This document specifies the technical delivery requirements for bright steel products in the drawn, peeled/turned or additional ground condition and they are intended for mechanical purposes, for example for machine parts. The bright steel products are subdivided into the following steel types:

a) non-alloy general engineering steels;

b) non-alloy free-cutting steels;

c) non-alloy and alloy case-hardening steels;

d) non-alloy and alloy steels for quenching and tempering;

Bright products of stainless steels are not part of this standard, they are covered by ISO 16143-4.