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Division 1 In this chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

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  1. (a)

    Alloy pig iron

    Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions:

    • more than 0,2 % of chromium,

    • more than 0,3 % of copper,

    • more than 0,3 % of nickel,

    • more than 0,1 % of any of the following elements: aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium.

  2. (b)

    Non-alloy free-cutting steel

    Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions:

    • 0,08 % or more of sulphur,

    • 0,1 % or more of lead,

    • more than 0,05 % of selenium,

    • more than 0,01 % of tellurium,

    • more than 0,05 % of bismuth.

  3. (c)

    Silicon-electrical steel

    Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0,6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0,08 % of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.

  4. (d)

    High-speed steel

    Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0,6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium.

  5. (e)

    Silico-manganese steel

    Alloy steels containing by weight:

    • not more than 0,7 % of carbon,

    • 0,5 % or more but not more than 1,9 % of manganese, and

    • 0,6 % or more but not more than 2,3 % of silicon, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.