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Standard Specification for

Steel Sheet, High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled, for Welded
Layered Pressure Vessels’
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 8 12/A 8 I2M; 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 (t) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope 4.1.3 Special requirements, if required, and

1.1 This specification2 covers hot-rolled, high-strength, 4.1.4 Dimensions, including type of edges.
low-alloy steel sheet intended primarily for use in coil form 4.1.4.1 As agreed upon between the purchaser and the
in the construction of welded layered pressure vessels. producer, material ordered to this specification will be
1.2 The following grades are included in this specification: supplied to meet the appropriate standard or restricted
thickness tolerance table shown in Specification A S68/
Mechanical Requirements
Yield Strength, min Tensile Strength, min A 568M.
Grade ksi MPa ksi MPa NOTEl-Not all producers are capable of meeting all of the
65 65 450 85 585 limitations of the thickness tolerance tables in SpeciEcation A 568/
80 80 550 100 690 A 568M. The purchaser should contact the producer regarding possible
limitations prior to placing an order.
1.3 This material is produced in coil form. However,
testing is to represent the back end and the middle of the slab NOTE2-A typical ordering description is as follows: ASTM Axxx,
as rolled-see 6.1.4. The purchaser should therefore recog- Grade 65, Hot-Rolled Sheet, 0.157 in. [4.00 mm] by 48 in. [ 1220 mm]
by coil, cut edges.
nize this requires cutting the as-rolled coil to obtain test
samples and results in half-size coils.
iTeh Standards
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI
(metric) units are to be regarded separately as standard.
5. Chemical Requirements
5.1 Cast or Heat Analysis-The analysis of the steel shall

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Within the text the SI units are shown in brackets. The
values stated in each system are not exact equivalents,
conform to the requirements in Table 1.

6. Mechanical Property Requirements

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therefore each system must be used independently of the
other. Combining values of the two systems may result in 6.1 Tensile Strength:
nonconformance with the specification. 6.1.1 Requirements-Material as represented by the test
specimen shall conform to the tensile requirements specified
2. Referenced Document in Table 2.
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6.1.2 Number of Tests-Two tensile tests shall be made
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from the product of each slab as rolled.
A 568/A 568M Specification for Steel, Sheet, Carbon and 6.1.3 Location and Orientation:
High-Strength, Low-Alloy, Hot-Rolled and Cold- 6.1.3.1 Tensile test specimens shall be taken at locations
Rolled, General Requirements for3 representing the middle and back end of each slab as rolled.
3. General Requirements for Delivery 6.1.3.2 Tensile test samples shall be taken from the full
thickness of the sheet as rolled.
3.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con- 6.1.3.3 Tensile test specimens shall be taken from a
form to the applicable requirements of the current edition of location approximately halfway between the center of the
Specification A 568/A 568M unless otherwise provided sheet and the edge of the material as-rolled.
herein.
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
4. Ordering Information
composlti, x
4.1 Orders for material under this specification shall
Element Grade 65, Grade 60,
include the following information, as required, to describe Heat or Cast Heat or Cast
the material adequately:
Carbon, max 0.23 0.23
4.1.1 Specification number, grade, and date of issue, Manganese, max 1.40 1.50
4.1.2 Name of material (hot-rolled sheet), Phosphorus, max 0.035 0.035
Sulfur. max 0.035 0.035
Silicon A 0.15-0.50
Columbium plus vanadium 0.02-0.158 0.02-0.158
t This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A-l on Steel, c
Chromium. mex ..*
Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A0 I. 19 on Sheet Steel and Strip. 1 Killed steel may be supplied when spedfled. When silicon-killed steel is
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 1996. Published November 1996. Originally ordered, a range from 0.15 to 0.50 X shall be supplied.
published as A 812/A 812M - 90. Last previous edition A 812/A 812M - 93. B Columbium content not to exceed 0.05 % on heat analysis. 0.06 % on product
2 For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- analysis.
cation SA-812 in Section II of that code. CChromium may be present as an additional element but shall not exceed
3 Annual Book of ASTM Siandards, Vol 01.03. 0.35 %.