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Designation: A 333/A 333M 99 An American National Standard
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Element Composition, %
Grade 1A Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 6A 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 0.401.06 0.310.64 0.501.05 0.291.06 0.90 max 0.90 max 0.401.06 1.151.50 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 ... 0.180.37 0.080.37 0.10 min 0.130.32 0.130.32 ... 0.100.35 0.35 max
Nickel ... 3.183.82 0.470.98 ... 2.032.57 8.409.60 1.602.24 0.25 max 35.037.0
Chromium ... ... 0.441.01 ... ... ... ... 0.15 max 0.50 max
Copper ... ... 0.400.75 ... ... ... 0.751.25 0.15 max ...
Aluminum ... ... 0.040.30 ... ... ... ... 0.06 max ...
Vanadium, max ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.12 ...
Columbium, max ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.05 ...
Molybdenum, max ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 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.
working and the temperature of the hot-finishing operation to a 4.2.5 When specified in the order the test specimens shall be
finishing temperature range from 1550 to 1750F [845 to taken from full thickness test pieces which have been stress
945C] and cool in air or in a controlled atmosphere furnace relieved after having been removed from the heat-treated pipe.
from an initial temperature of not less than 1550F [845C]. The test pieces shall be gradually and uniformly heated to the
4.2.1.4 Treat as in 4.2.1.3 and, at the discretion of the prescribed temperature, held at that temperature for a period of
manufacturer, reheat to a suitable tempering temperature. time in accordance with Table 2, and then furnace cooled at a
4.2.1.5 Seamless pipe of Grades 1, 6, and 10 may be heat temperature not exceeding 600F [315C]. Grade 8 shall be
treated by heating to a uniform temperature of not less than cooled at a minimum rate of 300F [165C]/h in air or water to
1500F [815C], followed by quenching in liquid and reheating a temperature not exceeding 600F [315C].
to a suitable tempering temperature, in place of any of the other
heat treatments provided for in 4.2.1. 5. Chemical Composition
4.2.2 Grade 8 pipe shall be heat treated by the manufacturer
by either of the following methods: 5.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as to
4.2.2.1 Quenched and TemperedHeat to a uniform tem- chemical composition prescribed in Table 1.
perature of 1475 6 25F [800 6 15C]; hold at this tempera- 5.2 When Grades 1, 6, or 10 are ordered under this
ture for a minimum time in the ratio of 1 h/in. [2 min/mm] of specification, supplying an alloy grade that specifically re-
thickness, but in no case less than 15 min; quench by quires the addition of any element other than those listed for
immersion in circulating water. Reheat until the pipe attains a the ordered grade in Table 1 is not permitted. However, the
uniform temperature within the range from 1050 to 1125F addition of elements required for the deoxidation of the steel is
[565 to 605C]; hold at this temperature for a minimum time in permitted.
the ratio of 1 h/in. [2 min/mm] of thickness, but in no case less
than 15 min; cool in air or water quench at a rate no less than 6. Product Analysis
300F [165C]/h.
4.2.2.2 Double Normalized and Tempered Heat to a 6.1 At the request of the purchaser, an analysis of one billet
uniform temperature of 1650 6 25F [900 6 15C]; hold at or two samples of flat-rolled stock from each heat or of two
this temperature for a minimum time in the ratio of 1 h/in. [2 pipes from each lot shall be made by the manufacturer. A lot of
min/mm] of thickness, but in no case less than 15 min; cool in pipe shall consist of the following:
air. Reheat until the pipe attains a uniform temperature of 1450
6 25F [790 6 15C]; hold at this temperature for a minimum
time in the ratio of 1 h/in. [2 min/mm] of thickness, but in no TABLE 2 Stress Relieving of Test Pieces
case less than 15 min; cool in air. Reheat to a uniform
temperature within the range from 1050 to 1125F [565 to Metal TemperatureA,B Minimum Holding Time,
h/in. [min/mm] of
605C]; hold at this temperature for a minimum time of 1 h/in. Grades 1, 3, 6, 7, and 10 Grade 4C
Thickness
[2 min/mm] of thickness but in no case less than 15 min; cool F C F C
in air or water quench at a rate not less than 300F [165C]/h. 1100 600 1150 620 1 [2.4]
4.2.3 Whether to anneal Grade 11 pipe is per agreement 1050 565 1100 600 2 [4.7]
between purchaser and supplier. When Grade 11 pipe is 1000 540 1050 565 3 [7.1]
A
annealed, it shall be normalized in the range of 1400 to 1600F For intermediate temperatures, the holding time shall be determined by
straight-line interpolation.
[760 to 870C]. B
Grade 8 shall be stress relieved at 1025 to 1085F, [550 to 585C], held for a
4.2.4 Material from which test specimens are obtained shall minimum time of 2 h for thickness up to 1.0 in. [25.4 mm], plus a minimum of 1 h
be in the same condition of heat treatment as the pipe for each additional inch [25.4 mm] of thickness and cooled at a minimum rate of
300F [165C]/h in air or water to a temperature not exceeding 600F [315C].
furnished. Material from which specimens are to be taken shall C
Unless otherwise specified, Grade 4 shall be stress relieved at 1150F
be heat treated prior to preparation of the specimens. [620C].
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Tensile strength, min 55 000 380 65 000 450 60 000 415 60 000 415 65 000 450 100 000 690 63 000 435 80 000 550 65 000 450
Yield strength, min 30 000 205 35 000 240 35 000 240 35 000 240 35 000 240 75 000 515 46 000 315 65 000 450 35 000 240
Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi- Trans- Longi-
tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal verse tudinal
Elongation in 2 in. or 50
mm, (or 4D), min, %:
Basic minimum 35 25 30 20 30 16.5 30 16.5 30 22 22 ... 28 ... 22 ... 18A
elongation for walls 516
in. [8 mm] and over in
thickness, strip tests,
and for all small sizes
tested in full section
When standard round 28 20 22 14 22 12 22 12 22 14 16 ... ... ... 16 ... ...
2-in. or 50-mm gage
length or proportion-
ally smaller size test
specimen with the gage
length equal to 4D (4
times the di-
ameter) is used
For strip tests, a de- 1.75B 1.25B 1.50B 1.00B 1.50B 1.00B 1.50B 1.00B 1.50B 1.00B 1.25B ... 1.50B ... 1.25B ... ...
duction for each 132in.
[0.8 mm] decrease in
wall thick-
ness below 516 in. [8
mm] from the basic
minimum elongation of
the following percentage
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732 (0.219) 5.6 30 ... 26 ... 26 ... 26 ... 26 ... 18 ... 24 ... 18 ...
316 (0.188) 4.8 28 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 ... 24 ... 17 ... 22 ... 17 ...
532 (0.156) 4 26 ... 22 ... 22 ... 22 ... 22 ... 16 ... 20 ... 16 ...
18 (0.125) 3.2 25 ... 21 ... 21 ... 21 ... 21 ... 15 ... 19 ... 15 ...
332 (0.094) 2.4 23 ... 20 ... 20 ... 20 ... 20 ... 13 ... 18 ... 13 ...
116 (0.062) 1.6 21 ... 18 ... 18 ... 18 ... 18 ... 12 ... 16 ... 12 ...
A
Elongation of Grade 11 is for all walls and small sizes tested in full section.
B
The following table gives the calculated minimum values
C
Calculated elongation requirements shall be rounded to the nearest whole number.
NoteThe preceding table gives the computed minimum elongation values for each 132-in. [0.80-mm] decrease in wall thickness. Where the wall thickness lies between
two values shown above, the minimum elongation value is determined by the following equation:
NOTE 4The term lot applies to all pipe of the same nominal size steel and subjected to the same finishing treatment in a continuous
and wall thickness (or schedule) which is produced from the same heat of furnace. When final heat treatment is in a batch-type furnace, the lot shall
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2.00 MHz and the maximum nominal transducer size shall be
equipment. The dimensions of these standards should not be 1.5 in.
construed as the minimum size imperfection detectable by such (1) If the equipment contains a reject notice filter setting, this
equipment. shall remain off during calibration and testing unless linearity
15.3.3 The ultrasonic testing (UT) can be performed to can be demonstrated at that setting.
detect both longitudinally and circumferentially oriented de- 15.9 Reference Standards:
fects. It should be recognized that different techniques should 15.9.1 Reference standards of convenient length shall be
be employed to detect differently oriented imperfections. The prepared from a length of pipe of the same grade, size (NPS, or
examination may not detect short, deep, defects. outside diameter and schedule or wall thickness), surface finish
15.3.4 The eddy-current testing (ET) referenced in this and heat treatment condition as the pipe to be examined.
specification. (Practice E 309), has the capability of detecting
15.9.2 For Ultrasonic Testing, the reference ID and OD
significant discontinuities, especially the short abrupt type.
notches shall be any one of the three common notch shapes
15.3.5 A purchaser interested in ascertaining the nature
shown in Practice E 213, at the option of the manufacturer. The
(type, size, location, and orientation) of discontinuities that can
depth of each notch shall not exceed 1212 % of the specified
be detected in the specific application of these examinations
nominal wall thickness of the pipe or 0.004 in., whichever is
should discuss this with the manufacturer of the tubular
greater. The width of the notch shall not exceed twice the
product.
depth. Notches shall be placed on both the OD and ID surfaces.
15.4 Time of Examination:
15.9.3 For Eddy-Current Testing, the reference standard
15.4.1 Nondestructive testing for specification acceptance
shall contain, at the option of the manufacturer, any one of the
shall be performed after all mechanical processing, heat
following discontinuities:
treatments, and straightening operations. This requirement
does not preclude additional testing at earlier stages in the (1) Drilled HoleThe reference standard shall contain three
processing. or more holes, equally spaced circumferentially around the
15.5 Surface Condition: pipe and longitudinally separated by a sufficient distance to
15.5.1 All surfaces shall be free of scale, dirt, grease, paint, allow distinct identification of the signal from each hole. The
or other foreign material that could interfere with interpretation holes shall be drilled radially and completely through the pipe
wall, with care being taken to avoid distortion of the pipe while
drilling. One hole shall be drilled in the weld, if visible.
7
Society for Nondestructive Testing, 1711 Arlingate Plaza, PO Box 28518, Alternately, the producer of welded pipe may choose to drill
Columbus, OH, 43228-0518. one hole in the weld and run the calibration standard through
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More frequent standardization may be performed at the manu- requirement.
facturers option or may be required upon agreement between If the imperfection is explored to the extent that it can be
the purchaser and the manufacturer. identified as non-rejectable, the pipe may be accepted without
15.10.2 The test apparatus shall also be standardized after further test providing the imperfection does not encroach on
any change in test system settings, change of operator, equip- the minimum wall thickness.
ment repair, or interruption due to power loss, process shut- 16. Product Marking
down or when a problem is suspected. 16.1 Except as modified in 15.1.1, in addition to the
15.10.3 The reference standard shall be passed through the marking prescribed in Specification A 530/A 530M, the mark-
test apparatus at the same speed and test system settings as the ing shall include whether hot finished, cold drawn, seamless or
pipe to be tested. welded, the schedule number and the letters LT followed by
15.10.4 The signal-to-noise ratio for the reference standard the temperature at which the impact tests were made, except
shall be 212 to 1 or greater. Extraneous signals caused by when a lower test temperature is required because of reduced
identifiable causes such a dings, scratches, dents, straightener specimen size, in which case, the higher impact test tempera-
marks, etc., shall not be considered noise. The rejection ture applicable to a full-size specimen should be marked.
amplitude shall be adjusted to be at least 50 % of full scale of 16.1.1 When the size of the finished pipe is insufficient to
the readout display. obtain subsize impact specimens, the marking shall not include
15.10.5 Upon any standardization, the rejection amplitude the letters LT followed by an indicated test temperature unless
has decreased by 29 % (3 dB) of peak height from the last Supplementary Requirement S1 is specified.
standardization, the pipe since the last calibration shall be 16.1.2 When the pipe is furnished in the quenched and
rejected. The test system settings may be changed, or the tempered condition, the marking shall include the letters QT,
transducer(s), coil(s) or sensor(s) adjusted, and the unit restan- and the heat treatment condition shall be reported to the
dardized, but all pipe tested since the last acceptable standard- purchaser or his representative.
ization must be retested for acceptance.
15.11 Evaluation of Imperfections: 17. Keywords
15.11.1 Pipes producing a signal equal to or greater than the 17.1 low temperature service; seamless steel pipe; stainless
lowest signal produced by the reference standard(s) shall be steel pipe; steel pipe; temperature service applications; low
The following supplementary requirement shall apply only when specified by the purchaser in the
contract or order.
APPENDIX
(Nonmandatory Information)
X1.1 Under the circumstances stated in 14.1.2, the impact required reduction in test temperature is computed by taking
test temperatures specified in Table 5 must be lowered. The the difference between the temperature reduction values shown
following examples are offered to describe the application of in Table 6 for the actual pipe thickness and the specimen width
the provisions of 14.1.2. used.
X1.1.1 When subsize specimens are used (see 10.1) and the X1.1.2.1 For example, if the pipe were 0.262 in. [6.67 mm]
width along the notch of the subsize specimen in 80 % or thick and the width along the Charpy specimen notch was 3.33
greater of the actual wall thickness of the original material, the mm (1/3 standard size), the test temperature would have to be
provisions of 14.1.2 do not apply. lowered by 25F [14C]. That is, the temperature reduction
X1.1.1.1 For example, if the actual wall thickness of pipe corresponding to the subsize specimen is 35F [19C]; the
was 0.200 in. [5.0 mm] and the width along the notch of the temperature reduction corresponding to the actual pipe thick-
largest subsize specimen obtainable is 0.160 in. [4 mm] or ness is 10F [5C]; the difference between these two values is
greater, no reduction in test temperature is required. the required reduction in test temperature.
X1.1.2 When the width along the subsize specimen notch is
less than 80 % of the actual wall thickness of the pipe, the
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