Estuarine Avanicn Pemute Grant Size of Stet (89-507) 395 Comparison Meth - a ae n ci & deste to grade exceptionally fxg ana) T measurement of gain size i ia = ‘d out by comparing the Tentative Methods for ESTIMATING THE AVERAGE FERRI GRAIN SIZE OF LOW-CARBON STEELS! @ ASTM Designation: B89-S0T Issue, 19502 RELATIONSHs acruat ira DARE 0 664g ra n steels of less direction of working is generally than 0.20 per cent carbon content, al- able, However, on fat-rolled material or ‘though the methods axe ‘which grain elongation i all grades. They include '0 be encountered, both # trans three methods and one paral Comparison Method of working should be exa Preparation of Specimens tion be reported as an ASTAE Actual rn size relationships mene obtained from Table I, cee ees ie a , obtained from the fll ring em ree eee : : 0 6.6ti0g 2 iy produces good gra there Afi the magnification at which the. Preparation of Photomicrographs =) tng/i where: = 12000,000, m= mumber of grains per square inch m at magnification, M, at which where: grain count was made, m= number of grains per square milli- n = number of grains per square inch metei at 100X, and = average rain diameter in millime- ASTM Grain Size Number tage grain area may be obtained from the ters, and. @ = average grain area in square mi. rons. Week sai onGn ale 13200 ea! “zeae Grains per Square Inch at Magnification of 10% Number to Grains per Squaee ‘TABLE TL JRerRIESY a Hn Vadious ik ‘Ga $0. ie Mapsiestoa, be the number of grains per 2: millimeter. 2 (©) Average grain diameter and aver- 3) 1ter or sd area ASTM Groin Size Number (9 Average grain diameter and aver- age grain area may be obtained from the Tonlowing & where: a = number of grains per square meter, = average grain diameter in rail ters, and @ = average grain area in square mi- rons.Tee OnE are Groins OLAS Pia, Estniarine AveRscr Fenrir Grats Size ov SEH (E89-50'T) 307 ‘Hoeyn's Intercept Method 7. (@) This method is recommended Particularly where the grains are not equi-axed. The method consists of count sground-glass screen or a pho- tomicrograph, the number of grains intercepted by inscribed lines of known Jength. If grain elongation exists, both longitudinal and transverse planes sh ined. At least $0 grains shall be (@) The number of grains per square +h at 100% magnification shall be cal- culated and the grain size reported as an ASTM number, according to the following equations: +-09(i5) (22) log y= EE +1 (GooFig.1) where: m = grains per square inch at 100X, M = mag 2, Zs, Lo = length of lines 1 and 2 in inches, and W = ASTM grain size number, Grain size obtained by this method yy also be reported as the number of intercepts per unit length, average grain diameter, or grains per unit area together the ratio of length to breadth of the eSah a9 pe