This standard contains the requirements for ferrous metallic abrasive used for the removal of rust, mill scale, paint, or other surface coating systems by blast cleaning (see Note A1 in Appendix A [nonmandatory]).

This standard covers previously unused abrasive material. It does not address cleanliness of recycled abrasive processed through field or shop abrasive blast cleaning units. Requirements for recycled ferrous metallic abrasive are contained in SSPC-AB 2.