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3312Stainless Steel

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3312.1SCOPE

Provide stainless steel plates, sheet, and strip.

3312.2REQUIREMENTS

Provide stainless steel plates, sheet, and strip meeting the requirements of ASTM A240, Standard Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications, for Type 302 or Type 304. For the finish, use a No. 4 polish, except on sheet and strip used in bearing and modular expansion joint assemblies, use a No. 8 polish. Provide stainless steel bars meeting the requirements of ASTM A276, Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes, for Type 302 or Type 304, Condition A (annealed). Provide pin stock in accordance with the requirements for Type IV in 3314, “Cold-Finished Bar Steel.” For free machining applications such as bolt stock, provide stainless steel meeting the requirements of ASTM A582, Standard Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars, Type 303, Condition A, cold finished, unless otherwise required by the Contract. Provide bolt stock in accordance with 3391.2E, “Stainless Steel Bolts.” De-scale and clean stainless steel surfaces in accordance with ASTM A380, Standard Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems . If welding, use stainless steel with a carbon content no greater than 0.03 percent.

3312.3SAMPLING AND TESTING — BLANK

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Source: Minnesota Standard Specifications for Construction, 2025 Edition. Pages 911–0 of 1,081. View official source ↗

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