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AREMA requires a certain chemical composition of the cut spikes
and certain tests to be performed on spikes. Below are specs
for the stress tests: (AREMA = American Railway Engineering and
Maintenance of Way Association)

1. The body of a full-size finished spike shall stand being bent cold through
120 degrees around a pin, the diameter of which is not greater than the
thickness of the spike without cracking on the outside of the bent portion.

2. The head of a full-size finished spike shall stand being bent backward to an
angle of 55 degrees with the line of the face of the spike, without cracking
on the outside of the bent portion.

3. Shall meet the following Charpy V-Notch impact strength at 0 degree F.
temperature the absorbed energy shall be15 Ft-Lbs. Minimum

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