UG-84

CHARPY IMPACT TESTS

a. GENERAL
Scope:
 Weldments
 All materials for shells, heads, nozzles and other vessel parts
 Requirement of Impact test governed by Subsection C
b. TEST PROCEDURES
1. Test procedure and apparatus as per SA-370 or ISO 148 Parts 1, 2 and 3
2. Minimum impact test temperature=Minimum metal design temperature
Exception as per Table UG 84.4

Note-34 (Endnotes of ASME Section VIII Div-1)

Where applicable for Part UCS materials, the impact test temperature may be adjusted
in accordance with UG-84(b) (2) and Table UG-84.4.
Test temperature may be colder than minimum specified in ASME Section II
c. TEST SPECIMENS
1. 3 specimens per test
2. Nominal thickness ≥ 11mm: Standard 10mm X 10mm specimen
Charpy V notch type UG-84
 2.a Exceptions to usage of 10mm X 10mm specimens for Material thickness ≥ 11mm:
 Applicable for materials that have absorbed energy in excess of 240J, when tested
using 10mm X 10mm specimens at specified testing temperature
 10mm X 6.7mm specimens may be used in lieu of full size specimens
Acceptance: 100J minimum for each specimen
Lateral expansion in mils shall be reported
3. Material from which full size 10mm X 10mm specimens cannot be obtained:
 Limitation can be material shape or thickness
 Specimen shall be :

Largest possible standard Specimen of full material nominal

OR thickness machined to remove surface
subsize specimen
irregularities


d. IMPACT TESTS OF MATERIAL

e. PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS
f. IMPACT TESTING OF WELDS
g. LOCATION, ORIENTATION, TEMPERATURE AND VALUES OF WELD IMPACT TESTS
h. IMPACT TESTS OF WELDING PROCEDURE QUALIFICATIONS
i. VESSEL PRODUCTION IMPACT TEST PLATES
j. REJECTION