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Abstract:

Standard designation A20-85 covers a group of common

requirements which, unless otherwise specified in the individual
material specification, shall apply to rolled steel plates for pressure
vessels under each of the following specifications issued by ASTM
quoted in this article.This specification also covers a group of
supplementary requirements, which are applicable to several of the
above specifications as indicated therein. These are provided for use
when additional testing or inspection is desired and apply only when
specified individually by the purchaser in the order.

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Standard designation A20-85 covers a group of common requirements which,

unless otherwise specified in the individual material specification, shall apply
to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels under each of the following
specifications issued by ASTM:
Title of Specification

ASTM
Designation

Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-ManganeseA202

Silicon
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel
A203
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum
A204
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium
A225
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low and IntermediateA285
Tensile Strength
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon
A299
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Molybdenum and
A302
Manganese- Molybdenum-Nickel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, 9 Percent Nickel DoubleA353
Normalized and Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium- Molybdenum
A387
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Improved Transition
A442
Properties
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength Manganese A455
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate-and
A515
Higher Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Moderate-and LowerA516
Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High Strength, Quenched and
A517
Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered,
Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese- Molybdenum-Nickel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon Manganese-Silicon
Steel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel Precipitation Hardening 18
Percent Nickel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered
Chromium-Molybdenum
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered

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Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered 8
and 9 Percent Nickel
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon steel, Manganese-Titanium for
Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings

A543
A553
A562

Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Precipitation-Hardening 12

Percent Nickel

A590

Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered

Nickel-Cobalt- Molybdenum- Chromium

A605

Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength, for

Moderate-and Lower- Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Five Percent Nickel Alloy steel, Specially
Heat Treated
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, 36 Percent Nickel

A612

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A645
A658

Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese, for Moderate and

A662
lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Quenched and Tempered,
A724
for Welded Layered Pressure Vessels
Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel and High-Strength Low-Alloy
A734
Steel, Quenched and Tempered
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon, Manganese-MolybdenumColumbium Alloy Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature
A735
Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Age-Hardening NickelA736
Copper-Chromium- Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Steel
Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel

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A737

Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon

A738
Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service
Pressure Vessel Plates, Quenched and Tempered, Manganese
Chromium- Molybdenum-Silicon-Zirconium Alloy Steel

A782

This specification also covers a group of supplementary requirements, which

are applicable to several of the above specifications as indicated therein.
These are provided for use when additional testing or inspection is desired
and apply only when specified individually by the purchaser in the order.
Appendix X2 describes the production and some of the characteristics of
coiled product from which pressure vessel plates may be produced.
In case of any conflict in requirements, the requirements of the individual
material specification shall prevail over those of this general specification.
The purchaser may specify additional requirements which do not negate any
the provisions of this general specification or of the individual material
specifications. Such additional requirements, the acceptance of which is
subject to negotiation with the supplier, must be included in the order
information.
In general, all these materials are intended to be suitable for fusion welding.

Manufacture
Unless otherwise specified in the material specification, the steel may be
made by any of the following processes: open-hearth, basic-oxygen, electricfurnace, vacuum arc remelt (VAR) or electroslag remelt (ESR).
The steel may be cast in ingots or may be strand cast. If more than one heat
is consecutively strand cast at one time, the heats must be melted to the
same steelmaking composition range. When such continuous strand casting
is employed, the heat number assigned to the cast product (slab) may remain
unchanged until all of the steel in the slab is from the following heat.
The ratio of reduction of thickness from a strand-cast slab to plate shall be a
minimum of 3 to 1. Plates are produced in either discrete cut lengths of flat
product or from coils. Plates produced from coil means plates that have been
leveled or flattened and cut to length from a coiled product and that are
furnished without heat treatment. Plates that are annealed, normalized,
normalized-and-tempered, or quenched-and-tempered after decoiling shall
be considered to discrete cut lengths of flat products.

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When material is required to be heat treated, the heat treatment may be

performed either by the manufacturer or processor or by the fabricator
unless otherwise specified in the material specification.
When the heat treatment required by the material specification is to be
performed by the purchaser or his agent, and the material is to be supplied
by the material producer in a condition other than that required by the
material specification, the order shall so state.
When plates are ordered without the heat treatment required by the material
specification, heat treatment of the plates to conform to the requirements of
the material specification shall be responsibility of the purchaser.
When heat treatment is to be performed, the material shall be heat treated
as specified in the material specification. The purchaser may specify the heat
treatment to be used provided it is not in conflict with the requirements of
the material specification.
When normalizing is to be performed by the fabricator, it may be
accomplished by heating uniformly for hot forming. The temperature to
which the plates are heated for hot forming shall not significantly exceed the
normalizing temperature.
When no heat treatment is required, the manufacturer or processor at his
option may heat treat the plates by normalizing and then stress relieving to
meet the material specification.
If approved by the purchaser, cooling rates faster than those obtained by
cooling in air are permissible for improvement of the toughness, provided
the plates are subsequently tempered in the temperature range from 595 to
705C.

Date Published: Feb-2002

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