analytical methods (3.1), adds strain rate control for tensile testing (3.4.3.1), and revises quality (3.4), adds no unauthorized exceptions (3.7) and revises reporting (4.2) and identification (5.2).

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Topics: Hoses and tubes
Materials properties
Heat treatment
Tensile strength
Metal finishing
Steel
Impact tests
Metals
Alloys
Copper

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS6551A

Pages: 7

Citation: SAE International Material Specification, Steel Bars, Forgings and Tubing 1.75Cr - 4.0Ni - 0.5Mo - (0.35 - 0.40C) Premium Aircraft Quality Consumable Electrode Vacuum Remelted, SAE Standard AMS6551A, Revised June 2018, Issued February 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/AMS6551A.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: Jun 3, 2018

Product Code: AMS6551A

Content Type: Material Specification

Status: Revised

Language: English

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