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  • ASTM A 20/A20M : 2020

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    Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels

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    Published date:  05-11-2020

    Publisher:  American Society for Testing and Materials

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    1.1This general requirements specification2 covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable product specification, apply to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels covered by each of the following product specifications issued by ASTM:

    Title of Specification

    ASTM DesignationA

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel

    A203/A203M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum

    A204/A204M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-
     Vanadium-Nickel

    A225/A225M

    Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate

    A263

    Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad Plate

    A264

    Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-Clad Steel Plate

    A265

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and
     Intermediate-Tensile Strength

    A285/A285M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon

    A299/A299M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-
     Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel

    A302/A302M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Double-
     Normalized and Tempered 9 % Nickel

    A353/A353M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
     Molybdenum

    A387/A387M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength
     Manganese

    A455/A455M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate-
     and Higher-Temperature Service

    A515/A515M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Moderate- and
     Lower-Temperature Service

    A516/A516M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength,
     Quenched and Tempered

    A517/A517M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
     Tempered, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-
     Molybdenum-Nickel

    A533/A533M

    Title of Specification

    ASTM DesignationA

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-
     Manganese-Silicon Steel

    A537/A537M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched-and-
     Tempered, Chromium-Molybdenum, and Chromium-
     Molybdenum-Vanadium

    A542/A542M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
     Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum

    A543/A543M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
     Tempered 7, 8, and 9 % Nickel

    A553/A553M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-
     Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings

    A562/A562M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength, for
     Moderate and Lower Temperature Service

    A612/A612M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, 5 % and 51/2% Nickel Alloy
     Steels, Specially Heat Treated

    A645/A645M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon
     Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service

    A662/A662M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon
     Steel, Quenched and Tempered, for Welded Pressure
     Vessels

    A724/A724M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Age-Hardening
     Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium
     (Niobium) Alloy Steel

    A736/A736M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel

    A737/A737M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-
     Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower
     Temperature Service

    A738/A738M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
     Molybdenum-Vanadium

    A832/A832M

    Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels, Produced by
     Thermo-Mechanical Control Process (TMCP)

    A841/A841M

    Steel Plates, 9 % Nickel Alloy, for Pressure Vessels,
     Produced by the Direct-Quenching Process

    A844/A844M

    Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
     Molybdenum-Tungsten

    A1017/A1017M

    1.1.1This general requirements specification also covers a group of supplementary requirements that are applicable to several of the above product specifications as indicated therein. Such requirements are provided for use if additional testing or additional restrictions are required by the purchaser, and apply only if specified individually in the purchase order.

    1.2Appendix X1 provides information on coil as a source of plates for pressure vessels.

    1.3Appendix X2 provides information on the variability of tensile properties in plates for pressure vessels.

    1.4Appendix X3 provides information on the variability of Charpy-V-Notch impact test properties in plates for pressure vessels.

    1.5Appendix X4 provides information on cold bending of plates, including suggested minimum inside radii for cold bending.

    1.6These materials are intended to be suitable for fusion welding. When the steel is to be welded, it is presupposed that a welding procedure suitable for the grade of steel and intended use or service will be utilized.

    1.7In case of any conflict in requirements, the requirements of the applicable product specification prevail over those of this general requirements specification.

    1.8Additional requirements that are specified in the purchase order and accepted by the supplier are permitted, provided that such requirements do not negate any of the requirements of this general requirements specification or the applicable product specification.

    1.9For purposes of determining conformance with this general requirements specification and the applicable product specification, values are to be rounded to the nearest unit in the right-hand place of figures used in expressing the limiting values in accordance with the rounding method of Practice E29.

    1.10The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.

    1.11This general requirements specification and the applicable product specification are expressed in both inch-pound units and SI units; unless the order specifies the applicable “M” specification designation (SI units), the plates are to be furnished to inch-pound units.

    1.12This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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    Committee A 01
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher American Society for Testing and Materials
    Status Current
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    ASTM A 204/A204M : 2017 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum
    ASTM A 577/A577M : 2017 : R2023 Standard Specification for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Examination of Steel Plates
    ASTM A 370 : 2021 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
    ASTM A 517/A517M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength, Quenched and Tempered
    ASTM A 577/A577M : 2017 Standard Specification for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Examination of Steel Plates
    ASTM E 29 : 2013 : R2019 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
    ASTM A 537/A537M : 1991 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel
    ASTM A 562/A562M : 2010 : R2021 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings
    ASTM A 941 : 2023 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
    ASTM A 299/A299M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon
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    ASTM A 203/A203M : 2023 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel
    ASTM E 709 : 2015 Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle Testing
    ASTM E 29 : 2002 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
    ASTM E 21 : 2020 Standard Test Methods for Elevated Temperature Tension Tests of Metallic Materials
    ASTM E 709 : 2021 Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle Testing
    ASTM A 941 : 2022 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
    ASTM A 645/A645M : 2010 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, 5 % and 51 2 % Nickel Alloy Steels, Specially Heat Treated
    ASTM A 515/A515M : 1992 : R1997 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- and Higher-Temperature Service
    ASTM A 543/A543M : 2009 : R2021 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum
    ASTM A 302/A302M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
    ASTM A 515/A515M : 2017 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- and Higher-Temperature Service
    ASTM A 553/A553M : 2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered 7 %, 8 %, and 9 % Nickel
    ASTM A 844/A844M : 2021 Standard Specification for Steel Plates, 9 %  Nickel Alloy, for Pressure Vessels, Produced by the Direct-Quenching Process
    ASTM A 533/A533M : 2024 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
    ASTM A 832/A832M : 1999 : EDT 1 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum-Vanadium
    ASTM A 578/A578M : 2017 : R2023 Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications
    ASTM A 751 : 2021 Standard Test Methods and Practices for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
    ASTM A 370 : 2020 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
    ASTM A 203/A203M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel
    ASTM A 353/A353M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Double-Normalized and Tempered 9 % Nickel
    ASTM A 577/A577M : 1990 : R1996 Standard Specification for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Examination of Steel Plates
    ASTM A 370 : 2023 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
    ASTM A 353/A353M : 2017 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Double-Normalized and Tempered 9 % Nickel
    ASTM A 517/A517M : 1993 : R1999 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength, Quenched and Tempered
    ASTM A 578/A578M : 2017 Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications
    ASTM A 941 : 2022 : REV A Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
    ASTM A 387/A387M : 2017 : REV A Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum
    ASTM E 208 : 2020 : EDT 1 Standard Test Method for Conducting Drop-Weight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels
    ASTM A 553/A553M : 2017 : EDT 1 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered 7, 8, and 9 % Nickel
    ASTM A 770/A770M : 1986 : R1996 Standard Specification for Through-Thickness Tension Testing of Steel Plates for Special Applications
    ASTM A 751 : 2020 Standard Test Methods and Practices for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
    ASTM A 370 : 2011 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
    ASTM A 941 : 2024 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
    ASTM A 225/A225M : 2017 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel
    ASTM A 645/A645M : 2010 : R2016 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, 5 % and 51 2 % Nickel Alloy Steels, Specially Heat Treated
    ASTM A 724/A724M : 2009 : R2023 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, Quenched and Tempered, for Welded Pressure Vessels
    ASTM A 941 : 2009 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
    ASTM A 204/A204M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum
    ASTM A 844/A844M : 2009 : R2015 Standard Specification for Steel Plates, 9 %  Nickel Alloy, for Pressure Vessels, Produced by the Direct-Quenching Process
    ASTM A 455/A455M : 2012 : REV A : R2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High-Strength Manganese
    ASTM A 370 : 2022 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
    ASTM A 455/A455M : 2012 : REV A : R2023 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High-Strength Manganese
    ASTM A 724/A724M : 2009 : R2018 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, Quenched and Tempered, for Welded Pressure Vessels
    ASTM A 435/A435M : 2017 Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Plates
    ASTM E 208 : 2020 Standard Test Method for Conducting Drop-Weight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels
    ASTM A 387/A387M : 2017 : REV A : R2023 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum
    ASTM A 225/A225M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel
    ASTM E 112 : 2013 : R2021 Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
    ASTM A 578/A578M : 1996 Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Plain and Clad Steel Plates for Special Applications
    ASTM E 112 : 2013 Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size
    ASTM A 515/A515M : 2017 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- and Higher-Temperature Service
    ASTM A 435/A435M : 2017 : R2023 Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Plates
    ASTM A 302/A302M : 2017 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
    ASTM A 299/A299M : 2017 : R2022 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon
    ASTM A 941 : 2018 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
    ASTM A 543/A543M : 2009 : R2014 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum
    ASTM A 370 : 2024 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
    ASTM A 562/A562M : 2010 : R2015 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings
    ASTM E 29 : 2022 Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications
    ASTM A 533/A533M : 2016 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
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