Designation: A1060/A1060M − 14

Standard Specification for

Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Steel Welded Wire Reinforcement,
Plain and Deformed, for Concrete1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A1060/A1060M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the
year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last
reapproval. A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope* A90/A90M Test Method for Weight [Mass] of Coating on

1.1 This specification covers zinc-coated steel welded wire Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
reinforcement, plain and deformed, or a combination of de- A700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Meth-
formed and plain wires, for reinforcement of concrete, in sizes ods for Steel Products for Shipment (Withdrawn 2014)3
not less than 0.080 in. [2.03 mm] and over nominal diameter A780 Practice for Repair of Damaged and Uncoated Areas
for plain wire and 0.113 in. [2.87 mm] and over for deformed of Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings
wire. A1064/A1064M Specification for Carbon-Steel Wire and
Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for
1.2 This specification is intended to be applicable to cold- Concrete
worked wire, drawn or rolled, plain or deformed, coated in a B6 Specification for Zinc
continuous process. B487 Test Method for Measurement of Metal and Oxide
1.3 An alternative to a continuous coating process of wire Coating Thickness by Microscopical Examination of
before fabrication is a hot-dip process, where the welded wire Cross Section
reinforcement is immersed in a bath of molten zinc. E376 Practice for Measuring Coating Thickness by
Magnetic-Field or Eddy-Current (Electromagnetic) Test-
NOTE 1—Data on the corrosion resistance of galvanized steels in
concrete are limited. The user is cautioned that the laboratory testing ing Methods
performed on this material has been insufficient and may not accurately 2.2 Military Standard:4
reflect the performance of the material when embedded in concrete as MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
reinforcement. 2.3 Federal Standard:4
1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipments (Civil Agencies)
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each 3. Terminology
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance 3.1.1 continuous coating, n—of metallic coated steel
with the standard. products, the process of uninterrupted passage of long lengths
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the of steel products, usually steel sheet, tube, pipe, or wire,
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the through the various processing steps such as cleaning and
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- coating.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. 4. Ordering Information
4.1 It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser to specify
2. Referenced Documents all requirements that are necessary for material ordered to this
2.1 ASTM Standards:2 specification. Such requirements may include but are not
limited to the following:
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4.1.1 Quantity (weight [mass] or square area),
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
4.1.2 Name of material (galvanized welded wire
A01.05 on Steel Reinforcement. reinforcement),
Current edition approved May 1, 2014. Published May 2014. Originally
approved in 2010. Last previous edition approved in 2011 as A1060/
A1060M – 11ε1. DOI:10.1520/A1060_A1060M-14. 3
The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
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4.1.3 Wire spacing and sizes, 6.1.1.2 When the product is coated after fabrication in a
4.1.4 Conforms to Specification A1064/A1064M. hot-dip process, coating thickness are given in Table 3 for
4.1.5 ASTM designation and year of issue, various zinc coating grades.
4.1.6 Minimum yield strength if Supplement S1 of Specifi-
NOTE 3—At the purchaser’s request the galvanized coating may be
cation A1064/A1064M applies, chromate treated. This is to minimize a reaction between the reinforcing
4.1.7 Length and width of sheets or rolls, steel and fresh portland cement paste. Proprietary chromating solutions of
4.1.8 Required zinc coating weight [mass] (coated before equivalent strength are permitted in place of the generic chemical
fabrication) or zinc coating thickness (coated after fabrication), treatment specified.
and 6.1.2 Magnetic Thickness Measurements—The weight
4.1.9 Packaging (see Section 13). [mass] of the coating may be determined by magnetic thickness
gage measurements in accordance with Practice E376. The
5. General Requirements thickness measurement is used to calculate the weight [mass]
5.1 The wire used in the manufacture of welded wire by multiplying it by the surface area of coated wire and by the
reinforcement shall conform to Specification A1064/A1064M zinc density. Because this form of testing can yield inconsistent
with optional Supplement S1. After galvanizing, the welded and potentially unreliable results on smaller sizes of wire, one
wire shall meet the required mechanical properties of Specifi- or more of the following methods shall be permitted to be used
cation A1064/A1064M except for the bend test requirements as to referee and take precedence over the results obtained by
prescribed in Table 1 of this specification. magnetic thickness measurements.
6.1.2.1 Stripping Method—The weight [mass] shall be de-
5.2 Welded wire reinforcement shall be furnished either in
termined by stripping the coating from the steel wire specimen
flat sheets, or in rolls, as specified by the purchaser.
in accordance with Section 8 and Test Method A90/A90M.
5.3 The zinc used for coating shall be any grade that 6.1.2.2 Weighing Before and After Galvanizing—The
conforms to Specification B6. weight [mass] shall be determined by weighing the sample
before and after galvanizing. The difference between the two
6. Galvanizing measurements divided by the surface area of the sample
6.1 Mass [Weight] Thickness of Coating and Test: provides the weight [mass]. The original weighing shall occur
6.1.1 This specification includes six classes of coating after pickling and drying. The second weighing shall occur
weight [mass] when the welded wire reinforcement is coated after cooling to ambient temperature.
before fabrication and four coating thickness grades when the 6.1.2.3 Microscopy—The weight [mass] shall be determined
welded wire reinforcement is coated after fabrication. The by cross-sectional and optical measurement in accordance with
weight [mass] of zinc coating is based on the measured Test Method B487. A cross-section sample of the steel shall be
diameter of the wire when the stripping method is performed polished and examined with an optical microscope to deter-
and the nominal diameter for all other methods, and shall mine the coating thickness. The coating weight [mass] shall be
conform to the requirements shown in Table 2 or Table 3. determined by multiplying coating thickness by the surface
Individual results not more than 10 % below the minimum area of the coated sample and by the density of zinc.
values specified in Table 2 or Table 3 are allowed if the average 6.1.3 Number of Tests—For determination of the coating
of at least two samples from the same coil are equal to or weight [mass], three random samples shall be tested from each
greater than the minimum, individual results shall be not less lot. For each magnetic thickness measurement sample, five or
than 1.08 oz/ft2 [330 g/m2]. more measurements shall be made along the length and width
6.1.1.1 When the product is coated before fabrication in a of the sample so as to represent the entire surface of the
continuous coating process, coating weights are given in Table sample. A total of at least fifteen measurements shall be
2 for various zinc coating classes. averaged to obtain the coating thickness. For the microscopy
NOTE 2—Zinc coated wire produced as “regular coating” shall have the method, five samples shall be tested per lot. Each sample shall
full surface covered with zinc, but there is no specified minimum weight be measured on four sides and the total of twenty measure-
of coating. ments shall be averaged to obtain the coating thickness. For the
stripping method and the weighing method, three samples per
lot shall be measured.
TABLE 1 Mandrel Diameters for Test for Adherence of Zinc
Coating Inch-Pound Units [SI Units] NOTE 4—A lot shall be as follows: all wire of the same size furnished
Mandrel Diameters of Coating Classes and Grades to the same steel reinforcing specification that has been galvanized within
Class 3 or A, Grade 50, a single production shift.
Regular and
Wire Diameter 4, B, 5, and 60, 65, and
Class 1
C 80
6.2 Handling:
Under 1DA 3D 3D 6.2.1 The identification of all reinforcing steel shall be
0.148 [3.70] maintained throughout the coating and fabrication process to
0.148 [3.70] 2D 4D 4D
to
the point of shipment.
0.500 [12.7]
over 3D 5D 5D 7. Finish and Adherence of Coating
0.500 [12.7]
A
D = nominal wire diameter being tested. 7.1 The zinc coating shall have no bare spots. The coating
shall be free of blisters, flux spots or inclusions, dross, and acid

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TABLE 2 Minimum Weight [Mass] of Zinc Coating, oz/ft2 [g/m2] Coated Before Fabrication
Wire Diameter
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 or A Class B Class 5 Class C
in. [mm]A
0.080 [2.03] 0.25 [76] 0.70 [214] 1.20 [366] 1.40 [427] 2.00 [610] 2.10 [641]
0.099 [2.50] 0.28 [85] 0.70 [214] 1.20 [366] 1.60 [488] 2.00 [610] 2.40 [732]
0.135 [3.40] 0.30 [92] 0.85 [260] 1.20 [366] 1.70 [520] 2.00 [610] 2.55 [778]
0.148 [3.80] 0.35 [107] 0.90 [275] 1.20 [366] 1.80 [550] 2.00 [610] 2.70 [824]
0.162 [4.10] 0.35 [107] 0.90 [275] 1.20 [366] 1.80 [550] 2.00 [610] 2.70 [824]
0.177 [4.50] 0.44 [134] 0.90 [275] 1.20 [366] 1.80 [550] 2.00 [610] 2.70 [824]
0.192 [4.90] 0.50 [153] 1.00 [305] 1.20 [366] 2.00 [610] 2.00 [610] 3.00 [915]
0.207 [5.30] 0.53 [162] 1.00 [305] 1.20 [366] 2.00 [610] 2.00 [610] 3.00 [915]
and larger
A
Coating weights [mass] for diameters other than those shown in Table 2 are the coating weights [mass] for the next smaller diameter.

TABLE 3 Coating Thickness GradeA Coated After Fabrication to be tested. If the average zinc coating weight [mass] of the six
Wire Diameter
Coating
Mils oz/ft 2
µm g/m2 samples conforms to the specified coating thickness, the lot
Grade
Under 50 2.0 1.20 [50] [355]
shall be accepted.
0.125 [3.2]
0.125 [3.2] 60 2.4 1.30 [60] [390] 9. Inspection
to under
0.188 [4.8] 9.1 The inspector representing the purchaser shall have
0.188 [4.8] 65 2.6 1.50 [65] [460]
to under
access at all times, while work on the contract of the purchaser
0.250 [6.4] is being performed, to those areas of the galvanizer’s plant
0.250 [6.4] 80 3.1 1.90 [80] [565] which concern the manufacture of the material ordered. The
and larger
galvanizer shall afford the inspector all reasonable facilities to
A
The values in micrometers (µm) are based on the Coating Grade. The other satisfy him that the coating is being furnished in accordance
values are based on conversions using the following formulas:
mils = µm × 0.03937; oz/ft2 = µm × 0.02316; g/m2 = µm × 7.067. with this specification.
9.2 The material shall be inspected at the galvanizer’s plant
prior to shipment. However, if specified, the purchaser shall
or black spots. To ensure large continuous length coils, welds conduct the test which govern the acceptance or rejection of the
are permitted in the finished wire. A matte gray finish appear- materials in his own laboratory or elsewhere.
ance shall not be itself a cause for rejection. 9.3 For Government Procurement Only—Except as other-
7.2 Adherence of Coating—The coated wire as represented wise specified in the contract, the contractor is responsible for
by the test specimens shall be capable of passing a bend test the performance of all inspection and test requirements speci-
without cracking or flaking the coating to such an extent that fied herein. Except as otherwise specified in the contract, the
any coating is removed when rubbed with the bare fingers. The contractor shall have the option to use his own or any other
bend test specimen shall withstand being bent at room tem- suitable facilities for the performance of the inspection and test
perature through 180° as prescribed in Table 1. requirements specified herein, unless disapproved by the pur-
chaser at the time of purchase. The purchaser shall have the
8. Number of Tests right to perform any of the inspections and tests at the same
8.1 Testing for Coating Weight [Mass] Before Fabrication— frequency as set forth in this specification where such inspec-
For the purpose of final product testing, one specimen from tions are deemed necessary to assure that material conforms to
every ten coils of wire or fraction thereof in a lot shall be prescribed requirements.
selected at random or a total of seven specimens, whichever is
less. 10. Rejection and Rehearing
8.1.1 A wire sample of sufficient length, approximately 4-ft 10.1 Unless otherwise specified, any rejection shall be
[1.2-m] shall be cut from either end of each coil selected for reported to the manufacturer within five days from the time of
tests described in Section 6. selection of test specimens.
8.2 Testing for Coating Thickness After Fabrication—The 10.2 Welded intersections shall withstand normal shipping
purchaser may specify the sampling and test schedule for the and handling without becoming broken, but the presence of
number and frequency of tests for coating thickness. broken welds, regardless of cause, shall not constitute cause for
8.3 If the number and frequency of test are not specified by rejection unless the number of broken welds per sheet exceeds
the purchaser: 1 % of the total number of joints in a sheet, or if the material
8.3.1 One test specimen from every 20 000 ft2 [1900 m2] is furnished in rolls, 1 % of the total number of joints in 150 ft2
of welded wire reinforcement shall be tested for compliance [14 m2] of welded wire reinforcement and, furthermore,
with Section 6. provided not more than one half the permissible maximum
8.4 Retests—If the average zinc coating weight [mass] number of broken welds are located on any one wire.
thickness fails to meet the requirements of Table 2 or Table 3, 10.3 Rehearing—Rejected materials shall be preserved for a
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which time the manufacturer shall be permitted to make claim computer-to-computer of business information in a standard format such
for a rehearing and retesting. as ANSI ASC X12.

10.4 Rust formations on the cut ends of the wire and at 13. Packaging and Marking
welded intersections are inherent characteristics of this mate-
rial and shall not be cause for rejection. 13.1 Unless otherwise specified, packaging, marking, and
loading for shipment shall be in accordance with Practices
11. 11. Repair of Damaged Coating A700.
11.1 Prior to shipment, all coating defects other than those 13.2 When welded wire reinforcement is furnished in flat
described in 10.4 shall be repaired with a zinc-rich formulation sheets, it shall be assembled in bundles containing not more
in accordance with Practice A780. than 150 sheets and securely fastened together.
12. Certification 13.3 When welded wire reinforcement is furnished in rolls;
12.1 If outside inspection is waived, a manufacturer’s cer- each roll shall be secured to prevent unwinding during shipping
tification that the material has been tested in accordance with and handling.
and meets the requirements of this specification shall be the 13.4 Each bundle of flat sheets and each roll shall have
basis of acceptance of the material. The certification shall attached thereto a suitable tag bearing the name of the
include the specification number, year-date of issue and revi- manufacturer, description of the material, ASTM A1060/
sion letter, if any. A1060M, and such other information may be specified by the
12.2 A material test report, certificate of inspection, or purchaser.
similar document printed from or used in electronic form from 13.5 When specified in the contract or order, and for the
an electronic data interchange (EDI) transmission shall be direct procurement by or direct shipment to the U.S.
regarded as having the same validity as a counterpart printed in government, marking for shipment, in addition to requirements
the certifier’s facility. The content of the EDI transmitted specified in the contract or order, shall be in accordance with
document must meet the requirements of the invoked ASTM MIL-STD-129 for U.S. military agencies and in accordance
standard(s) and conform to any existing EDI agreement be- with Fed. Std. No. 123 for U.S. government civil agencies.
tween the purchaser and the manufacturer. Notwithstanding the
absence of signature, the organization submitting the EDI 14. Keywords
transmission is responsible for the content of the report. 14.1 deformations; galvanizing; reinforcing steels; steel
NOTE 5—The industry definition as invoked here is: EDI is the wire; welded wire reinforcement; zinc-coated

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue
(A1060/A1060M – 11ε1) that may impact the use of this standard. (Approved May 1, 2014.)

(1) Removed referenced materials from 2.1, 4.1.4, 4.1.6, and (2) Removed Note 2, below 5.1, and renumbered subsequent
5.1. notes accordingly.

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