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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) have cooperated for more than fifty years in the preparation of material specifications adequate for safety in the field of pressure equipment for ferrous and nonferrous materials, contained in Section II (Part A - Ferrous and Part B - Nonferrous) of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
From the preceding, it is evident that many of the material specifications were prepared by the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committees, then subsequently, by cooperative action, modified and identified as ASTM specifications. Section II, Parts A and B, currently contain many material specifications which are identical with the corresponding ASTM specifications and some which have been modified for Code usage.
In 1969, the American Welding Society began publication of specifications for welding rods, electrodes, and filler metals, hitherto issued by ASTM. The Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee has recognized this new arrangement, and is now working with AWS on these specifications. Section II, Part C, contains the welding material specifications approved for Code use.
In 1992, the ASME Board of Pressure Technology Codes and Standards endorsed the use, of non-ASTM material for Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications. It is the intent to follow the procedures and practices currently in use to implement the adoption of non-ASTM materials.
All identical specifications are indicated by the ASME/originating organization symbols. The specifications prepared and copyrighted by ASTM, AWS, and other originating organizations are reproduced in the Code with the permission of the respective Society. The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee has given careful consideration to each new and revised specification, and has made such changes as they deemed necessary to make the specification adaptable for Code usage. In addition, ASME has furnished ASTM with the basic requirements that should govern many proposed new specifications. Joint action will continue an effort to make the ASTM, AWS, and ASME specifications identical.
To assure that there will be a clear understanding on the part of the users of Section II, ASME publishes both the identical specifications and those amended for Code usage in three parts every three years, in the same page size to match the other sections of the Code, and Addenda are issued annually to provide the latest changes in Section II specifications.
The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code has been adopted into law by 48 states and many municipalities in the United States and by all of the Canadian Provinces.
ADOPTED ASTM SPECIFICATIONS BY ASME
LISTED BY MATERIALS
Steel Pipe
SA-53 Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated Welded and Seamless
SA-106 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-134 Pipe, Steel, Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded (Sizes NPS 16 and Over)
SA-135 Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe
SA-312/SA-312M Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-333/SA-333M Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe for Low-Temp Service
SA-335/SA-335M Seamless Ferritic Alloy-Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-358/SA-358M Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Alloy Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-369/SA-369M Carbon and Ferritic Alloy Steel Forged and Bored Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-376/SA-376M Seamless Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temp Central-Station Service
SA-409/SA-409M Welded Large Diameter Austenitic Steel Pipe for Corrosive or High-Temp Service
SA-426 Centrifugally Cast Ferritic Alloy Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-430/SA-430M Austenitic Steel Forged and Bored Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-451 Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-452 Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Cold-Wrought Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-524 Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for Atmospheric and Lower Temperatures
SA-530/SA-530M General Requirements for Specialized Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe
SA-587 Electric-Resistance-Welded Low-Carbon Steel Pipe for the Chemical Industry
SA-660 Centrifugally Cast Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-671 Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for Atmospheric and Lower Temperatures
SA-672 Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Service at Moderate Temperatures
SA-691 Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe, Electric-Fusion-Welded for High-Pressure Service at High Temperatures
SA-727/SA-727M Forgings, Carbon Steel, for Piping Components With Inherent Notch Toughness
SA-731/SA-731M Seamless, Welded Ferritic, and Martensitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-790/SA-790M Seamless and Welded Ferritic /Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-813/SA-813M Single- or Double-Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-814/SA-814M Cold-Worked Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
Steel Tubes
SA-178/SA-178M Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-Manganese Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
SA-179/SA-179M Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
SA-192/SA-192M Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure Service
SA-199/SA-199M Seamless Cold-Drawn Intermediate Alloy Steel Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
SA-209/SA-209M Seamless Carbon-Molybdenum Alloy-Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
SA-210/SA-210M Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
SA-213/SA-213M Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy Steel Boiler, Superheater, and Heat Exchanger Tubes
SA-214/SA-214M Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
SA-226/SA-226M Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes for High Pressure Service
SA-249/SA-249M Welded Austenitic Steel Boiler, Superheater, Heat Exchanger, and Condenser Tubes
SA-250/SA-250M Electric-Resistance-Welded Ferritic Alloy Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
SA-268/SA-268M Seamless and Welded Ferritic and Martensitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
SA-334/SA-334M Seamless and Welded Carbon and Alloy Steel Tubes for Low-Temp Service
SA-423/SA-423M Seamless and Electric Welded Low-Alloy Steel Tubes
SA-450/SA-450M General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
SA-556/SA-556M Seamless Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes
SA-557/SA-557M Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes
SA-688/SA-688M Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes
SA-789/SA-789M Seamless and Welded Ferritic /Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
SA-803/SA-803M Welded Ferritic Stainless Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes
Steel Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts
SA-105/SA-105M Carbon Steel Forgings, for Piping Applications
SA-181/SA-181M Carbon Steel Forgings, for General-Purpose Piping
SA-182/SA-182M Forged or Rolled Alloy Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temp Service
SA-216/SA-216M Steel Castings, Carbon, Suitable for Fusion Welding for High-Temp Service
SA-217/SA-217M Steel Castings, Martensitic Stainless and Alloy, for Pressure Containing Parts Suitable for High-Temp Service
SA-232 Chromium-Vanadium Alloy Steel Valve Spring Quality Wire
SA-234/SA-234M Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy for Moderate and Elevated Temperatures
SA-350/SA-350M Forgings, Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel, Requiring Notch Toughness Testing for Piping Components
SA-351/SA-351M Castings, Austenitic, Austenitic-Ferritic (Duplex), for Pressure-Containing Parts
SA-352/SA-352M Steel Castings, Ferritic and Martensitic, for Pressure Containing Parts, Suitable for Low Temperature Service
SA-403/SA-403M Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings
SA-420/SA-420M Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Low-Temp Service
SA-522/SA-522M Forged or Rolled 8 and 9% Nickel Alloy Steel Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for Low-Temp Service
SA-592/SA-592M High-Strength Quenched and Tempered Low-Alloy Steel Forged Fittings and Parts for Pressure Vessels
SA-815/SA-815M Wrought Ferritic, Ferritic /Austenitic, and Martensitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings
SA-905 Steel Wire, Pressure Vessel Winding
Steel Plates, Sheets, and Strip for Pressure Vessels
SA-20/SA-20M General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
SA-202/SA-202M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Manganese-Silicon
SA-203/SA-203M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel
SA-204/SA-204M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum
SA-225/SA-225M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel
SA-240 Heat-Resisting Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels
SA-263 Corrosion-Resisting Chromium Steel Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
SA-264 Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
SA-265 Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy Clad Steel Plate
SA-285/SA-285M Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and Intermediate-Tensile Strength
SA-299/SA-299M Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon
SA-302/SA-302M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
SA-353/SA-353M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, 9 Percent Nickel, Double-Normalized and Tempered
SA-387/SA-387M Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum
Steel Castings
SA-216/SA-216M Steel Castings, Carbon, Suitable for Fusion Welding for High-Temp Service
SA-217/SA-217M Steel Castings, Martensitic Stainless and Alloy, for Pressure-Containing Parts Suitable for High-Temp Service
SA-351/SA-351M Castings, Austenitic, Austenitic-Ferritic (Duplex), for Pressure-Containing Parts
SA-352/SA-352M Steel Castings, Ferritic and Martensitic, for Pressure-Containing Parts, Suitable for Low Temperature Service
SA-487/SA-487M Steel Castings Suitable for Pressure Service
SA-494/SA-494M Castings, Nickel and Nickel Alloy
SA-609 Castings, Carbon, Low Alloy, and Martensitic Stainless Steel, Ultrasonic Examination Thereof
SA-667/SA-667M Centrifugally Cast Dual Metal (Gray and White Cast Iron) Cylinders
SA-703/SA-703M Steel Castings, General Requirements, for Pressure-Containing Parts
SA-747/SA-747M Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steel Castings
SA-781/SA-781M Castings, Steel and Alloy, Common Requirements, for General Industrial Use
Corrosion-Resisting and Heat-Resisting Steels
SA-182/SA-182M Forged or Rolled Alloy Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temp Service
SA-193/SA-193M Alloy Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting Materials for High-Temp Service
SA-194/SA-194M Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High-Pressure and High-Temp Service
SA-213/SA-213M Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy Steel Boiler, Superheater, and Heat Exchanger Tubes
SA-216/SA-216M Steel Castings, Carbon, Suitable for Fusion Welding for High-Temp Service
SA-217/SA-217M Steel Castings, Martensitic Stainless and Alloy, for Pressure Containing Parts Suitable for High-Temp Service
SA-240 Heat-Resisting Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels
SA-249/SA-249M Welded Austenitic Steel Boiler, Superheater, Heat Exchanger, and Condenser Tubes
SA-263 Corrosion-Resisting Chromium Steel Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
SA-264 Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel Clad Plate, Sheet, and Strip
SA-265 Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy Clad Steel Plate
SA-268/SA-268M Seamless and Welded Ferritic and Martensitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
SA-312/SA-312M Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-320/SA-320M Alloy Steel Bolting Materials for Low-Temp Service
SA-336/SA-336M Alloy Steel Forgings for Pressure and High-Temp Parts
SA-351/SA-351M Castings, Austenitic, Austenitic-Ferritic (Duplex), for Pressure-Containing Parts
SA-358/SA-358M Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Alloy Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-369/SA-369M Carbon and Ferritic Alloy Steel Forged and Bored Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-376/SA-376M Seamless Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temp Central-Station Service
SA-403/SA-403M Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings
SA-409/SA-409M Welded Large Diameter Austenitic Steel Pipe for Corrosive or High-Temp Service
SA-426 Centrifugally Cast Ferritic Alloy Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-430/SA-430M Austenitic Steel Forged and Bored Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-437/SA-437M Alloy Steel Turbine-Type Bolting Material Specially Heat Treated for High-Temp Service
SA-451 Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-452 Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Cold-Wrought Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-479/SA-479M Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes for Use in Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels
SA-484/SA-484M General Requirements for Stainless and Heat-Resisting Bars, Billets, and Forgings
SA-515/SA-515M Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- and Higher-Temperature Service
SA-564/SA-564M Hot-Rolled and Cold-Finished Age-Hardening Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Bars and Shapes
SA-638/SA-638M Precipitation Hardening Iron Base Superalloy Bars, Forgings, and Forging Stock for High-Temp Service
SA-660 Centrifugally Cast Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temp Service
SA-666 Austenitic Stainless Steel, Sheet, Strip, Plate and Flat Bar
SA-691 Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe, Electric-Fusion-Welded for High-Pressure Service at High Temperatures
SA-705/SA-705M Age-Hardening Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Forgings
SA-789/SA-789M Seamless and Welded Ferritic /Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
SA-790/SA-790M Seamless and Welded Ferritic /Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-814/SA-814M Cold-Worked Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
SA-815/SA-815M Wrought Ferritic, Ferritic /Austenitic, and Martensitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings
Wrought Iron, Cast Iron, and Malleable Iron
SA-47 Ferritic Malleable Iron Castings
SA-278 Gray Iron Castings for Pressure Containing Parts for Temperatures Up to 650°F
SA-395 Ferritic Ductile Iron Pressure-Retaining Castings for Use at Elevated Temperatures
SA-476 Ductile Iron Castings for Paper Mill Dryer Rolls
SA-748/SA-748M Statically Cast Chilled White Iron-Gray Iron Dual Metal Rolls for Pressure Vessel Use
SA-834 Common Requirements for Iron Castings for General Industrial Use
Methods
SA-275/SA-275M Magnetic Particle Examination of Steel Forgings
SA-370 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
SA-388/SA-388M Ultrasonic Examination of Heavy Steel Forgings
SA-435/SA-435M Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Plates
SA-577/SA-577M Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Examination of Steel Plates
SA-578/SA-578M Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Plain and Clad Steel Plates for Special Applications
SA-745/SA-745M Ultrasonic Examination of Austenitic Steel Forgings
SA-751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
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