ASTM B653/B653M-01
(Specification)Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Welding Fittings
Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Welding Fittings
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1.1 This specification covers fittings, factory made from zirconium and zirconium alloys. The term welding fittings applies to butt-welding parts such as 45 and 90° elbows, 180° returns, caps, tees, reducers, lap-joint stub ends, and other types.
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pound or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other. SI values cannot be mixed with inch-pound values.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Designation: B 653/B 653M – 01
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy
Welding Fittings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 653/B 653M; 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.
1. Scope 2.3 Manufacturers’ Standardization Society of the Valve
and Fittings Industry Standards:
1.1 This specification covers fittings, factory made from
SP-25 Standard Marking System for Valves, Fittings,
zirconium and zirconium alloys. The term welding fittings
Flanges, and Unions
applies to butt-welding parts such as 45 and 90° elbows, 180°
SP-43 Standard Practice for Light Weight Stainless Steel
returns, caps, tees, reducers, lap-joint stub ends, and other
Fittings
types.
2.4 American Society of Mechanical Engineers:
1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Sections VIII and
separately as the standard. Within the text, the SI units are
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shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not
exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used inde-
3. Terminology
pendently of the other. Combining values from the two systems
3.1 Lot Definitions:
may result in nonconformance with the specification.
3.1.1 castings—a lot shall consist of all castings produced
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
from the same pour.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.2 ingot—no definition required.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.1.3 rounds, flats, tubes, and wrought powder metallurgical
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
products (single definition, common to nuclear and non-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
nuclear standards)—a lot shall consist of a material of the
2. Referenced Documents same size, shape, condition, and finish produced from the same
ingot or powder blend by the same reduction schedule and the
2.1 ASTM Standards:
same heat treatment parameters. Unless otherwise agreed
B 493 Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy
between manufacturer and purchaser, a lot shall be limited to
Forgings
the product of an 8 h period for final continuous anneal, or to
B 523 Specification for Seamless and Welded Zirconium
a single furnace loaf for final batch anneal.
and Zirconium Alloy Tubes
3.1.4 sponge—a lot shall consist of a single blend produced
B 550 Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Bar
at one time.
and Wire
3.1.5 weld fittings—definition is to be mutually agreed upon
B 551 Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy
between manufacturer and the purchaser.
Strip, Sheet, and Plate
B 614 Practice for Descaling and Cleaning Zirconium and
4. Classification
Zirconium Alloy Surfaces
4.1 The fittings are furnished in three grades as follows:
B 658 Specification for Seamless and Welded Zirconium
2 4.1.1 Grade R60702— Unalloyed zirconium.
and Zirconium Alloy Pipe
4.1.2 Grade R60704— Zirconium-tin.
2.2 ANSI Standards:
3 4.1.3 Grade R60705— Zirconium-niobium.
B 16.9 Wrought Steel Butt-Welding Fittings
B 36.19 Stainless Steel Pipe
5. Ordering Information
5.1 Orders for materials under this specification shall in-
1 clude the following information:
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B10 on
5.1.1 Quantity,
Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of
Subcommittee B10.02 on Zirconium and Hafnium.
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2001. Published January 2002. Originally
published as B 653 – 79. Last previous edition B 653 – 96. Available from the Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.04. Fittings Industry, 1815 N. Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209.
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B 653/B 653M
5.1.2 Name of material (zirconium fittings), be removed by grinding, providing the wall thickness is not
5.1.3 Grade number (see 3.1), decreased to less than the minimum thickness, and further
5.1.4 ASTM designation and year of issue, provided that the ground-out area shall be faired out.
5.1.5 Finish (see Section 9), and
10. Test Methods
5.1.6 Additions to the specification and supplementary re-
quirements, if required.
10.1 Hydrostatic Tests:
10.1.1 All fittings shall be capable of withstanding without
NOTE 1—A typical ordering description is as follows: 15 pieces,
failure, leakage, or impairment of their serviceability, a test
zirconium, 4-in. (100 mm), Schedule 40, 90° long radius elbows, descaled,
pressure prescribed in the specifications for the pipe or tubing
ASTM B 653, dated , Grade R60702. Supplementary Requirement S3
with which the fitting is recommended to be used (see Table 1).
Stress Relief Heat Treatment.
10.1.2 Do not perform or report hydrostatic tests unless
6. Materials and Manufacture
required by agreement between the manufacturer and the
6.1 Forging, forming, or shaping operations may be per-
purchaser and so stated in the purchase order.
formed by hammering, pressing, piercing, extruding, upsetting,
11. Inspection
rolling, bending, fusion welding, machining, or by a combina-
tion of two or more of these operations. The forming procedure
11.1 The manufacturer shall inspect the material covered by
shall be so applied that it will not produce injurious defects in
this specification prior to shipment and, on request, shall
the fittings.
furnish the purchaser with certificates of test. If so specified in
6.2 Fittings containing welded seams or other joints made
the purchase order, the purchaser or his representative may
by welding shall comply with the following provisions:
witness the testing and inspection of the material at the place of
6.2.1 Welded by welders, welding operators, and welding
manufacture. In such cases the purchaser shall state in his
procedures qualified under the provisions of Section IX of the
purchase order which tests he desires to witness. The manu-
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
facturer shall give ample notice to the purchaser as to the time
6.2.2 Filler metal, when used, shall be the same grade as the
and place of the designated tests. If the purchaser’s represen-
base metal.
tative does not present himself at the time agreed upon for the
testing, the manufacturer shall c
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