1.1 This specification covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the individual product specification, shall apply to steel forgings under any of the following specifications issued by ASTM:
| ASTM Designation | Title |
| A266/A266M | Carbon Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessel Components |
| A288 | Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Magnetic Retaining Rings for Turbine Generators |
| A289/A289M | Alloy Steel Forgings for Nonmagnetic Retaining Rings for Generators |
| A290/A290M | Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Rings for Reduction Gears |
| A291/A291M | Steel Forgings, Carbon and Alloy, for Pinions, Gears, and Shafts for Reduction Gears |
| A336/A336M | Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure and High-Temperature Parts |
| A372/A372M | Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Thin-Walled Pressure Vessels |
| A427/A427M | Wrought Alloy Steel Rolls for Cold and Hot Reduction |
| A469/A469M | Vacuum-Treated Steel Forgings for Generator Rotors |
| A470/A470M | Vacuum-Treated Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Turbine Rotors and Shafts |
| A471/A471M | Vacuum-Treated Alloy Steel Forgings for Turbine Rotor Disks and Wheels |
| A504/A504M | Wrought Carbon Steel Wheels |
| A508/A508M | Quenched and Tempered Vacuum-Treated Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure Vessels |
| A521/A521M | Steel, Closed-Impression Die Forgings for General Industrial Use |