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Steel Technical Data
Cold Finish Carbon Bars

Minus Tolerances In Inches
(No Plus Tolerances Apply)
Specified Size
in.
Maximum of
Carbon Range
0.28% or less
Maximum of
Carbon Range
Over 0.28%
to 0.55%
Stress or
Strain
Relieved
After Cold
Finishing
(Max of
Carbon Range
to .55%)
Maximum
of Carbon
Range Over
.55% 
OR
Quenched
and Tempered
Before Cold
Finishing
Rounds - Cold Drawn OR Turned and Polished
Up to 1.500
1.501-2.500
2.501-4.000
4.001-6.000
6.001-8.000
8.001-9.000
Over 9.000
0.002
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.008
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.008
0.009
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.008
0.009
0.010
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.008
0.009
0.010
0.011
Rounds - Turned, Ground and Polished and Cold Drawn, Ground and Polished
Up to 1.500
1.501-2.499
2.500-3.000
3.001-4.000
0.001
0.0015
0.002
0.003
0.001
0.0015
0.002
0.003
0.001
0.0015
0.002
0.003
0.001
0.0015
0.002
0.003
Hexagons - Cold Drawn
Up to .750
.751-1.500
1.501-2.500
2.501-3.125
0.002
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.006
0.007
0.008
0.009
Squares - Cold Drawn
Up to .750
.751-1.500
1.501-2.500
2.501-4.000
4.001-5.000
0.002
0.003
0.004
0.006
0.010
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.008
...
0.005
0.006
0.007
0.009
...
0.007
0.008
0.009
0.011
...
Flats - Cold Drawn or Cold Rolled
(Tolerances apply to thickness as well as width)
Up to .750
.751-1.500
1.501-3.000
3.001-4.000
4.001-6.000
Over 6.000
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.008
0.013
0.004
0.005
0.006
0.008
0.010
0.015
0.006
0.008
0.010
0.011
0.012
...
0.008
0.010
0.012
0.016
0.020
...

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