BRITISH STANDARD AEROSPACE SERIES 4T 45:1972

BS 4T
+A2:2015
45:1972
Incorporating
(Superseding
Corrigendum
BS 3T 45) No. 1
Incorporating
Amendment No. 1

Specification for

Carbon manganese
Carbon-manganese
steel tube
tube (700 N/mm2)
(700 MPa)
(Tube 12.5
12.5 mm
mm outside
outside
diameter
diameter and
and greater)
greater)
(Weldable)
(Weldable)

UDC 629.7:669.15’74’784 – 194:669.14 – 462

ICS: 49.035
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Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
This British Standard, having page 1 and a back cover.
been approved by
the Aerospace Industry
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
Standards Committee was amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
published under the the inside front cover.
authority of the Executive
Board of the Institution on
31 March 1972

© The British Standards Amendments issued since publication

Institution 2015
Published by BSI Standards
Limited 2015 Amd. No. Date Comments

3100 December 1979

The following BSI references
relate to the work on this
standard: A2 June 2015 See Foreword
Committee reference ACE/15
Drafts for comment 70/2630, C1 September 2015 See Foreword
DC15/30317053

ISBN 978 0 580 91501 7

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Contents

Page
Forewordii
1 Inspection and testing procedure 1
2 Process of manufacture 1
3 Chemical composition 1
4 Surface dressing 1
5 Condition 1
6 Heat treatment 1
7 Mechanical properties 1

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Foreword

Publishing information
This British Standard is published by BSI Standards Limited, under licence
from The British Standards Institution.

Supersession
BS 4T 45:1972+A2:2015 supersedes BS 4T 45 (incorporating Amendment
No.1:1979), which is withdrawn.

Use of this document

Text introduced or altered by Amendment No. 2 is indicated in the text by
tags . Minor editorial changes are not tagged. Previous amendments
are not indicated.
Text introduced or altered by Corrigendum No. 1 is indicated in the text by
tags . Minor editorial changes are not tagged.

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Text deleted 5 Condition

Text deleted Tubes shall be supplied in the cold drawn and
tempered or the hardened and tempered condition
1 Inspection and testing procedure at the option of the manufacturer unless one of
these is required by the order.
1.1 This British Standard shall be used in
conjunction with Sections 1 and 2 of the latest
edition of BS T 100. 6 Heat treatment
1.2 Sulfur printing or deep etching tests. 6.1 Hardening. Heat at a temperature
Samples shall be selected in accordance with between 870 °C and 910 °C and quench in oil or
Section 1 of the latest edition of BS T 100. water.
1.3 The dimensions shall be in accordance with the 6.2 Tempering. (Applicable to both the cold drawn
requirements of the latest edition of BS T 100. and hardened conditions.) Heat to a temperature
not greater than 675 °C and cool in a suitable
manner.
2 Process of manufacture
2.1 The material shall be air melted by an 7 Mechanical properties
electric process in accordance with Section 1 of the
latest edition of BS T 100, unless otherwise agreed 7.1 The properties obtained from test pieces
between the manufacturer and the purchaser. selected, prepared and tested in accordance with
the relevant requirements of the latest edition of
2.2 Tubes shall be straightened before heat BS T 100 shall conform to the following:
treatment. Any subsequent re-straightening
required of tubes subject to proof bend testing shall (1) Tensile test.
not be carried out until the tubes have been proof The mechanical properties shall be:
bend tested.
0.2% Proof stress Tensile strength (MPa)
(MPa)
3 Chemical composition
min min max
The steel shall contain: 620 700 900
%
Element
min. max.
(2) Flattening test.
Carbon 0.17 0.25 The distance between the inner surfaces of the
test piece in the direction of flattening shall be not
Silicon 0.10 0.35
greater than 5T or 0.75 bore diameter whichever is
Manganese 1.3 1.7 the smaller.
Phosphorus — 0.040
7.2 Hardness test
Sulfur — 0.040
The hardness of test pieces and tubes selected
Chromium — 0.25
and tested in accordance with the relevant
Molybdenum — 0.10 requirements of the latest edition of BS T 100 shall
Nickel — 0.40 conform to the following:
201 ≤ HBW ≤ 262; or
4 Surface dressing 210 ≤ HV ≤ 275.
The material shall be locally dressed in
accordance with Section 1 of the latest edition of
BS T 100.

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