1 - AS 3507.1:2003 NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING - GUIDE TO RADIOGRAPHY FOR FERROUS CASTINGS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - FOREWORD
7 - 1 SCOPE
7 - 2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
7 - 3 DEFINITIONS
7 - 4 DESIGNATION
7 - 4.1 Principle
8 - 5 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
8 - 6 EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
8 - 6.1 General
8 - 6.2 X-ray equipment
8 - 6.3 Gamma-ray sources
9 - 6.4 Intensifying screens
9 - 6.4.1 General
10 - 6.4.2 Thickness of intensifying screen
10 - 6.5 Cassettes
10 - 6.6 Filters
10 - 6.7 Image quality indicators
10 - 6.8 Radiographs
11 - 6.9 Viewing conditions
11 - 6.9.1 General
12 - 6.9.2 Eye adaptation
12 - 7 METHODS OF TEST
12 - 7.1 General
13 - 7.2 Surface preparation
13 - 7.3 Image quality indicators (IQI)
13 - 7.4 Geometric unsharpness
14 - 7.5 Radiographic density
14 - 7.6 Factors influencing diagnostic film area
14 - 7.7 Back-scatter protection
15 - 7.8 Radiograph identification
15 - 7.8.1 General
15 - 7.8.2 Overlap of film
15 - 7.8.3 Markers
15 - 7.9 Recommended tube voltage
16 - 7.10 Film location
16 - 7.10.1 Object-to film distance
16 - 7.10.2 Source-to-film distance (SFD)
16 - 7.11 Masking
17 - 7.12 Location of shots-Radiographic exposures
17 - 7.13 Processing of radiographs
17 - 7.14 Interpretation of radiographs
17 - 7.15 Storage of radiographs
18 - 8 QUALIFICATION OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION PERSONNEL
19 - APPENDIX A - INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED WITH THE ENQUIRY AND ORDER
19 - A1 GENERAL
19 - A2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND IDENTIFICATION
19 - A3 MANUFACTURING HISTORY
19 - A4 IMAGE QUALITY
20 - A5 RADIOGRAPHIC ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
20 - A6 DEPARTURE FROM THE METHODS SPECIFIED
21 - APPENDIX B - GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF THIS STANDARD
21 - B1 GENERAL
21 - B2 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY RADIOGRAPHS
21 - B3 THE EFFECT OF X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGE
22 - B4 SELECTION OF RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE
22 - B5 EFFECT OF VARIABLES ON RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST
23 - B6 PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SCATTERED RADIATION
23 - B6.1 General
23 - B6.2 Procedures to reduce scatter
25 - B7 EFFECTS OF SURFACE FINISH
25 - B8 FILM DENSITY AND SCREENS
25 - B8.1 Film density
26 - B9 VIEWING OF WET RADIOGRAPHS
27 - B10 FACTORS CONTROLLING SOURCE-TO-FILM DISTANCE
27 - B10.1 General
27 - B10.2 Inherent unsharpness (Ui)
28 - B10.3 Geometric unsharpness
29 - B10.4 Total unsharpness
29 - B10.5 Relationship between types of unsharpness
30 - B11 IMAGE QUALITY INDICATORS (IQIs)
30 - B11.1 General
31 - B11.2 Limitations in the use of IQIs
32 - B11.3 IQI equivalence
32 - B11.4 IQI and hollow sections
33 - B11.5 Summary
34 - APPENDIX C - RADIOGRAPHY OF CASTINGS OF WIDELY VARYING SECTION THICKNESS
34 - C1 GENERAL
34 - C2 THICKNESS LATITUDE
37 - APPENDIX D - FILM SENSITIVITY (IQI)
39 - APPENDIX E - RADIOGRAPHY OF VARIOUS SHAPED CASTINGS
39 - E1 RADIOGRAPHY OF SIMPLE PLATE TYPE CAST SECTIONS
39 - E2 RADIOGRAPHY OF CASTINGS OF BASIC SHAPES
39 - E3 RADIOGRAPHY OF CASTINGS OF COMPLEX SHAPES