NONMANDATORY APPENDIX R PREHEATING

INTRODUCTION
Preheating may be employed during welding to assist in completion of the welded joint. The need for and temperature of preheat are dependent on a number of factors, such as the chemical analysis, degree of restraint of the parts being joined, elevated physical properties, and heavy thicknesses. Mandatory rules for preheating are, therefore, not given in this Division except as required in the footnotes that provide for exemptions to postweld heat treatment in Tables UCS-56 and UHA-32. Some practices used for preheating are given below as a general guide for the materials listed by P-Numbers in Section IX. It is cautioned that the preheating temperatures listed below do not necessarily insure satisfactory completion of the welded joint and requirements for individual materials within the P-Number listing may have preheating more or less restrictive than this general guide. The procedure specication for the material being welded species the minimum preheating requirements under Section IX weld procedure qualication requirements. The heat of welding may assist in maintaining preheat temperatures after the start of welding and for inspection purposes, temperature checks can be made near the weld. The method or extent of application of preheat is not therefore, specically given. Normally when materials of two different P-Number groups are joined by welding, the preheat used will be that of the material with the higher preheat specied on the procedure specied on the procedure specication. R-1 P-NO. 1 GROUP NOS. 1, 2, AND 3 (480 MPa) or a thickness at the joint in excess of 58 in. (16 mm); (b) 50 F (10 C) for all other materials in this PNumber.

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P-NO. 4 GROUP NOS. 1 AND 2

(a) 250F (121C) for material which has either a specied minimum tensile strength in excess of 60,000 psi (410 MPa) or a thickness at the joint in excess of 12 in. (13 mm); (b) 50 F (10 C) for all other materials in this PNumber.

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P-NOS. 5A AND 5B GROUP NO. 1

(a) 400F (204C) for material which has either a specied minimum tensile strength in excess of 60,000 psi (410 MPa), or has both a specied minimum chromium content above 6.0% and a thickness at the joint in excess of 12 in. (13 mm); (b) 300F (149C) for all other materials in these PNumbers.

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P-NO. 6 GROUP NOS. 1, 2, AND 3

400F (204C)

R-6 (a) 175F (79C) for material which has both a specied maximum carbon content in excess of 0.30% and a thickness at the joint in excess of 1 in. (25 mm); (b) 50 F (10 C) for all other materials in this PNumber. R-2 P-NO. 3 GROUP NOS. 1, 2, AND 3 None

P-NO. 7 GROUP NOS. 1 AND 2

R-7 None

P-NO. 8 GROUP NOS. 1 AND 2

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P-NO. 9 GROUPS

(a) 175F (79C) for material which has either a specied minimum tensile strength in excess of 70,000 psi
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250F (121C) for P-No. 9A Group No. 1 materials 300F (149C) for P-No. 9B Group No. 1 materials

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NONMANDATORY APPENDIX R

R-10

R-9 P-NO. 10 GROUP 175F (79C) for P-No. 10A Group No. 1 materials 250F (121C) for P-No. 10B Group No. 2 materials 175F (79C) for P-No. 10C Group No. 3 materials 250F (121C) for P-No. 10F Group No. 6 materials For P-No. 10C Group No. 3 materials, preheat is neither required nor prohibited, and consideration shall be given to the limitation of interpass temperature for various thicknesses to avoid detrimental effects on the mechanical properties of heat treated material. For P-No. 10D Group No. 4 and P-No. 10I Group No. 1 materials, 300F (149C) with interpass temperature maintained between 350F and 450F (177C and 232C) R-10 P-NO. 11 GROUP (a) P-No. 11A Group Group No. 1 None (see Note)

Group No. 2 Same as for P-No. 5 (see Note) Group No. 3 Same as for P-No. 5 (see Note) Group No. 4 250F (121C) (b) P-No. 11B Group Group No. 1 Same Group No. 2 Same Group No. 3 Same Group No. 4 Same Group No. 5 Same Group No. 6 Same Group No. 7 Same as as as as as as as for for for for for for for P-No. P-No. P-No. P-No. P-No. P-No. P-No. 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 (see (see (see (see (see (see (see Note) Note) Note) Note) Note) Note) Note)

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NOTE: Consideration shall be given to the limitation of interpass temperature for various thicknesses to avoid detrimental effects on the mechanical properties of heat treated materials.

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