新的钢板产品手册包括对本版的一些主要修订。它提供了31种钢板产品的说明，以及涂层和未涂层钢的规格，以及有关这些材料的生产、冶金、性能、尺寸公差和检验和测试的详细信息。2000年和2001年，美国试验与材料学会（ASTM）停止了13个规范，并已被三个新规范取代，包括热轧和冷轧碳钢、结构钢和高强度低合金钢板。其中一个新规范涵盖了这些产品作为厚线圈提供的情况。 同样在本版中，厚度公差表也进行了修订，显示了19张最常见钢板缺陷的照片，并在涂层钢产品一节中描述了新的规范。

The new Steel Sheet Products Manual includes some major revisions new to this edition. It provides descriptions of 31 steel sheet products and specifications for both coated and uncoated steel, as well as detailed information concerning the production, metallurgy, properties, dimensional tolerances and the inspection and testing of these materials.Thirteen ASTM specifications were discontinued in 2000 and 2001 and have been replaced by three new specifications covering hot rolled and cold rolled carbon steel, structural steel and high strength low alloy steel sheet. One of the new specifications covers these products when provided as heavy thickness coils.Also in this edition, thickness tolerance tables have been revised, 19 photos of the most common steel sheet imperfections are shown, and a new specification is described in the section on coated steel products.