Magnesium standard ASTM designations

Notice however that for several common metal alloys (Mg, Al, Fe, etc.) special designation codes are used. As an example of the standard ASTM designation system, the codes used for the commercial magnesium alloys are shown in 5.12.4.5. 

Table 4.23. Standard ASTM designations of magnesium alloys First letters Second code Third code...

R. S. Busk, Magnesium Product Design, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1987 Annual Took ofASTM Standards, ASTM B80, ASTM B107, ASTM B90, American Society of Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pa., 1992. 

Table 5.60. Magnesium alloys standard ASTM system of alloy (and temper) designation. An example of commercial alloy coding system.

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