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CASE
1996-2
CASES OF ASME BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE
Approval Date: December 10, 1989
See Numeric Index for expiration
and any reafrmation dates.
Case 1996-2
Electric Resistance Welded Low Alloy Steel Boiler
and Superheater Tubes
Section I
Inquiry: May electric resistance welded low alloy
steel tubes with the chemical analysis shown in Table
1, and minimum mechanical properties as shown in
Table 2, that otherwise conform to SA-250, be used
in Section I construction?
Reply: It is the opinion of the Committee that electric
resistance welded low alloy steel tubes having the
chemical requirements shown in Table 1 and room
temperature mechanical property requirements as shown
in Table 2 may be used in Section I construction,
provided that:
(a) the material shall meet the chemical analysis and
minimum tensile requirements described in the Inquiry
and shall otherwise meet the requirements of SA-250
except as shown in (b) and (c) below;
(b) the tubing shall be furnished in the full annealed,
isothermal annealed, or normalized and tempered condi-
tion. If furnished in the normalized and tempered
condition, the minimum tempering temperature shall
be 1200F;
(c) the hardness shall not exceed 163 HB (85 HRB);
(e) each tube shall be subjected to one of the nonde-
structive electric tests per SA-450;
(d) the maximum allowable stress values for the
material shall be those given in Table 3 or 4;
(e) this material shall be considered P-No. 3, Group
No. 1;
(f) a manufacturers test report meeting the require-
ments of SA-450 shall be provided;
(g) this Case number shall be shown in the material
certication and marking of the material.
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TABLE 1
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Element Composition, %
Carbon 0.100.20
Manganese 0.300.61
Phosphorus, max. 0.030
Sulfur, max. 0.020
Silicon 0.100.30
Chromium 0.500.81
Molybdenum 0.440.65
TABLE 2
MECHANICAL PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS
Tensile strength, min., ksi 60
Yield strength, min., ksi 30
Elongation in 2 in., min., % 30 [Note (1)]
GENERAL NOTE: For longitudinal strip tests, a deduction of 1.50%
for each
1

32
in. decrease in wall thickness below
5

16
in. from the basic
minimum elongation shall be made.
NOTE:
(1) The following table gives the computed minimum values:
Elongation in 2 in.,
Wall Thickness, in. min., %
5

16
(0.312) 30.00
9

32
(0.281) 28.50
1

4
(0.250) 27.00
7

32
(0.219) 25.50
3

16
(0.188) 24.00
5

32
(0.156) 22.50
1

8
(0.125) 21.00
3

32
(0.094) 19.50
1

16
(0.062) 18.00
GENERAL NOTE: The above table gives the computed minimum
elongation values for each
1

32
in. decrease in wall thickness. Where
the wall thickness lies between two values shown above, the minimum
elongation value shall be determined by the following equation:
E p 48t + 15.00
where
E p elongation in 2 in., %
t p actual thickness for specimen, in.
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TABLE 3
Maximum Allowable
For Metal Temperature Stress Values, ksi
Not Exceeding, F [Note (1)]
20 to 400 12.8
500 12.8
600 12.8
650 12.8
700 12.8
750 12.6
800 12.2
850 11.9
900 11.6
950 7.8
1000 5.0
NOTE:
(1) These values include a joint efciency factor of 0.85.
TABLE 4
Maximum Allowable
For Metal Temperature Stress Values, ksi
Not Exceeding, F [Notes (1) through (5)]
20 to 400 15.0
500 15.0
600 15.0
650 15.0
700 15.0
750 14.8
800 14.4
850 14.0
900 13.7
950 9.2
1000 5.9
NOTES:
(1) The tubing shall be used for boiler, waterwall, superheater, and
economizer tubes that are enclosed within the setting.
(2) The maximum outside diameter shall be 3
1

2
in.
(3) The weld seam of each tube shall be subjected to an angle-beam
ultrasonic inspection per SA-450.
(4) Each tube shall be subjected to a nondestructive electric test per
SA-450 over its entire length.
(5) This Case number shall be shown in the Manufacturers Data
Report.
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