Aestlene BER San, SM BO UastichHON Sh2it Tentative Specification for HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH CARBON-SILICON STEEL PLATES FOR BOILERS AND OTHER PRESSURE VESSELS ASTM Designation: A 212-57 T Issunp, Jone 1989; Review, 194 ‘Sevraunee 195 ‘Ths Tetave Speciation, ewes sso Decawnex 1950, Feanoany x0 953, Jon AND Ocronss 10954" ‘een approved by the sponseding com- teeordence with established i, Suggestions fore ‘Race Sty Piladeptis 3, Pa Scope 1, This specification covers carbon- silicon steel plates in two high tensile strength ranges, designated as g1 and B, of flange and importance and presupposed that welding procedure be in accordance with approved m ods. General Condi ns for Delivery Designation: A 20)? Process 3. Thest be made by either or both of the following processes: open- hearth or electric furnace. Heat Treatment ) Plates over 2 reated to produce grain refine- ier by normalizing or heating (Aish as), which were accordingly discon ‘Haued ta 1090, ‘Srectricarion FoR Cannow-SiLicon Srazt Pares (A 212-$7 TABLE L—CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS» conjunction with the hot forming opera- tion, the temperature to which the plates are heated for hot forming shall be equiv- alent to and shall not siguticantly exceed the normalizing temperature. If the ‘treatment of the plates is not specified to be done at the plate manufacturer's plant, the testing shall be accordance with Paragraph () When a fabricator is elects to perform the required normaliz- ing or fabricates by hot forming as pro- vided in Paragraph (a), the plates shall be accepted on the basis of mill made on specimens heat treated in “1058 Book of ASTM Standards, Part 3. TABLE T.—TENSILE REQUE 4 Bee Section 0(0 and (). # B00 Secti 6(0) accordance with the purchaser's order requirements. Ifthe heat treatment tem- peratures are not indicated on the pur- chase order, the plate manufacturer shall hheat treat the specimens under conditions he considers appropriate for grain re- finement, and to meet the test require- ments, The plate manufacturer shall inform the fabricator of the procedure followed in treating the specimens at the mill. (© The purchaser shall. indi his orders to the plate manuls whether the rolling mill or the fabricator shall perform the treatment ofthe plates. __ @ When the plates are to be normal- sd on. specimens. simultaneously fed with the plates. Tensile Properties 6. (a) The material as represented by the test specimens shall conform to the requirements as to tensile properties prescribed in Table IT,522 Spectricarton FoR CaRBON-SmicoN SreEL Puates (A 212-5771) ‘TABLE I—BEND DIAMETERS, Over 3 to 43 Be z (®) Tensile strength only need be de- termined on the tension test specimen taken from the top of firebox plates, and it shall not exceed 79,000 psi for grade A, nor 87,000 psi for grade B. (©) For material under 3 in, in thick- ness, a deduction from the percentage of elongation in 8 of 1.25 per cent sl decrease of wy in. of the specified thick- ness below gin. (@) For material over # in. in thick- ness a deduction from the percentage elongation in 8 in. specified in Table 11 ‘of 05 per cent shall be made for each increase of in. of the specified thickness above } in, This deduction shall not exceed 3 per cent. (©) For material over 3} in. in thick- ness, a deduction from the percentage of increase of } in. above 3} in. exceed 3 per cent. Bending Properties 7. The bend test specimen shall stand being bent cold through 180 deg without cracking on the outside of the bent por- ‘Test Specimens 8. (0) For plates 2 in. and under in thickness the test specimens shall be pre- pared for testing from the material rolled condition. (@) For plates over 2 the test specimens shi test specimens rep- and 1200F (or a temperature range otherwise agreed upon between the man- thickness and cooling in still atmosphere to a temperature not exceeding 600 F. ‘Number of Tests 9. Two tension sts, one bend test and one homogent all be made from each firebox steel plate as rolled, One tension test and one bend test shall bbe made from each flange steel plate as rolled. Nors.—The term “plate as rolled” used here refers tothe unit plate role from a slab or di- rectly from an ingot nits relation tothe location tnd number of specimens; not to its condition. or ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE ‘SpACIRCATION 8A. Standard Specif cation for MANGANESE-VANADIUM STEEL PLATES FOR BOILERS AND OTHER PRESSURE VESSELS' Scope it is presupposed that welding 1. This specification covers manga- 1 Accordance with approved im Process 3, Thested shall bemade by ether or | both of the folowing procsses: open | earth o let uence | ‘evied in 1000,524 Srecirication rox MANGANeSE-VaNaptum Sreet Prares (A 225~ 56) refinement, and to meet the plates are to be nor- the plate manufacturer's I~BEND DIAMETERS, Rao of Be panel sensi | "mses onde A | Grate 8 2 and under Ove 2 ais 2 [4 plant, the mechanical properties shall be determined on specimens simultaneously treated with the plates. (© Plates 2 in. and under in thickness upon between the mar purchaser, plates 2 furnished’ stress relieved, normalized, or normalized and stress relieved, cordance with the pul i If the Chemical Composition 5. The steel shall conform to the ts as to chemical composition Table I rine as represented by represented by Fiber. jon test specimens shall conform TEEN ie requirements as to tensile prop- * Se Sacton prescribed in Table I SPECIFICATION FOR MANGANESE-VaNapruat STEEL PLATES (A225 ~56) 525 Tensile strength only need be determined on the tension test specimen factory provided the percentage. of elongation in 2 in, across the break is not less than 25 per cent. alloy crease in the dere of ecing dno contraction of he thicker plates. (© For material over 3} in. in thick- ness, a deduction from the percentage of elongation in 2 in. specified in Table If of O.5 per cent shall be made for each increase of } in. of the specified thickness above 34 in. This deduction shall not exceed 3 per cent, Bending Properties in Table IIL. When the test is made on a specimen reduced in thickness, the rolled surface shall be on the outer curve of the bend. ‘Test Specimens (@) For plates 2 in, and under in thickness the test specimens shall be from the material specimens representing the be stress- relieved by grac uniformly heating them to a temperature between 1100 and 1200F. (or a temperature range otherwise agreed upon between Number cf Tests, 9. Two tension tests, one bend test and from each firebox steel plate as rolled. One tension test and one bend test shall bbe made from each flange stee! plate as, rolled. Marking