| SAE-1008 Wire Rod Specification | ||||
| Nominal Diameter (mm) | Permissible Deviation (mm) | Nominal Cross Section (mm2) | ||
| Nominal Weight (kg/m) | Permissible out – of Roundness(mm) | |||
| 5.5 | -/+ 0.3 | 0.238 | 0.186 | 0.48 |
| 6.0 | -/+ 0.3 | 0.283 | 0.222 | |
| 6.5 | -/+ 0.3 | 0.332 | 0.260 | |
| 7.0 | -/+ 0.4 | 0.385 | 0.302 | 0.64 |
| (*)8.0 | -/+ 0.4 | 0.503 | 0.395 | |
| (**)10.0 | -/+ 0.4 | 0.785 | 0.617 | |
| (**)12.0 | -/+ 0.4 | 1.131 | 0.888 | |
| (**)14.0 | -/+ 0.4 | 1.539 | 1.208 | |
| (**)16.0 | -/+ 0.5 | 2.011 | 1.578 | 0.80 |
| SAE-1008 Wire Rod Chemical Composition | ||||||||
| Grade | C% (max) | Mn% | Si% (max) | S% (max) | P% (max) | Cr% (max) | Ni% (max) | Cu% (max) |
| SAE 1008 | 0.09 | 0.30-0.50 | 0.10 | 0.030 | 0.020 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.25 |
Scope of application
Steel wire is widely used in the manufacture of many wire products.
