ASTM Int'l Approves Corrosion Resistant Steel Standard - ASTM A 1055
August 28, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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ASTM International approved ASTM A 1055 - Specification for Zinc and Epoxy Dual Coated Steel Reinforcing Bars to help provide customer reassurance that high performance corrosion resistant steel will meet a given set of criteria, according to ASTM International.
"[ASTM] A 1055 allows customers a level of comfort that they can credibly specify a dual coated reinforcing steel bar product and be assured that they are receiving what they have specified," said Andrew Marquardt, product manager, Gerdau Ameristeel and a member of the task group that developed the standard.
According to Marquardt, ASTM A1055 will be most beneficial to state departments of transportation that require high performance corrosion protection of reinforcing steel bars in coastal environments, as well as departments of transportation that use deicing salts on roads, bridges and decks.
Marquardt said that ASTM A 1055 will also meet the needs of design engineers specifying steel product for buildings along a coast, wastewater treatment plants and facilities that use harsh chemicals.
The standard was approved by Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement.
Source: ASTM International.