自2002年11月起，SAE航空航天材料部已宣布本规范为非现行规范。因此，建议本规范不适用于新设计。本规范介绍了碳钢和合金钢的渗碳和渗氮要求，以产生图纸、详细金属规范或其他适用规范规定的机械性能。由规定钢材制成的零件的热处理一般应符合本规范中所述的方法，此外，还应受到合格人员的控制和监管，以产生所需的性能。

This specification has been declared NONCURRENT by the Aerospace Materials Division, SAE, as of November 2002. It is recommended, therefore, that this specification not be specified for new designs.This specification presents requirements for the carburizing and nitriding of carbon and alloy steels to produce the mechanical properties specified by drawings, detail metal specifications, or other applicable specifications.The heat treatment of parts fabricated from the steels specified shall be in general accordance with the methods described in this specification, and in addition, shall be subject to such control and regulation by competent personnel as may be necessarty to produce the properties required.