ASTM A575
Standard Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon, Merchant Quality, M-Grades
Published by ASTM International (ASTM)
The CFR incorporates ASTM A575 by reference, which makes the edition it names part of the regulation. The CFR requires the edition it names, which may not be the newest. To enforce any other edition, the agency must publish the change in the Federal Register.
The edition the CFR requires
ASTM A575-96 (Reapproved 2013), approved April 1, 2013
As the CFR lists it: “ASTM A575-96 (Reapproved 2013), Standard Specification for Steel Bars, Carbon, Merchant Quality, M-Grades, approved April 1, 2013 (“ASTM A575”)”
- Listed in 46 CFR 56.01-2(c)(20); required by46 CFR 56.60-2 ↗
How to read it
- Read it freeASTM Reading Room ↗
Read-only access to the ASTM standards U.S. regulations incorporate by reference, with a free account.
A free or purchased copy may not be the edition the CFR names; check it against the edition above. Every incorporated standard can also be inspected at the National Archives (NARA) and at the agency named in the section that lists it.
ASTM A575 is copyrighted by its publisher; RegKnot shows its title and the editions the CFR names, not its text. Read from the eCFR's incorporation-by-reference sections, current as of October 26, 2026. The regulation text governs. All standards the CFR requires.