Designation: A455/A455M – 12

Standard Specification for

Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High-Strength
Manganese1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A455/A455M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope* ted variations in dimensions, and mass, quality and repair of

defects, marking, loading, and ordering information.
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1.1 This specification2 covers high-tensile strength carbon-

manganese steel plates intended for welded pressure vessels. 3.2 In addition to the basic requirements of this specifica-
1.2 This steel is usually made to a semi-killed or capped tion, certain supplementary requirements are available when
deoxidation practice; however, at the purchaser’s or the steel additional control, testing, or examination is required to meet
producer’s option, the steel may be made silicon-killed or end use requirements. The purchaser is referred to the listed
aluminum-killed. supplementary requirements in this specification and to the
1.3 The maximum thickness of plates furnished under this detailed requirements in Specification A20/A20M.
specification shall be 3⁄4 in. [20 mm]. 3.3 Coils are excluded from qualification to this specifica-
1.4 For plates produced from coil and furnished without tion until they are processed into finished plates. Plates
heat treatment or with stress relieving only, the additional produced from coil means plates that have been cut to
requirements, including additional testing requirements and the individual lengths from coil. The processor directly controls, or
reporting of additional test results, of Specification A20/A20M is responsible for, the operations involved in the processing of
apply. coils into finished plates. Such operations include decoiling,
1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units leveling, cutting to length, testing, inspection, conditioning,
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the heat treatment (if applicable), packaging, marking, loading for
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each shipment, and certification.
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must NOTE 1—For plates produced from coil and furnished without heat
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the treatment or with stress relieving only, three test results are reported for
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi- each qualifying coil. Additional requirements regarding plates from coil
cation. are described in Specification A20/A20M.
3.4 If the requirements of this specification are in conflict
2. Referenced Documents with the requirements of Specification A20/A20M, the require-
2.1 ASTM Standards:3 ments of this specification shall prevail.
A20/A20M Specification for General Requirements for
Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels 4. Heat Treatment
4.1 Plates are normally supplied in the as-rolled condition.
3. General Requirements and Ordering Information The plates may be ordered normalized or stress relieved, or
3.1 Material supplied to this material specification shall both.
conform to Specification A20/A20M. These requirements out-
line the testing and retesting methods and procedures, permit- 5. Chemical Composition
5.1 The steel shall conform to the chemical requirements
1 given in Table 1.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.11 on Steel Plates for Boilers and Pressure Vessels. 6. Mechanical Properties
Current edition approved May 1, 2012. Published June 2012. Originally 6.1 Tension Test—The plates, as represented by the tension
approved in 1961. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as A455/
A455M – 03 (2007). DOI: 10.1520/A0455_A0455M-12.
test specimens, shall conform to the requirements given in
2
For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specifi- Table 2.
cation SA-455/SA-455M in Section II of that Code.
3
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
7.1 carbon steel; high-strength steel plate for pressure pur-
the ASTM website. poses; welded pressure vessels

*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.

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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Elements Composition, %
Carbon, maxA,B 0.33
Manganese:
Heat analysis 0.85–1.20
Product analysis 0.79–1.30
Phosphorus, maxA 0.025
Sulfur, maxA 0.025
Silicon:C
Heat analysis 0.10 max
Product analysis 0.13 max
A
Applies to both heat and product analyses.
B
When the silicon is higher than 0.10 %, the carbon maximum shall be 0.28 %.
C
At the purchaser’s or the producer’s option, silicon may be 0.40 % max on heat
analysis, 0.45 % max on product analysis.

TABLE 2 Tensile Requirements

Thickness
Up to 0.375 in. Over 0.375 to 0.580 in. Over 0.580 to 0.750 in.
[9.5 mm] [15 mm] [20 mm]
Tensile strength, ksi [MPa] 75–95 [515–655] 73–93 [505–640] 70–90 [485–620]
Yield strength, min, ksi [MPa] 38 [260] 37 [255] 35 [240]
Elongation in 8 in. [200 mm], min, %A 15 15 15
Elongation in 2 in. [50 mm], min, %A 22 22 22
A
See Specification A20/A20M for elongation adjustments.

SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

Supplementary requirements shall not apply unless specified in the purchase order. A list of
standardized supplementary requirements for use at the option of the purchaser is included in
Specification A20/A20M. Those that are considered suitable for use with this specification are listed
below by title.

S3. Simulated Post-Weld Heat Treatment of Mechanical

Test Coupons.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue
(A455/A455M – 03 (2007)) that may impact the use of this standard. (Approved May 1, 2012.)

(1) Table 1 was revised. (3) Section 7 was added.

(2) Section 3 was editorially revised.

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