ASTM A263-03
(Specification)Standard Specification for Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate
Standard Specification for Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate
ABSTRACT
This guide covers standard specification for a carbon steel plate or a low-alloy steel base to which is integrally and continuously bonded on one or both sides of a layer of stainless chromium steel. The steel shall be made by open-hearth, electric-furnace, or basic-oxygen process, or by secondary processes whereby steel made from these primary processes is remelted using, but not limited to electroslag remelting or vacuum-arc remelting processes. The steel plate may be heat-treated after the forming process. Tensile properties shall be determined by a tension test of the composite plate for clad plates that meet the specified values of tensile strength and yield strength. The composite plate shall conform to any desired combination of alloy-cladding metal and base metal. Tests for strength of the bond, when required, shall be performed and shall meet the specified values of shear and bond strengths. The test specimen shall undergo one or more tension tests, as required by the specifications for the base metal and, when specified, one shear test or three bond bend tests shall be made representing each plate as rolled. Product analysis may also be required for the cladding alloy on the finished product.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers plate of a carbon steel or low-alloy steel base to which is integrally and continuously bonded on one or both sides a layer of stainless chromium steel. The material is generally intended for pressure vessel use.
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.
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Designation: A 263 – 03
Standard Specification for
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Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 263; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 3. Terminology
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1.1 This specification covers plate of a carbon steel or 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
low-alloy steel base to which is integrally and continuously 3.1.1 This material is considered as single-clad or double-
bonded on one or both sides a layer of stainless chromium clad stainless chromium-steel plate, depending on whether one
steel. The material is generally intended for pressure vessel or both sides are covered.
use. 3.1.2 base metal (backing steel)—component to which the
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded alloy cladding is applied, usually the greater percentage of the
as the standard. composite plate.
3.1.3 alloy cladding—the stainless chromium steel compo-
2. Referenced Documents
nent of the composite plate.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.4 integrally and continuously bonded—a condition in
A 6/A 6M Specification for General Requirements for whichthealloycladdingandbasemetalarebroughttogetherto
Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet
form a metallurgical bond at essentially the entire interface of
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Piling the two metals by means other than those processes that do not
A 20/A 20M Specification for General Requirements for
produce a homogeneous composite plate.
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Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
4. Ordering Information
A 240/A 240M Specification for Chromium and
Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip 4.1 It is the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all
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for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications requirements that are necessary for material ordered under this
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for MechanicalTesting specification. Such requirements may include, but are not
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of Steel Products limited to, the following:
A 480/A 480M Specification for General Requirements for 4.1.1 Quantity (weight or number of pieces).
Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, 4.1.2 Cladding alloy specification (UNS or ASTM Specifi-
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Sheet, and Strip cation A 240/A 240M) and whether cladding is for corrosion
A 578/A 578M Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic allowance only.
Examination of Plain and Clad Steel Plates for Special 4.1.3 Base metal specification.
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Applications 4.1.4 Bond integrity Class (1, 3, or 5; see Section 13).
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for 4.1.5 Dimensions including the minimum or nominal thick-
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products nesses of the cladding alloy and the backing steel, or of the
2.2 ASME Code: total composite and if more or less restrictive thickness
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IX, Welding tolerances apply.
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Qualifications 4.1.6 Product analysis, if required (see Section 10). Specify
whether applicable to the cladding alloy, backing steel, or both.
4.1.7 Mechanical properties including shear test if required
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
(see Sections 7, 8, and 9).
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
4.1.8 Finish (see Section 12).
A01.11 for Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels.
Current edition approved Feb. 2, 2006. Published April 2003. Originally
4.1.9 Restrictions, if required, on repair by welding (see
approved in 1943. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as A 263 – 94a (1999).
Section 14).
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-
4.1.10 Additions to the specification or special require-
cation SA-263 in Section II of that Code.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04. ments.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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A 263–03
4.2 Inadditiontothebasicrequirementsofthisspecification (b)Thespecifiedminimumtensilestrengthofthebasesteel
and the backing steel specification, certain supplementary is less than or equal to 70 000 psi [485 MPa].
requirements are available when necessary to meet end use (c) The specified minimum yield strength o
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