asreceived

As-received, often written as as-received or as delivered, describes a material or component in the condition in which it was supplied by the manufacturer, with no post-delivery processing beyond handling requirements. It is used to distinguish this state from conditioned or processed states such as as-machined, as-polished, as-quenched, or annealed. The term implies that the material has not undergone additional finishing, cleaning, coating, or heat treatment beyond what is necessary for handling or certification.

The as-received condition can include the as-delivered surface finish, oxide or scale layers, surface contamination, and the microstructure that existed after the original manufacturing steps. It may also encompass residual stresses and inclusions present from production. Because these factors influence properties, the as-received state is often used as a baseline in property evaluation, including hardness, tensile strength, ductility, fatigue behavior, and corrosion resistance.

Standards and testing protocols recognize that variability exists between lots and suppliers. Some experiments or specifications require conditioning, cleaning, or surface finishing before testing, while others intentionally use the as-received state to mirror real-world performance. Documentation typically accompanies as-received materials with supplier certification, lot information, and chemical composition data to ensure traceability.

In practice, the term emphasizes that no post-delivery processing has altered the material's characteristics for the test or application, except as explicitly specified by the test protocol.