A completely revised and updated version of the BSSA Guide to Stainless Steel Specifications
has been published. The first edition was published in 2003 and since then there have been
a number of significant changes to the most frequently used stainless steel standards for flat
and long products and new standards for tubular products. This latest edition is updated with
these changes and also includes some additional standards for the first time.
The major changes in the new edition are:
Latest versions of::
EN 10028-7 - Stainless steel flat products for pressure vessels
EN 10088-2 - Stainless steel flat products for general purposes
EN 10088-3 - Stainless steel long products for pressure vessels
EN 10088-4 - Stainless steel flat products for construction purposes
EN 10088-5 - Stainless steel long products for construction purposes
EN 10272 - Stainless steel long products for pressure purposes
EN 10302 - Creep resisting steels
EN ISO 3506 - Stainless steel fasteners
BS 6744 - Stainless steel rebar
Standards published since the first edition or not included in first edition
EN 10213-4 - Stainless steel castings for pressure purposes
EN 10216-5 - Stainless steel seamless tubes for pressure purposes
EN 10217-7 - Stainless steel welded tubes for pressure purposes
EN 10253-3 - Stainless steel butt weld pipe fittings
EN 10253-4 - Stainless steel butt weld pipe fittings
EN 10264-4 - Stainless steel for wire ropes
EN 10295 - Heat resistant steel castings
EN 10296-2 - Stainless steel welded tubes for general purposes
EN 10297-2 - Stainless steel seamless tubes for general purposes
Standards included which have not been changed since the first edition are:
EN 1600 - Stainless steel MMA electrodes
EN 10090 - Valve steels
EN 10095 - Heat resisting steels
EN 10151 - Stainless steel strip for springs
EN 10222-5 - Stainless steel forgings for pressure purposes
EN 10250-4 - Stainless steel forgings for general purposes
EN 10263-5 - Stainless steel wire for cold heading and extrusion
EN 10269 - Fasteners for elevated and low temperature service
EN 10270-3 - Stainless steel wire for springs
EN 10283 - Corrosion resistant steel castings
EN 12072 - Stainless steel welding consumables
EN 12073 - Stainless steel flux cored electrodes
BS 3100 - Stainless steel castings
BS 3146 - Stainless steel investment castings
In addition, there is a more comprehensive look-up table between EN numbers and UNS numbers.
