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Indian Standard
HOT ROLLED CARBON STEEL SHEET AND STRIP SPECIFICATION
( Sixth Revision )

ICS 77.140.50

BIS 2009

BUREAU OF I N D I A N STANDARDS
MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002
August 2009

Price Group 3

Wrought Steel Products Sectional Committee, MTD 4

FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (Sixth Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft
finalized by the Wrought Steel Products Sectional Committee had been approved by the Metallurgical
Engineering Division Council.
This standard was first published in 1958 and subsequently revised in 1962, 1968, 1973, 1988 and
1994. While reviewing this standard, in the light of experience gained during these years, the
Committee decided to revise it to bring in line with the present practices being followed by the Indian
industry and overseas standards of hot rolled carbon steel sheets.
In this revision the following changes have been made:
a) Chemical and mechanical properties have been modified;
b) Clauses 3.2, 3.3, 8, 11 and 16.1 have been modified;
c) New grades HRO and HR5 have been added;
d) Amendments No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been incorporated;
e) A new clause on references has been incorporated;
f) International grades designation system has been adopted, simultaneously old designations
have also been given; and
g) Requirements of dimensions and tolerances have been separated from the standard and
adopted in IS/ISO 16160 : 2005 'Continuously hot-rolled steel sheet productsDimensional
and shape tolerances'.
For ail the tests specified in this standard (chemical/physical/others), the method as specified in
relevant ISO Standard may also be followed as an alternate method.
While revising the standard assistance has been derived from ISO 3573 : 1999 'Hot rolled carbon steel
sheet of commercial and drawing qualities'.
The composition of the Committee responsible for the formulation of this standard has been given in
Annex A.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final
value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in
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accordance with IS 2 : 1960 'Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised) . The number of
significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in
this standard.

AMENDMENT NO. 1 NOVEMBER 2012

TO
IS 1079 : 2009 HOT ROLLED CARBON STEEL SHEET
AND STRIP SPECIFICATION
(Sixth Revision)
(Page 1, clause 1) Substitute the following for the existing clause:
1 SCOPE
This standard covers the requirements for hot rolled low carbon steel sheets and
strips, including micro-alloyed steel intended for forming, drawing and general
engineering purposes.

(MTD 4)

Reprography Unit, BIS, New Delhi, India

IS 1079 : 2009

Indian Standard
HOT ROLLED CARBON STEEL SHEET AND STRIP
SPECIFICATION
( Sixth Revision )
supplied either with mill edges or flattened and
sheared edges.

1 SCOPE

This standard covers the requirements for hot rolled

low carbon steel sheets and strips intended for 4 GRADES
forming, drawing and general engineering purposes.
There shall be 6 grades of hot rolled carbon steel
2 REFERENCES
sheet and strip designated as follows:
The following standards contain provisions, which
a) HR0 Ordinary.
through reference in this text, constitute provisions
b) HR1 Commercial quality intended for
of this standard. At the time of publication, the
general fabrication purposes where sheets or
editions indicated were valid. All standards are
strips are used in the flat or for bending,
subject to revision and parties to agreements based
moderate forming and welding operations.
on this standard are encouraged to investigate the
c)
HR2 Drawing quality Intended for
possibility of applying the most recent editions of
applications where drawing, severe forming
the standards indicated below:
and welding are involved.
IS No.
Title
d) HR3 Deep drawing quality.
e) HR4 Extra deep drawing quality.
228 (In- various parts)
Method for chemical
f) HR5 Micro alloyed.
analysis
of
steel
1599 : 1985
Method for bend test 5 MANUFACTURE
(second
revision)
1608 : 2005
Metallic materials 5.1 Steel shall be manufactured by any process of
Tensile testing at ambient steel making at the discretion of the manufacturer.
temperature (third revision) 5.2 Steel sheets and strips shall be supplied in the
1730 : 1989
Dimensions for steel plates, rimmed, semi-killed or killed condition as agreed to
sheets, strips and flats for between the purchaser and the manufacturer.
general
engineering However, HR4 and HR5 grades shall be supplied in
purposes (second revision) killed condition only.
8910 : 1978
General technical delivery
5.3 Steels which are fully aluminium killed shall be
capable of withstanding a stabilization or ageing test
requirements for steel and
when cold rolled annealed and skin passed.
steel products
10175 (Part 1) : 1993 Mechanical testing of
metalsModified Erichson 6 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
cupping test sheet and strip: 6.1 Ladle Analysis
Part 1 Thickness up to 2 mm
Ladle analysis of the material when carried out either
(first revision)
IS/ISO 16160 : 2005 Continuously hot-rolled by the method specified in the relevant part of IS 228
steel sheet products or any other established instrumental/chemical
Dimensional and shape method, shall be as given in Table 1. In case of
dispute, the procedure given in the relevant part of
tolerances
IS 228 shall be the referee method.
3 SUPPLY OF MATERIAL
6.2 Product Analysis
3.1 General requirements relating to the supply of
hot rolled carbon steel sheets and strips shall Permissible variations in case of product analysis
from the limits specified in Table 1 shall be as given
conform to IS 8910.
in Table 2.
3.2 Hot rolled carbon steel sheets and strips shall be
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Table 1 Chemical Composition
(Clauses 6.1 and 6.2)

NOTES
1 Steels of these grades can be supplied with the addition of micro-alloying elements like Boron, Titanium, Niobium
and Vanadium- The micro-alloying elements shall not exceed 0.008 percent in case of Boron and 0.20 percent in case of
other elements.
2 The Nitrogen content of the steel shall not be more than 0.007 percent. However, for Aluminium killed or
Silicon-Aluminium killed, the Nitrogen content shall not exceed 0.012 percent This has to be ensured by the manufacturer
by occasional check analysis.
3 Grades HR4 and HR5 shall be supplied in fully Aluminium killed condition or Aluminium with stabilizing elements.
4 When the steel is Aluminium killed, the total Aluminium content shall not be less than 0.02 percent. When the steel is
silicon killed, the silicon content shall not be less than 0.10 percent When the steel is Aluminium silicon killed, the silicon
content shall not be less than 0.03 percent and total Aluminium content shall not be less than 0.01 percent.
5 When copper bearing steel is required the copper content shall be between 0.20 and 0.35 percent. In case- of product
analysis, the copper content shall be between 0.1? and 0.38 percent.
6 Restricted chemistry may be mutually agreed to between the purchaser and the supplier.
1) Denotes that dual phase steel may also contain Cr and Mo up to 1.0 percent.

Table 2 Permissible Variations for Product Analysis

(Clause 6.2)

7 TENSILE TEST
7.1 Number of Tensile Tests
One tensile test shall be taken from each cast or part
thereof. However, in case of material supplied after
heat treatment, one tensile test shall be conducted
for each heat treatment batch or a lot of 50 t,
whichever is less.
7.1.1 Where sheet and strip of more than one
thickness are rolled from the same cast, one
additional tensile test shall be done for each
thickness of sheet and strip.

7.2 Tensile Test Pieces

Tensile test pieces shall normally be cut transverse to
the direction of rolling. Longitudinal test pieces
may be cut in the case of strips having width less
than 150 mm.
7.3 When tested in accordance with IS 1608 as
applicable, the tensile strength and percentage
elongation shall be as given in Table 3.
7.3.1 If the percentage elongation of any test piece
is less than that specified in Table 3, and if any part of
the fracture is outside the middle half of the gauge
length as scribed before the test, the test shall be
discarded and a retest shall be Carried out.
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Table 3 Tensile Properties
(Clauses 7.3 and 73.1)

NOTES
1 IMPa = 1N/ram2.
2 Tensile testing is not mandatory for HR1, unless agreed to between the purchaser and the manufacturer.
1) Minimum tensile strength for qualities HRl, HR2, HR3 and HR4 would normally be expected to be 270 MPa. Where
minimum tensile strength is required, the value of 270 MPa may be specified. All tensile strength values are determined to
the nearest 10 MPa.
2) The non-proportional test piece with a fixed original gauge length (50 mm), up to 6 mm thick sheet can be used in
conjunction with a conversion table. In case of dispute, however, only die results obtained on a proportional test piece will
be valid for material 3 mm and over in thickness.
3) Where V is thickness of steel sheet, in mm.
* Properties on mutual agreement between the purchaser and the manufacturer.

8 BEND TEST

of material shall be as given in Table 4. The test

pieces shall be deemed to have passed the test if the
outer convex surface is free from cracks after
complete bending.
Table 4 Internal Diameter of Bend

8.1 Number of Bend Tests

One bend test shall be taken from each cast or part
thereof- However, in the case of material supplied
after heat-treatment, one bend test shall be
conducted for each heat-treated batch or a lot of 50 f,
whichever is less.
8.1.1 When sheet and strip of more than one
thickness are rolled from the same cast, one
additional bend test shall be done for each thickness
of sheet and strip.
8.2 Bend test shall be carried out in accordance
with IS 1599.
8.2.1 Bend test piece shall be cut so that the axis of
the bend is parallel to the direction of rolling, that is,
the longer axis of the test piece shall be at 90 to the
direction of rolling.
8.2.2 The test piece shall be bent cold through 180.
The internal diameter of the bend for different grades

8.2.2.1 It is sometimes, difficult to ensure that the

material is accurately following the radius. In case
of dispute, the test piece may be pushed into a block of
lead by a former of appropriate diameter.
9 CUPPING TEST
9.1 Cupping test as specified in IS 10175 (Part 1)
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may be carried out only for sheets and strips of HR2,
HR3 and HR4 grades having thickness from 0.5 mm
up to 2 mm, if agreed to between the purchaser and
the supplier.
9.2 The cupping test values shall be agreed upon
between the purchaser and the supplier.

12.2 Edges may be mill edges or slit edges as agreed

to between the supplier and purchaser. When mill
edges are specified, the depth of the defects shall be
within 5 mm from the edges of the coils on both
sides.

10 STRAIN AGEING TEST

13.1 Dimensions of steel sheet and strip shall conform

to the dimensions specified in IS 1730.
13.2 Unless otherwise agreed the dimensional
tolerances for hot-rolled steel sheet shall be as given in
IS/ISO 16160.
13.2.1 Unless otherwise agreed the restricted
thickness tolerances shall be as given m IS/ISO
16160.

13 DIMENSIONS AND TOLERANCES

10.1 The test is to be carried out on grades where

steel is supplied with non-ageing properties/
guarantee. This shall be agreed to between the
purchaser and the supplier.,,
10.2 Selection of Sample
The sample shall be selected in such a way that the
axis of bend is parallel to the direction of final rolling.
In case of material too narrow to permit this, the axis
of bend shall be of 90 to the direction of rolling.
10.3 Size of test piece shall be as follows:
Thickness
Size
Below 3 mm
75 mm long and 25 mm wide
3 mm and above
75 mm long and 40 mm wide
For lower width, the maximum obtainable width
shall be taken.
The edges of the test pieces shall be rounded or
smoothened longitudinally to an approximate
semicircle.
10.4 The test piece shall be bent cold through 90
over a radius equal to one and a half times the
thickness, about an axis at right angles to the length
of the test piece. Then the piece shall be heated at
100C for 1 h (or at 325 to 350C for 15 min) and
the sample cooled. The test piece shall be flattened
by hammer and the piece shall not develop crack
near the bend.

14 CALCULATION OF WEIGHT
The mass of the material shall be calculated on the
basis that steel weighs 7.85 g/cm2.
15 DELIVERY
15.1 The material may be supplied in any one (or,
in combination) of the following conditions subject
to mutual agreement between the supplier and the
purchaser:
a) Hot rolled,
b) Annealed,
c) Normalized, and
d) Descaled
15.2 Subject to prior agreement between the
manufacturer and the purchaser, a suitable
protective treatment may be given to the material.
16 MARKING
16.1 Sheets shall be supplied in bundles, and strips
either in bundles or coils. Each bundle shall carry a
metal tag bearing the cast number and the,
manufacturer's name or trade-mark. Alternatively,
me top sheet or strips in each bundle shall be legibly
marked with the cast number, name of the
manufacturer or trade-mark.

11 RETEST
If a test does not give the specified results, two
additional tests shall be carried out at random on the
same lot. Both retests shall conform to the
requirements of this standard, otherwise, the lot shall
be rejected.

16.2 BIS Certification Marking

12 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS

12.1 The finished material in cut length shall be free
from harmful defects which will affect the end use.
When the material is supplied in the form of coils,
the degree or amount of surface defects are expected
to be more than in cut length sheets since the
inspection of coils does not afford the same
opportunity to reject the portion containing defects
as with cut length. However, an excessive number of
defects may be the cause for rejection. The standards
for acceptance in such case can be agreed to between
the purchaser and the supplier.

The material may also be marked with the Standard

Mark.
16.2.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by
the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act,
1986 and the Rules and Regulations made
thereunder. The details of conditions under which
the licence for the use of Standard Mark may be
granted to manufacturers or producers may be
obtained from the Bureau of Indian Standards.
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IS 1079 : 2009
ANNEX A
(Foreword)
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
Wrought Steel Products Sectional Committee, MTD 4
Representative(s)

Organization Tata

DR D. BHATTACHRJEE (Chairman)
SHJU INDRANIL CHAKRABORTY (Alternate I)
DR A. N. BHAOAT (Alternate II)
SHRI R. P. VARSHNEV
SHRI V. RAJASEKHARAN
REPRESENTATIVE
REFRESENIAITVE
SHRI ALOK NAYAR
DR A. K. DAS
SHRI R. K. BALASUBRAMANIAM (Alternate)
DR R. K. P. SINGH
SHRI IAYANTA KUMAR SAHA (Alternate) SHSI
M. K. MAHESHWARI .
SHRI SUBHABRATA SENGUPTA
SHRI V. K. TYACH (Alternate)
SHRI P. S. BANDHOPADHYAY
SHRI T. BASU (Alternate)
SHRI S. K. KHILNANEY
SHRI P. MEENA (Alternate)
SHRI RADHEY SHAM
SHRI R. K. NAYYAR (Alternate)
SHRI A. C R. DAS
SHRI B. D. GHOSH (Alternate)

Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur

All India Induction Furnace Association, New Delhi

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Tiruchirappalli
Central Boilers Board, New Delhi
DGS&D, Bhilai Nagar/Delhi
Escorts Knowledge Management Centre, Faridabad
Essar Steels Ltd, Hazira
Institute of Steel Development and Growth, Kolkata
Jindal South West Ltd, Vasind
M. N. Dastur & Co Ltd, Kolkata/Delhi
IfiHstry of Defence (DGOFB), Kolkata
Ministry of Defence (DGQA), Ichapur
Ministry of Railways <RDSO), Lucknow
Ministry of Steel (Govenunent of India), New Delhi
Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd, Gurgaon

REPRESENTATIVE

SHRI P. K. SEN
SHRI P. SRINIVAS (Alternate)
SHRI S. BHATTACHARYA
SHRI P. K. DATTA (Alternate)
DR M. M. S. SODHI
SHRI P. S. REDDY (Alternate)
SHRI P. C JHA
SHRI B. V, S. PANDIT (Alternate) SHRI
A. KANAN SHRI A. K. SINGH
DKRAMEN DATTA
DR B. K. JHA (Alternate)
SHRI C. MUTHUSWAMY
SHRI S. MUKHOPADHYAYA (Alternate)
REPRESENTATIVE
SHRI B. M. BERIWALA
COL SURINOER SOH (Alternate)
DR M. D. MAHESHWARI SHRI B. R.
GALGALI SHRI N. MTTRA

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (VSP), Vishakhapatnam

SAIL, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai
SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro
SAIL, Central Marketing Organization, Kolkata
SAIL, Durgapor. Steel Plant, Durgapur
SAIL, IISCO Steel Plant, Borapor
SAIL, Research & Development Center for Iron &
Steel, Ranchi SAIL, Rourkela Steel
Plant, Rourkela
Steel Furnace Association of India, New Delhi
Steel Re-rolling Mills Association of India,
Mandi Gobindgarh TCE Consulting Engineers,
Jamshedpur Tata Motors Limited, Pune In personal capacity
(403, Udaigiri, Kaushambi,
Dist Ghaziabad, U.P.) BIS
Directorate General

DR (SMT) SNEH BHATLA, Scientist 'F* and Head (MTD)

[Representing Director General (Ex~offtcio)}

Member Secretary
SHRI DEEPAK IAIN
Scientist 'E' (MTD), BIS

IS 1079 : 2009
Flat Steel Products Subcommittee, MTD 4 : 3
Representative(s)

Organization
TCE Consulting Engineers, Jamshedpur

DR M. D. MAHESHWARI (Convener)

Apex Chambers of Commerce, Ludhiana

SHRI P. D. SHARMA

Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd, Hooghly

SHRI P. S. PAUL

Federation of Engineering Industries of India, New Delhi

SHRI H. L. BHARDWAJ
SHRI H. L. BANSAL (Alternate)

Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Noida

SHRI M. K. JKA
SHRI T. BANDHOPADHYAY (Alternate)

Tspat Industries Limited, Dolvi

SHRI RAMBRKSH SINGH

SHRI RAJENDERA K. VERMA (Alternate)
SHRI A. DASGUPTA
SHRI K. L. BALASUBRAMANIAN (Alternate)

SAIL, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai

SHRI S. S. SISODU
SHRI H. K. ARORA (Alternate)

SAIL, Salem Steel Plant, Salem

Tata Blue Scope Steel Ltd, Pune Tata

SHRI RAJESH MAHESHWARI

Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur

DR N. GOFE
SHRI M. SHOME (Alternate)

The Tin Plate Company of India Ltd, Jamshedpur

SHRI T. K. GHOSH
SHRI A. K. GHOSH (Alternate)
SHRI J. SRMIVAS
SHRI KAPO. KAPOOR (Alternate)

Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel India Pvt Ltd, Nasik

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