3.1.11 Supplementary requirements, if any (subsize impact
specimens, pipe for hydrofluoric acid alkylation service).
4. Materials and Manufacture
4.1 Manufacture—Except as provided in paragraph 4.2, the
pipe shall be made by the seamless or welding process with the
addition of no filler metal in the welding operation. Grade 4
shall be made by the seamless process.
NOTE 2—For electric-fusion-welded pipe, with filler metal added,
fabricated of pressure vessel quality plates, see Specification A671/
A671M.
4.2 Grade 11 pipe may be produced by welding with or
without the addition of filler metal. The following requirements
shall apply for Grade 11 welded with the addition of filler
metal.
4.2.1 The joints shall be full-penetration, full fusion double-
welded or single-welded butt joints employing fusion welding
processes as defined in “Definitions,” ASME Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX. This specification makes no
provision for any difference in weld quality requirements
regardless of the weld joint type employed (single or double) in
making the weld. Where backing strips are employed, the ring
or strip material shall be the same as the plate being joined.
Backing rings or strips shall be completely removed after
welding, prior to any required radiography, and the exposed
weld surface shall be examined visually for conformance to the
requirements of 4.2.2. Welds made by procedures employing
backing strips or rings which remain in place are prohibited.
Welding procedures and welding operators shall be qualified in
accordance with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Section IX.
4.2.2 The weld surface on either side of the weld may be
flush with the base plate or may have a reasonably uniform
crown, not to exceed
1
⁄
8
in. [3 mm]. Any weld reinforcement
may be removed at the manufacturer’s option or by agreement
between the manufacturer and purchaser. The contour of the
reinforcement shall be reasonably smooth and free from
irregularities. The deposited metal shall be fused uniformly
into the plate surface. No concavity of contour is permitted
unless the resulting thickness of weld metal is equal to or
greater than the minimum thickness of the adjacent base metal.
4.2.3 Radiographic Examination—All welded joints shall
be fully radiographed in accordance with the requirements of
the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII,
Division 1, latest edition, paragraph UW-51.
4.2.3.1 As an alternative, the welded joints may be ultra-
sonically examined in accordance with Appendix 12 of the
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division
1.
4.2.4 Repair Welding—Weld metal defects shall be repaired
by removal to sound metal and repair welding if approved by
the purchaser.
4.2.4.1 The repair shall be blended smoothly into the
surrounding base metal surface and examined by the magnetic
particle examination in accordance with Practice E709, or by
the liquid penetrant method in accordance with Practice
E165/E165M.
4.2.4.2 Each repair weld of a cavity where the cavity, before
repair welding, has a depth exceeding the lesser of
3
⁄
8
in. [9.5
mm] or 10.5 % of the nominal thickness shall be radiographi-
cally examined as required for the original welds.
4.2.5 Transverse Tension Test—One test shall be made to
represent each lot (Note 3) of finished pipe. The test specimens
shall be taken across the welded joint. The tension test results
of the welded joints shall conform to the tensile properties for
Grade 11 in Table 2.
4.2.5.1 The test specimens shall be taken from the end of the
finished pipe. As an alternative, the tension test specimens may
be taken from a welded prolongation of the same material as
the pipe, which is attached to the end of the pipe and welded as
a prolongation of the pipe longitudinal seam.
4.2.5.2 The test specimens shall be in accordance with
Section IX, Part QW, paragraph QW-150 of the ASME Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Code and shall be one of the types shown
in QW-462.1 of that code. The tension test specimen may be
flattened cold before final machining to size.
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
B
Element Composition, %
Grade 1 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11
Carbon, max 0.30 0.19 0.12 0.30 0.19 0.13 0.20 0.20 0.10
Manganese 0.40–1.06
A
0.31–0.64 0.50–1.05 0.29–1.06
A
0.90 max 0.90 max 0.40–1.06 1.15–1.50 0.60 max
Phosphorus,
max
0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.035 0.025
Sulfur, max 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.015 0.025
Silicon ... 0.18–0.37 0.08–0.37 0.10 min 0.13–0.32 0.13–0.32 ... 0.10–0.35 0.35 max
Nickel ... 3.18–3.82 0.47–0.98 0.40 max 2.03–2.57 8.40–9.60 1.60–2.24 0.25 max 35.0–37.0
Chromium ... ... 0.44–1.01 0.30 max ... ... ... 0.15 max 0.50 max
Copper ... ... 0.40–0.75 0.40 max ... ... 0.75–1.25 0.15 max ...
Aluminum ... ... 0.04–0.30 ... ... ... ... 0.06 max ...
Vanadium, max ... ... ... 0.08 ... ... ... 0.12 ...
Niobium
D
, max ... ... ... 0.02
C
... ... ... 0.05 ...
Molybdenum,
max
... ... ... 0.12 ... ... ... 0.05 0.50 max
Cobalt ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.50 max
A
For each reduction of 0.01 % carbon below 0.30 %, an increase of 0.05 % manganese above 1.06 % would be permitted to a maximum of 1.35 % manganese.
B
Where an ellipsis (...) appears in this table, there is no requirement and analysis for the element need not to be determined or reported.
C
By agreement between the manufacturer and the purchaser, the limit for niobium may be increased up to 0.05 % on heat analysis and 0.06 % on product analysis.
D
The terms Niobium (Nb) and Columbium (Cb) are alternate names for the same element.
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