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ASTM A537 / A537M - 20
Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel
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Abstract
This specification covers the standard for heat-treated carbon manganese-silicon steel plates intended for fusion welded pressure vessels and structures. The steel shall be killed and undergo normalization, quenching and tempering. Heat and product analyses shall be performed on the materials and results shall conform to the required values in chemical composition in carbon, manganese, phosphorus, sulfur, silicon, copper, nickel, chromium and molybdenum. Mechanical testing like tension test shall be done on the plates and shall conform to the required tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation.
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1. Scope
1.1 This specification2 covers heat-treated carbon-manganese-silicon steel plates intended for fusion welded pressure vessels and structures.
1.2 Plates furnished under this specification are available in the following three classes:
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| 1 | Normalized | 21/2 in. and under [65 mm and under] | 50 | 70 |
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| Over 21/2 in. | 45 | 65 |
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| 2 | Quenched and tempered | 21/2 in. and under [65 mm and under] | 60 | 80 |
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| Over 21/2 to 4 in. | 55 | 75 |
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| Over 4 in. | 46 | 70 |
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| 3 | Quenched and tempered | 21/2 in. and under [65 mm and under] | 55 | 80 |
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| Over 21/2 to 4 in. | 50 | 75 |
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| Over 4 in. | 40 | 70 |
1.3 The maximum thickness of plates is limited only by the capacity of the material to meet the specified mechanical property requirements.
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to be used independently of the other without combining values in any way.
1.5 This 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.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
A20/A20M Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
A435/A435M Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Plates
A577/A577M Specification for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Examination of Steel Plates
A578/A578M Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 77.140.50 (Flat steel products and semi-products)
UNSPSC Code
UNSPSC Code 30102204(Steel plate)
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DOI: 10.1520/A0537_A0537M-20
Citation Format
ASTM A537 / A537M-20, Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2020, www.astm.org
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