EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN10027-1August2005ICS77.080.20SupersedesCR10260:1998,EN10027-1:1992EnglishversionDesignationsystemsforsteels-Part1:SteelnamesSystèmesdedésignationdesaciers-Partie1:DésignationsymboliqueBezeichnungssystemefürStähle-Teil1:KurznamenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon27June2005.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2005CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN10027-1:2005:ELicensedCopy:sheffieldunsheffieldun,na,ThuSep2106:41:34BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN10027-1:2005(E)2ContentsPageForeword..................................................................................................................................................................41Scope...........................................................................................................................................................52Normativereferences.................................................................................................................................53Termsanddefinitions.................................................................................................................................54Principles.....................................................................................................................................................54.1Auniquesteelname...................................................................................................................................54.2Formulationofsteelnames........................................................................................................................54.3Allocationofsteelnames...........................................................................................................................54.4Consultation................................................................................................................................................65Referencetoproductstandards................................................................................................................66Classificationofsteelnames.....................................................................................................................67Structureofsteelnames............................................................................................................................67.1Principalsymbols.......................................................................................................................................67.2Additionalsymbols.....................................................................................................................................77.3Steelsdesignatedaccordingtotheirapplicationandmechanicalorphysicalproperties...................77.4Steelsdesignatedaccordingtochemicalcomposition.........................................................................20Table1—Structuralsteels.......................................................................................................................................8Table1(continued)...................................................................................................................................................9Table2—Steelsforpressurepurposes.................................................................................................................10Table3—Steelsforlinepipe.................................................................................................................................11Table4—Steelsforengineering............................................................................................................................12Table5—Steelsforreinforcingconcrete................................................................................................................13Table6—Steelsforprestressingconcrete............................................................................................................14Table7—Steelsfororintheformofrails