ASTM A788/A788M-10 - 15.11.2010
 
1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the individual product specification, shall apply to steel forgings under any of the following specifications issued by ASTM:

 
2. Referenced Documents

A1021/A1021M-26

Standard Specification for Martensitic Stainless Steel Forgings and Forging Stock for High-Temperature Service

A966/A966M-15(2025)

Standard Practice for Magnetic Particle Examination of Steel Forgings Using Alternating Current

A1058-19

Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products´Metric

A470/A470M-05(2025)

Standard Specification for Vacuum-Treated Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Turbine Rotors and Shafts

A471/A471M-19(2024)

Standard Specification for Vacuum-Treated Alloy Steel Forgings for Turbine Rotor Disks and Wheels

A504/A504M-18(2023)

Standard Specification for Wrought Carbon Steel Wheels

A508/A508M-23a

Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Vacuum-Treated Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessels (Includes all amendments and changes 11/30/2023).

A521-A521M-06

Standard Specification for Steel, Closed-Impression Die Forgings for General Industrial Use

A541-A541M-05

Standard Specification for Quenched and Tempered Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessel Components

A551/A551M-08(2023)

Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Tires for Railway and Rapid Transit Applications

A579-A579M-20

Standard Specification for Superstrength Alloy Steel Forgings (Withdrawn 2024)

A427-A427M-10

Standard Specification for Wrought Alloy Steel Rolls for Cold and Hot Reduction

A469/A469M-07(2022)

Standard Specification for Vacuum-Treated Steel Forgings for Generator Rotors

E428-08

Standard Practice for Fabrication and Control of Metal, Other than Aluminum, Reference Blocks Used in Ultrasonic Testing

E1290-08

Standard Test Method for Crack-Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) Fracture Toughness Measurement

E1820-25de2

Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fracture Toughness (Includes all amendments and changes 8/17/2026).

E1916-24

Standard Guide for Identification of Mixed Lots of Metals

ANSI/ASME B46.1

Surface Texture (Surface Roughness, Waviness and Lay)

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

SAE AMS 2750

Pyrometry

A982/A982M-10(2025)

Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, Stainless, for Compressor and Turbine Airfoils

A751-25

Standard Test Methods and Practices for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products

A765/A765M-24

Standard Specification for Carbon Steel and Low-Alloy Steel Pressure-Vessel-Component Forgings with Mandatory Toughness Requirements

A768-A768M-05

Standard Specification for Vacuum-Treated 12 % Chromium Alloy Steel Forgings for Turbine Rotors and Shafts

A833-19

Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Metallic Materials by Comparison Hardness Testers

A837/A837M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, Alloy, for Carburizing Applications

A859/A859M-23

Standard Specification for Age-Hardening Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessel Components

A891/A891M-24

Standard Specification for Precipitation Hardening Iron Base Superalloy Forgings for Turbine Rotor Disks and Wheels

A909/A909M-06(2026)

Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, Microalloy, for General Industrial Use

A939-A939M-15

Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Examination from Bored Surfaces of Cylindrical Forgings

A940-A940M-06

Standard Specification for Vacuum Treated Steel Forgings, Alloy, Differentially Heat Treated, for Turbine Rotors

A941-26a

Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys (Includes all amendments and changes 4/15/2026).

A965/A965M-26

Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, Austenitic, for Pressure and High Temperature Parts

A649/A649M-25

Standard Specification for Forged Steel Rolls Used for Corrugating Paper Machinery

A668/A668M-23

Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, Carbon and Alloy, for General Industrial Use

A711/A711M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Steel Forging Stock

A723/A723M-18a(2023)

Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Forgings for High-Strength Pressure Component Application (Includes all amendments and changes 4/17/2023).

A729/A729M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Axles, Heat-Treated, for Mass Transit and Electric Railway Service

A983/A983M-06(2026)

Standard Specification for Continuous Grain Flow Forged Carbon and Alloy Steel Crankshafts for Medium Speed Diesel Engines

A986/A986M-01(2026)

Standard Specification for Magnetic Particle Examination of Continuous Grain Flow Crankshaft Forgings

A991/A991M-25

Standard Test Method for Conducting Temperature Uniformity Surveys of Furnaces Used to Heat Treat Steel Products

A266/A266M-24

Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessel Components

A275/A275M-23

Standard Practice for Magnetic Particle Examination of Steel Forgings

A288-18(2023)

Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Magnetic Retaining Rings for Turbine Generators

A592/A592M-24

Standard Specification for High-Strength Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Steel Forged Parts for Pressure Vessels

A646/A646M-25

Standard Specification for Premium Quality Alloy Steel Blooms and Billets for Forgings

A289-A289M-97

Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Forgings for Nonmagnetic Retaining Rings for Generators

A290/A290M-26

Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Rings for Reduction Gears

A291/A291M-26

Standard Specification for Steel Forgings, Carbon and Alloy, for Pinions, Gears and Shafts for Reduction Gears

A336/A336M-23

Standard Specification for Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure and High-Temperature Parts

A370-26

Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

A372/A372M-20(2025)

Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels

A388/A388M-26

Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Forgings

E23-25

Standard Test Methods for Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials

E112-25

Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size

E165/E165M-23

Standard Practice for Liquid Penetrant Testing for General Industry

E380-93

Standard Practice for Use of the Internation System of Units (SI) (the Modernized Metric System) (Withdrawn 1997)

E399-24

Standard Test Method for Linear-Elastic Plane-Strain Fracture Toughness of Metallic Materials

A1049/A1049M-18(2023)

Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Forgings, Ferritic/Austenitic (Duplex), for Pressure Vessels and Related Components