Section IX of the ASME BPVC ASME P-Numbers Structural Welding ASME P-Numbers To reduce the number of welding and

brazing procedure qualifications required ba se metals have been assigned P-Numbers by the ASME BPVC. Ferrous metals which h ave specified impact test requirements have been assigned Group Numbers within P -Numbers. These assignments have been based on comparable base metal characteristics, such as: Composition Weldability Brazeability Mechanical Properties Indiscriminant substitution of materials in a set of P-Numbers or Group Numbers may lead to problems or potentially failures. Engineering assessment is necessa ry prior to a change in materials. When a base metal with a UNS number Designation is assigned a P-Number, then a b ase metal listed in a different ASME material specification with the same UNS nu mber shall be considered that P-Number. The table below is a guide and is for instructive purposes only. Anyone specify ing materials or requirements should refer directly to the ASME Boiler and Press ure Vessel Code to specify materials, P-Numbers, procedures, or other requireme nts and not rely on the table below. The table below is only a rather incomplet e and approximate summary of ASME data. P-Numbers Base Metal (Typical or Example) 1 Numbers) 2 3 f Molybdenum (three Group Numbers) 4 denum (two Group Numbers) 5A um Not Used Half Molybdenum or half Chromium, hal One and a quarter Chromium, half Molyb Two and a quarter Chromium, one Molybden Carbon Manganese Steels (four Group

5B Five Chromium, half Molybdenum or nine C hromium, one Molybdenum (two Group Numbers) 5C Chromium, Molybdenum, Vanadium (five Gro

up Numbers) 6 , 415, 429) (six Group Numbers) 7 30) 8 Martensitic Stainless Steels (Grade 410 Ferritic Stainless Steels (Grade 409, 4 Austenitic Stainless Steels Group 1 - Grades 304, 316, 317, 347 Group 2 - Grades 309, 310 Group 3 - High Manganese Grades Group 4 - High Molybdenum Grades 9A, B, C 10A, B, C, F 10H des 31803, 32750) 10I 10J 10K teel 11A roup Numbers) 11B roup Numbers) 12 to 20 21 ) 22 23 24 25 26 to 30 31 32 33 34 Two to four Nickel Steels Various low alloy steels Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steel (Gra High Chromium Stainless Steel High Chromium, Molybdenum Stainless Steel High Chromium, Molybdenum, Nickel Stainless S Various high strength low alloy steels (six G Various high strength low alloy steels (ten G Not Used High Aluminum content (1000 and 3000 series Aluminum (5000 series - 5052, 5454) Aluminum (6000 series Not Used Aluminum (5000 series - 5083, 5086, 5456) Not used High Copper content Brass Copper Silicone Copper Nickel 6061, 6063)

35 36 to 40 41 42 43 44 ) 45 46 47 47 to 50 51, 52, 53 61, 62

Copper Aluminum Not Used High Nickel content Nickel, Copper - (Monel 500) Nickel, Chromium, Iron - (Inconel) Nickel, Molybdenum Nickel, Chromium Nickel, Chromium, Silicone Nickel, Chromium, Tungsten Not Used Titanium Alloys Zirconium Alloys (Hastelloy B2, C22, C276, X