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ASTMA194
TheASTMA194specificationcoverscarbon,alloyandstainlesssteelnutsintendedforuseinhighpressure
and/orhightemperatureservice.Unlessotherwisespecified,theAmericanNationalStandardHeavyHex
Series(ANSIB18.2.2)shallbeused.Nutsuptoandincluding1inchnominalsizeshallbeUNCSeries
Class2Bfit.Nutsover1inchnominalsizeshallbeeitherUNCSeriesClass2Bfitor8UNSeriesClass2B
fit.HighstrengthASTMA194grade2Hnutsarecommoninthemarketplaceandareoftensubstituted
forASTMA563gradeDHnutsduetothelimitedavailabilityofDHnutsincertaindiametersandfinishes.

A194Grades
2

Carbonsteelheavyhexnuts

2H

Quenched&temperedcarbonsteelheavyhexnuts

2HM

Quenched&temperedcarbonsteelheavyhexnuts,100%hardnesstested

Quenched&temperedcarbonmolybdenumheavyhexnuts

Quenched&temperedalloysteelheavyhexnuts

7M

Quenched&temperedalloysteelheavyhexnuts,100%hardnesstested

7L

Quenched&temperedalloysteelheavyhexnuts,Charpyimpacttested

StainlessAISI304heavyhexnuts

8M

StainlessAISI316heavyhexnuts

A194MechanicalProperties
Grade
Identification Specification
Marking5

Material

Nominal Tempering
Size,In. Temp.F

Proof
Load
Stress,
ksi

Hardness
Rockwell See
Note
Min Max

ASTMA194
Grade2

MediumCarbonSteel

1/44

150

159 352 1,2,3

ASTMA194
Grade2H

MediumCarbonSteel,
Quenchedand
Tempered

1/44

850

175

C24 C38

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ASTMA194
Grade2HM

MediumCarbonSteel,
Quenchedand
Tempered

1/44

1150

150

159 237 1,2,3

ASTMA194
Grade4

MediumCarbonAlloy
Steel,Quenchedand
Tempered

1/44

1100

175

C24 C38

1,2

ASTMA194
Grade7

MediumCarbonAlloy
Steel,Quenchedand
Tempered

1/44

1100

175

C24 C38

1,2

ASTMA194
Grade7M

MediumCarbonAlloy
Steel,Quenchedand
Tempered

1/44

1150

150

159 237 1,2,3

ASTMA194
Grade8

StainlessAISI304

1/44

80

126 300

ASTMA194
Grade8M

StainlessAISI316

1/44

80

126 300

NOTES:
1.ThemarkingsshownforallgradesofA194nutsareforcoldformedandhotforgednuts.Whennuts
aremachinedfrombarstock,thenutmustadditionallybemarkedwiththeletter'B'.ThelettersH
andMindicateheattreatednuts.
2.Propertiesshownarethoseofcoarseand8pitchthreadheavyhexnuts.
3.HardnessnumbersareBrinellHardness.
4.NutsthatarecarbidesolutiontreatedrequireadditionalletterA8Aor8MA.
5.Allnutsshallbearthemanufacturersidentificationmark.Nutsshallbelegiblymarkedononefaceto
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5.Allnutsshallbearthemanufacturersidentificationmark.Nutsshallbelegiblymarkedononefaceto
indicatethegradeandprocessofthemanufacturer.Markingofwrenchflatsorbearingsurfacesisnot
permittedunlessagreeduponbetweenmanufacturerandpurchaser.Nutscoatedwithzinchavean
asterisk(*)markedafterthegradesymbol.Nutscoatedwithcadmiumshallhaveaplussign(+)
markedafterthegradesymbol.
6.Otherlesscommongradesexist,butarenotlistedhere.
InchFastenerStandards.7thed.Cleveland:IndustrialFastenersInstitute,2003.N80N81.

A194ChemicalProperties
Element

2,2H,and2HM

7and7M(AISI4140)

8(AISI304)

8M(AISI316)

Carbon

0.40%min

0.400.50%

0.370.49%

0.08%max

0.08%max

Manganese

1.00%max

0.700.90%

0.651.10%

2.00%max

2.00%max

Phosphorus,max

0.040%

0.035%

0.035%

0.045%

0.045%

Sulfur,max

0.050%

0.040%

0.040%

0.030%

0.030%

Silicon

0.40%max

0.150.35%

0.150.35%

1.00%max

1.00%max

0.751.20%

18.020.0%

16.018.0%

8.011.0%

10.014.0%

Chromium
Nickel
Molybdenum

0.200.30%

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0.150.25%

2.003.00%

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