ASTM A20/A20M-15

Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels

ABSTRACT
This specification covers a group of common requirements that apply to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels. The steel shall be made in an open-hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-arc furnace process. Sampling and methods for chemical analysis are discussed. Yield strength tests, tension tests, and notch-toughness tests shall be made in accordance to the product specification to conform to the specified requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This general requirements specification2 covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable product specification, apply to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels covered by each of the following product specifications issued by ASTM:    
Title of Specification  
ASTM DesignationA    
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel  
A203/A203M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum  
A204/A204M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-
Vanadium  
A225/A225M  
Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate  
A263  
Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad Plate  
A264  
Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy Steel-Clad Plate  
A265  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and
Intermediate-Tensile Strength  
A285/A285M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon  
A299/A299M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-
Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel  
A302/A302M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, 9 Percent Nickel
Double-Normalized and Tempered  
A353/A353M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
Molybdenum  
A387/A387M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength
Manganese  
A455/A455M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate-
and Higher-Temperature Service  
A515/A515M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Moderate- and
Lower-Temperature Service  
A516/A516M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength,
Quenched and Tempered  
A517/A517M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
Tempered Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-
Molybdenum- Nickel  
A533/A533M  
Title of Specification  
ASTM DesignationA    
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-
Manganese-Silicon Steel  
A537/A537M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
Tempered Chromium-Molybdenum  
A542/A542M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum  
A543/A543M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and
Tempered 8 and 9 Percent Nickel  
A553/A553M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-
Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings  
A562/A562M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength, for
Moderate and Lower Temperature Service  
A612/A612M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Five Percent Nickel Alloy Steel,
Specially Heat Treated  
A645/A645M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese, for
Moderate and Lower Temperature Service  
A662/A662M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Quenched and
Tempered, for Welded Layered Pressure Vessels  
A724/A724M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel and High-Strength
Low-Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered  
A734/A734M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Manganese-
Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Steel, for Moderate and
Lower Temperature Service  
A735/A735M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Age-Hardening
Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium
Alloy Steel  
A736/A736M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel  
A737/A737M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-
Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower
Temperature Service  
A738/A738M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-
Molybdenum-Vanadium  
A832/A832M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, Produced by the Thermo-
Mechanical Control Process (TMCP)  
A841/A841M  
Pressure Vessel Plates, 9 % Nick...

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Oct-2015
• ICS: 23.020.30 - Pressure vessels, gas cylinders
• ICS: 77.140.50 - Flat steel products and semi-products
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.11 - Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A20/A20M-14 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Replaced By: ASTM A20/A20M-17 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
• Effective Date: 15-Nov-2017
• Referred By: ASTM A225/A225M-17(2022) - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A671/A671M-20 - Standard Specification for Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for Atmospheric and Lower Temperatures
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A264-12(2019) - Standard Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad Plate
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A1031/A1031M-12(2017) - Standard Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Heavy-Thickness Coils, Alloy, Drawing Steel and Structural Steel, Hot-Rolled
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A737/A737M-17 - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength, Low-Alloy Steel
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A455/A455M-12a(2017) - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High-Strength Manganese
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A516/A516M-17 - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Moderate- and Lower-Temperature Service
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A724/A724M-09(2018) - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, Quenched and Tempered, for Welded Pressure Vessels
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A672/A672M-19 - Standard Specification for Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Service at Moderate Temperatures
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A662/A662M-17 - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A265-12(2019) - Standard Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-Clad Steel Plate
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A844/A844M-21 - Standard Specification for Steel Plates, 9 % Nickel Alloy, for Pressure Vessels, Produced by the Direct-Quenching Process
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015
• Referred By: ASTM A542/A542M-19 - Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched-and-Tempered, Chromium-Molybdenum, and Chromium-Molybdenum-Vanadium
• Effective Date: 01-Nov-2015

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:A20/A20M −15
Standard Specification for
1
General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A20/A20M; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
A
1. Scope*
Title of Specification ASTM Designation
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon- A537/A537M
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1.1 This general requirements specification covers a group
Manganese-Silicon Steel
of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A542/A542M
Tempered Chromium-Molybdenum
applicable product specification, apply to rolled steel plates for
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A543/A543M
pressure vessels covered by each of the following product
Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum
specifications issued by ASTM: Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A553/A553M
Tempered 8 and 9 Percent Nickel
A
Title of Specification ASTM Designation
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese- A562/A562M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel A203/A203M
Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum A204/A204M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength, for A612/A612M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese- A225/A225M
Moderate and Lower Temperature Service
Vanadium
Pressure Vessel Plates, Five Percent Nickel Alloy Steel, A645/A645M
Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate A263
Specially Heat Treated
Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad Plate A264
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese, for A662/A662M
Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy Steel-Clad Plate A265
Moderate and Lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and A285/A285M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Quenched and A724/A724M
Intermediate-Tensile Strength
Tempered, for Welded Layered Pressure Vessels
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon A299/A299M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel and High-Strength A734/A734M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese- A302/A302M
Low-Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered
Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Manganese- A735/A735M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, 9 Percent Nickel A353/A353M
Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Steel, for Moderate and
Double-Normalized and Tempered
Lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium- A387/A387M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Age-Hardening A736/A736M
Molybdenum
Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength A455/A455M
Alloy Steel
Manganese
Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel A737/A737M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- A515/A515M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon- A738/A738M
and Higher-Temperature Service
Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Moderate- and A516/A516M
Temperature Service
Lower-Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium- A832/A832M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength, A517/A517M
Molybdenum-Vanadium
Quenched and Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Produced by the Thermo- A841/A841M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A533/A533M
Mechanical Control Process (TMCP)
Tempered Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-
Pressure Vessel Plates, 9 % Nickel Alloy, Produced A844/A844M
Molybdenum- Nickel
by the Direct-Quenching Process
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium- A1017/A1017M
Molybdenum-Tungsten
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These designations refer to the latest issue of the respective specification which
appears in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.04.
1.1.1 This general requirements specification also covers a
group of supplementary requirements that are applicable to
severaloftheaboveproductspecificationsasindicatedtherein.
Such requirements are provided for use if additional testing or
additional restrictions are required by the purchaser, and apply
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
only if specified individually in the purchase order.
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.11 on Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels.
1.2 Appendix X1 provides information on coil as a source
Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2015. Published November 2015. Originally
of plates for pressure vessels.
approved in 1950. Last previous edition approved in
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Designation: A20/A20M − 14 A20/A20M − 15
Standard Specification for
1
General Requirements for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A20/A20M; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope*
2
1.1 This general requirements specification covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the
applicable product specification, apply to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels covered by each of the following product
specifications issued by ASTM:
A
Title of Specification ASTM Designation
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel A203/A203M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum A204/A204M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese- A225/A225M
Vanadium
Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate A263
Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad Plate A264
Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy Steel-Clad Plate A265
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and A285/A285M
Intermediate-Tensile Strength
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon A299/A299M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese- A302/A302M
Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, 9 Percent Nickel A353/A353M
Double-Normalized and Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium- A387/A387M
Molybdenum
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength A455/A455M
Manganese
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- A515/A515M
and Higher-Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Moderate- and A516/A516M
Lower-Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength, A517/A517M
Quenched and Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A533/A533M
Tempered Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-
Molybdenum- Nickel
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee A01.11
on Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2014Nov. 1, 2015. Published October 2014November 2015. Originally approved in 1950. Last previous edition approved in 20132014
as A20/A20M – 13.A20/A20M – 14. DOI: 10.1520/A0020_A0020M-14.10.1520/A0020_A0020M-15.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specification SA-20/SA-20M in Section II of that Code.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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Title of Specification ASTM Designation
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon- A537/A537M
Manganese-Silicon Steel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A542/A542M
Tempered Chromium-Molybdenum
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A543/A543M
Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and A553/A553M
Tempered 8 and 9 Percent Nickel
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Title of Specification ASTM Designation
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese- A562/A562M
Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength, for A612/A612M
Moderate and Lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Five Percent Nickel Alloy Steel, A645/A645M
Specially Heat Treated
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese, for A662/A662M
Moderate and Lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Quenched and A724/A724M
Tempered, for Welded Layered Pressure Vessels
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel and High-Strength A734/A734M
Low-Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Manganese- A735/A735M
Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Steel, for Moderate and
Lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Age-Hardening A736/A736M
Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium
Alloy Steel
Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel A737/A737M
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon- A738/A738M
Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower
Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates
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