scope:

This Standard specifies stainless steel wires that are produced using stainless steel wire rods and heat resisting steel wire rods containing 10.5 % or more of chromium. It does not apply to stainless steel wires for springs or stainless steel wires for cold heading and cold forging.

NOTE: The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows.

ISO 16143-3: 2005 Stainless steels for general purposes-Part 3: Wire (MOD)

The symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/ lEC Guide 21-1.