1、Designation:A515/A515M10(Reapproved 2015)Standard Specification forPressure Vessel Plates,Carbon Steel,for Intermediate-andHigher-Temperature Service1This standard is issued under the fixed designation A515/A515M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof original adoption
2、 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.Department of Defense.1.Scope1
3、.1 This specification2covers carbon-silicon steel platesprimarily for intermediate-and higher-temperature service inwelded boilers and other pressure vessels.1.2 Plates under this specification are available in threegrades having different strength levels as follows:Grade U.S.SITensile Strength,ksi
4、MPa60 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 furnished under thisspecification
5、as follows:Grade U.S.SIMaximum Thickness,in.mm60 4158 20065 4508 20070 4858 2001.4 For plates produced from coil and furnished withoutheat treatment or with stress relieving only,the additionalrequirements,including additional testing requirements and thereporting of additional test results,of Speci
6、fication 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 mustbe used independently of the other.Combin
7、ing 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 UltrasonicExamination of Steel PlatesA577/A577M
8、 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 Plates supplied to this product specification shall con-form to Spe
9、cification A20/A20M.These requirements outlinethe testing and retesting methods and procedures,permissiblevariations in dimensions and mass,quality and repair ofdefects,marking,loading,and ordering information.3.2 Inadditiontothebasicrequirementsofthisspecification,certain supplementary requirements
10、 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 requirements of this specification are in
11、 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 have been cut toindividual lengths
12、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),packaging,marking,loading forshipment,and c
13、ertification.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.Published September 2015.Originall
14、yapproved in 1964.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as A515/A515M 10.DOI:10.1520/A0515_A0515M-10R15.2For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications,see related Specifi-cation SA-515/SA-515M in Section II of that Code.3For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orco
15、ntact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 NOTE1For plates produced fr
16、om 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.4.Materials and Manufacture4.1 Steelmaking PracticeThe steel shall be killed andmade to a coarse austenitic grain size practice.5.Heat Treatment5.1 Plates 2 in.50 mm and under in thickness are normallysupplied in the as-rolled condition.The plates may be orderednormalized
