1、Designation:A516/A516M10(Reapproved 2015)Used in USDOE-NE StandardsStandard Specification forPressure Vessel Plates,Carbon Steel,for Moderate-andLower-Temperature Service1This standard is issued under the fixed designation A516/A516M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yea
2、rof 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()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Departmen
3、t of Defense.1.Scope1.1 This specification2covers carbon steel plates intendedprimarily for service in welded pressure vessels where im-proved notch toughness is important.1.2 Plates under this specification are available in fourgrades having different strength levels as follows:Grade U.S.SITensile
4、Strength,ksi MPa55 3805575 38051560 4156080 41555065 4506585 45058570 4857090 4856201.3 The maximum thickness of plates is limited only by thecapacity of the composition to meet the specified mechanicalproperty requirements;however,current practice normallylimits the maximum thickness of plates furn
5、ished under thisspecification as follows:Grade U.S.SIMaximum Thickness,in.mm55 38012 30560 4158 20565 4508 20570 4858 2051.4 For plates produced from coil and furnished withoutheat treatment or with stress relieving only,the additionalrequirements,including additional testing requirements and therep
6、orting of additional test results of Specification A20/A20Mapply.1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI unitsare to be regarded separately as standard.Within the text,theSI units are shown in brackets.The values stated in eachsystem are not exact equivalents;therefore,each system mus
7、tbe used independently of the other.Combining values from thetwo systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-cation.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3A20/A20M Specification for General Requirements for SteelPlates for Pressure VesselsA435/A435M Specification for Straight-Beam Ultra
8、sonicExamination of Steel PlatesA577/A577M Specification for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Ex-amination of Steel PlatesA578/A578M Specification for Straight-Beam UltrasonicExamination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applica-tions3.General Requirements and Ordering Information3.1 Material supplied to this
9、 product specification shallconform to Specification A20/A20M,which outlines the test-ing and retesting methods and procedures,permissible varia-tions in dimensions and mass,quality and repair of defects,marking,loading,and ordering information.3.2 Inadditiontothebasicrequirementsofthisspecification
10、,certain supplementary requirements are availablewhere additional control,testing,or examination is required tomeet end use requirements.The purchaser is referred to thelisted supplementary requirements in this specification and tothe detailed requirements in Specification A20/A20M.3.3 If the requir
11、ements of this specification are in conflictwith the requirements of Specification A20/A20M,the require-ments of this specification shall prevail.3.4 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica-tion until they are processed into finished plates.Platesproduced from coil means plates that
12、have been cut toindividual lengths from coil.The processor directly controls,oris responsible for,the operations involved in the processing ofcoils into finished plates.Such operations include decoiling,leveling,cutting to length,testing,inspection,conditioning,heat treatment(if applicable),packagin
13、g,marking,loading forshipment,and certification.1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.11 on Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels.Current edition approved Sept.1,2015
14、.Published September 2015.Originallyapproved in 1964.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as A516/A516M 10.DOI:10.1520/A0516_A0516M-10R15.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications,see related Specifi-cation SA-516/SA-516M in Section II of that Code.3For referenced ASTM standards,visit
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16、States1 NOTE1For plates produced from coil and furnished without heattreatment or with stress relieving only,three test results are reported foreach qualifying coil.Additional requirements regarding plate producedfrom coil are described in Specification A20/A20M.3.5 If the requirements of this specification are in conflictwith the requirements of Specification A20/A20M,the require-ments of this specification shall prevail.4.Materials and Manufacture4.1 Steelmaking PracticeThe steel shall be kill
