This document specifies the terms and definitions for the evaluation of microband structures in pipeline steel using the standard chart comparison method, sample interception, sample preparation and etching, band structure classification, band structure evaluation and test reports. This document is suitable for the metallographic method to evaluate the microband structure of steel grades L245/B~X100/L690 pipeline steel.
T/CSTM 00401-2021 history
2021T/CSTM 00401-2021 Determination method of banded microstructure of pipeline steel