Document Responsibility: Vessels Standards Committee 32-SAMSS-004
Issue Date: 12 January 2015
Next Planned Update: 30 June 2019 Manufacture of Pressure Vessels
12.7.8
12.7.6
12.7.7
Standards and Technology (NIST), including but not limited to
the calibration of the ICP-MS instrument. ICP-MS shall be
calibrated with sample standards provided by NIST. Test results
shall be documented as a reference, including calibration curves
for Pb, Bi and Sb.
Unless the vessel manufacturer can provide supporting documents to
differentiate bonding strength resulting from different welding
procedures, all disbonding tests shall be according to Domain - A test
conditions and acceptance criteria of Table 3 in API RP 934-A.
Step cooling tests of the base metal are required for 2 %4 Cr-1 Mo,
2% Cr-l Mo- % V, 3 Cl Mo and 3 Cr-1 Mo- % V steels, unless
impact testing at -80° F (-62° C) results in 40 ft-lb (55 Joules) average
minimum and no single value below 35 fi-Ib (48 Joules).
The phosphorous content of 1 Cr- ¥ Mo and I % Cr-¥ Mo steels shall
not exceed 0.007% in weight.
Tolerance 12: Bottom of vessel support to base line 0 mm, -6 mm.
Tolerance 13: For supports located above baseline, tolerances shall be
Omm, + 6 mm.
Tolerance 14: Maximum difference in peak deviations from straight,
applied to the shell at any location along the
circumference clear of openings, shall be: 3 mm in any
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