I-ASTM A479 igubungela i-stain yentsimbi engenasitayile kwaye ibandayo, kubandakanya isikwere, kunye ne-hexagonal, kunye nemilo eshushu, kunye ne-tees, kunye neendlela zokwakha inqanawa kunye noxinzelelo lwenqanawa. Amabakala amane ensimbi ayifumaneki, kubandakanya i-Austititic, i-Austititic-Fritic kunye namaMandela eFerritic. Iipropathi zoomatshini, ezinje ngamandla amanye, ukuvelisa amandla, i-Elongiya, kunye nobunzima, ziya kumiselwa kwiimeko eziphantsi, ezinomsindo, ezinqunuka, zazenjwa. I-Austitotic Staiels iya kuba ngumfuziselo kwaye iphantsi kovavanyo lokuzala.