BS 3604-1:1990

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Information to be supplied by the purchaser and
    options to be documented
3 Designation
4 Manufacture of the steel
5 Manufacture of the product
6 Chemical analysis
7 Heat treatment
8 Mechanical properties
9 Visual inspection and appearance
10 Tolerances
11 Tests
12 Number, selection and preparation of samples and
    test pieces
13 Test methods
14 Retests
15 Test certificate
16 Protective clothing
17 Marking
Appendices
A Designations of steel tubes in BS 3604 : Part 1 and
    the nearest equivalent designations in ISO 2604
    Parts II and III
B Dimensional limits of tubes in relation to the
    method of manufacture
C Estimated average stress-rupture values
D Procedure for the verification of elevated
    temperature values
E Eddy current testing of tubes for verification of
    leak tightness
F Ultrasonic testing of tubes for detection of
    longitudinal imperfections
Tables
1 Method of manufacture of tube and reference
2 Steel type and type number
3 Chemical composition, mechanical properties at room
    temperature, and heat treatment
4 Permitted deviations of the product analysis from
    the specified ladle analysis
5 Minimum 0.2 % proof stress (Rp0.2) values at
    elevated temperatures
6 Tests for test category 1 and test category 2
7 Designations of steel tubes in BS 3604 : Part 1 and
    the nearest equivalent steel numbers in ISO 2604
    Parts II and III
8 Dimensional limits of tubes in relation to the
    method of manufacture for tubes supplied to outside
    diameters and thicknesses
9 Estimated average stress rupture values
10 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel types
    620-440 : 1 % chromium 0.5 % molybdenum (normalized
    and tempered), and 621 : 1.25 % chromium 0.5 %
    molybdenum (normalized and tempered)
11 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel type
    660 : 0.5 % chromium 0.5 % molybdenum 0.25 %
    vanadium (normalized and tempered)
12 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel type
    622 : 2.25 % chromium 1 % molybdenum (normalized
    and tempered
13 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel type
    625 : 5 % chromium 0.5 % molybdenum (annealed)
14 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel type
    629-470 : 9 % chromium 1 % molybdenum (annealed)
15 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel type
    629-590 : 9 % chromium 1 % molybdenum (normalized
    and tempered)
16 Parameters for lower confidence lines: steel type
    762 : 12 % chromium 1 % molybdenum
17 Dimensions of reference holes for method A
18 Notch dimensions for method B
19 Reference notch dimensions and tolerances
Figures
1 Example of lower confidence lines for steel type 622

Requirements for plain end tubes. Room temperature properties and elevated temperature proof stress properties are specified.