ASTM A387/A387M-06

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Designation: A 387/A 387M – 06
Standard Specification for
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
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Molybdenum
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA387/A 387M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (ϵ) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification covers chromium-molybdenum alloy 2.1 ASTM Standards:
steel plates intended primarily for welded boilers and pressure A20/A20M Specification for General Requirements for
vessels designed for elevated temperature service. Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
1.2 Plates are available under this specification in several A307 Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts, Studs, and
grades having different alloy contents as follows: Threaded Rod 60 000 PSI Tensile Strength
A435/A435M Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic
Nominal Nominal
Chromium Molybde-
Examination of Steel Plates
num
A577/A577M Specification for UltrasonicAngle-Beam Ex-
Grade Content, % Content, %
amination of Steel Plates
2 0.50 0.50
12 1.00 0.50
A578/A578M Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic
11 1.25 0.50
Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applica-
22, 22L 2.25 1.00
21, 21L 3.00 1.00 tions
5 5.00 0.50
A1017/A1017M Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates,
9 9.00 1.00
Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum-Tungsten
91 9.00 1.00
1.3 Each grade except Grades 21L, 22L, and 91 is available 3. General Requirements and Ordering Information
intwoclassesoftensilestrengthlevelsasdefinedintheTensile
3.1 Material supplied to this material specification shall
Requirements tables. Grades 21Land 22Lare available only as
conform to Specification A 20A20/A20M/A 20M. These re-
Class 1. Grade 91 is available only as Class 2.
quirements outline the testing and retesting methods and
procedures, permissible variations in dimensions and weight,
NOTE 1—Grade 911, previously covered by this specification, is now
covered by Specification A 1017/A 1017MA1017/A1017M. quality and repair of defects, marking, loading, etc.
3.2 Specification A 20A20/A20M/A 20M also establishes
1.4 The maximum thickness of plates is limited only by the
the rules for the ordering information that should be complied
capacity of the composition to meet the specified mechanical
with when purchasing material to this specification.
property requirements.
3.3 In addition to the basic requirements of this specifica-
1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
tion, certain supplementary requirements are available when
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
additional control, testing, or examination is required to meet
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
end use requirements. These include:
system are not exact equivalents. Therefore, each system must
3.3.1 Vacuum treatment,
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
3.3.2 Additional or special tension testing,
two systems may result in nonconformance with this specifi-
3.3.3 Impact testing, and
cation.
3.3.4 Nondestructive examination.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.11 on Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels.
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Current edition approved March 1, 2006. Published March 2006. Originally For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
approved in 1955. Last previous edition approved in 2005 asA 387/A 387M – 05a. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specifi- Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
cation SA-387/SA-387M in Section II of that Code. the ASTM website.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Composition, %
Grade and UNS Number
Element
Grade 2 Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 22 Grade 22L Grade 21 Grade 21L Grade 5 Grade 9 Grade 91
S50460 K11757 K11789 K21590 K21590 K31545 K31545 S50200 K90941 K91560
Carbon:
A A
Heat analysis 0.05–0.21 0.05–0.17 0.05–0.17 0.05–0.15 0.10 max 0.05–0.15 0.10 max 0.15 max 0.15 max 0.08–0.12
A A
Product a
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