ASTM A485-03 - 10.4.2003
 
1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers high hardenability modifications of high-carbon bearing quality steel to be used in the manufacture of antifriction bearings.

1.2 Supplementary requirements of an optional nature are provided and when desired shall be so stated in the order.

1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.

 
2. Referenced Documents

A255-20a

Standard Test Methods for Determining Hardenability of Steel (Includes all amendments and changes 11/16/2020).

E45-25

Standard Test Methods for Determining the Inclusion Content of Steel

E381-22

Standard Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets, Blooms, and Forgings

E1019-24

Standard Test Methods for Determination of Carbon, Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Oxygen in Steel, Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt Alloys by Combustion and Inert Gas Fusion Techniques

E1077-14(2021)

Standard Test Methods for Estimating the Depth of Decarburization of Steel Specimens

SAE J148a

Grain Size Determination of Steel Available from SAE International (SAE), 400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, http://www.sae.org.

ISO 683 Part 17:

Ball and Roller Bearing Steels Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de la Voie-Creuse, CP 56, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iso.org.

A751-25

Standard Test Methods and Practices for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products

A29/A29M-23

Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Bars, Carbon and Alloy, Hot-Wrought