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ASME BPVC.IX-2015

QW-423 ALTERNATE BASE MATERIALS FOR

Base Metal(s) Used for
WELDER QUALIFICATION Procedure Qualification
ð15Þ QW-423.1 Base metal used for welder qualification Coupon Base Metals Qualified
may be substituted for the metal specified in the WPS in One metal from a P‐Number to Any metals assigned that
accordance with the following table. When a base metal any metal from the same P‐Number
shown in the left column is used for welder qualification, P‐Number
One metal from a P‐Number to Any metal assigned the first
the welder is qualified to weld all combinations of base
any metal from any other P‐Number to any metal
metals shown in the right column, including unassigned P‐ Number assigned the second
metals of similar chemical composition to these metals. P‐Number
One metal from P‐No. 15E to Any P‐No. 15E or 5B metal to
Base Metals for Welder Qualified Production Base any metal from P‐No. 15E any metal assigned P‐No.
Qualification Metals 15E or 5B
P‐No. 1 through P‐No. 15F, P‐No. 1 through P‐No. 15F, One metal from P‐No. 15E to Any P‐No. 15E or 5B metal to
P‐No. 34, or P‐No. 41 P‐No. 34, and P‐No. 41 any metal from any other any metal assigned the
through P‐No. 49 through P‐No. 49 P‐Number second P‐Number
One metal from P‐No. 3 to any Any P‐No. 3 metal to any metal
P‐No. 21 through P‐No. 26 P‐No. 21 through P‐No. 26 metal from P‐No. 3 assigned P‐No. 3 or 1
One metal from P‐No. 4 to any Any P‐No. 4 metal to any metal
metal from P‐No. 4 assigned P‐No. 4, 3, or 1
P‐No. 51 through P‐No. 53 or P‐No. 51 through P‐No. 53 and
One metal from P‐No. 5A to Any P‐No. 5A metal to any
P‐No. 61 or P‐No. 62 P‐No. 61 and P‐No. 62
any metal from P‐No. 5A metal assigned P‐No. 5A, 4,
3, or 1
Any unassigned metal to the The unassigned metal to itself One metal from P‐No. 5A to a Any P‐No. 5A metal to any
same unassigned metal metal from P‐No. 4, or P‐No. metal assigned to P‐No. 4, 3,
3, or P‐No. 1 or 1
Any unassigned metal to any The unassigned metal to any One metal from P‐No. 4 to a Any P‐No. 4 metal to any metal
P-Number metal metal assigned to the same metal from P‐No. 3 or P‐No. assigned to P‐No. 3 or 1
P-Number as the qualified 1
metal Any unassigned metal to the The unassigned metal to itself
same unassigned metal
Any unassigned metal to any The unassigned metal to any
Any unassigned metal to any The first unassigned metal to
P‐Number metal metal assigned to the same
other unassigned metal the second unassigned
P‐Number as the qualified
metal
metal
Any unassigned metal to any The unassigned metal to any
metal from P‐No. 15E metal assigned P‐No. 15E or
5B
Any unassigned metal to any The first unassigned metal to
other unassigned metal the second unassigned
QW-423.2 Metals used for welder qualification con- metal
forming to national or international standards or specifi-
cations may be considered as having the same P‐Number QW-424.2 For welds joining base metals to weld me-
as an assigned metal provided it meets the mechanical tal buildup or corrosion-resistant weld metal overlay, the
and chemical requirements of the assigned metal. The buildup or overlay portion of the joint may be substituted
base metal specification and corresponding P‐Number in the test coupon by any P-Number base material that
shall be recorded on the qualification record. nominally matches the chemical analysis of the buildup
or overlay.
QW-424 BASE METALS USED FOR PROCEDURE
QUALIFICATION
QW-430 F-NUMBERS
QW-424.1 Base metals are assigned P‐Numbers in
Table QW/QB-422; metals that do not appear in Table QW-431 GENERAL
QW/QB-422 are considered to be unassigned metals ex- The following F‐Number grouping of electrodes and
cept as otherwise defined for base metals having the same welding rods in Table QW-432 is based essentially on
UNS numbers. Unassigned metals shall be identified in the their usability characteristics, which fundamentally de-
WPS and on the PQR by specification, type and grade, or termine the ability of welders to make satisfactory welds
by chemical analysis and mechanical properties. The with a given filler metal. This grouping is made to reduce
minimum tensile strength shall be defined by the organi- the number of welding procedure and performance qua-
zation that specified the unassigned metal if the tensile lifications, where this can logically be done. The grouping
strength of that metal is not defined by the material does not imply that base metals or filler metals within a
specification. group may be indiscriminately substituted for a metal

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