Steel, Corrosion Resistant, Bars and Wire 18Cr - 9Ni (303F) Free Machining, High Yield Strength Solution Heat Treated and Cold Worked
AMS5738E
This specification covers a free-machining, corrosion-resistant steel in the form of cold-worked bars and wire up to 1.750 inches (44.45 mm) inclusive, in nominal diameter or least distance between parallel sides (see 8.5).
Rationale:
AMS5738E prohibits unauthorized exceptions (3.6), revises Composition to update applicable analysis standards (3.1), Condition (3.2), Classification of Tests (4.2) to delete Condition as a periodic test, Reports (4.4) and Identification (5.2.1), and is a Five Year Review and update of this specification.