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Designation: B 557M – 07e1 METRIC Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and Cast Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products [Metric]1 This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 557M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval. This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense. 1 e NOTE—Editorial changes were made throughout in December 2007. 1. Scope* E 8M Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Mate- 1.1 These test methods cover the tension testing of wrought rials [Metric] and cast aluminum- and magnesium-alloy products, excepting E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to aluminum foil2, and are derived from Test Methods E 8M, Determine Conformance with Specifications which cover the tension testing of all metallic materials. E 83 Practice for Verification and Classification of Exten- someter Systems NOTE 1—These metric test methods are the equivalents of those in Test E 345 Test Methods of Tension Testing of Metallic Foil Methods B 557, and are compatible in technical content except for the E 691 Practice for Conducting an Interlaborato