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Designation: A 1014 – 02

Standard Specification for

Precipitation-Hardening Bolting Material (UNS N07718) for
High Temperature Service1
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 1014; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

1. Scope * this specification including any supplementary ones and those

1.1 This specification covers a precipitation hardening bolt- included in the ordering information required by Specification
ing material (UNS N07718) for high temperature service. A 962/A 962M.

2. Referenced Documents 4. Common Requirements

2.1 ASTM Standards: 4.1 Common Requirements—Product furnished to this
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing specification shall conform to Specification A 962/A 962M,
of Steel Products2 including any supplementary requirements indicated on the
A 962/A 962M Specification for Common Requirements purchase order. Failure to comply with Specification A 962/
for Steel Fasteners or Fastener Materials, or Both, Intended A 962M constitutes non-conformance with this specification. If
for Use at Any Temperature from Cryogenic to the Creep the requirements of this specification conflict with those of
Range3 Specification A 962/A 962M, then the requirements of this
B 637 Specification for Precipitation-Hardening Nickel Al- specification shall prevail.
loy Bars, Forgings, and Forging Stock for High- 5. Manufacture
Temperature Service4
B 880 Specification for General Requirements for Chemical 5.1 Melting Process—Alloy shall be multiple melted using
Check Analysis Limits for Nickel, Nickel Alloys, and consumable electrode practice in the remelt cycle or shall be
Cobalt Alloys4 induction melted under vacuum. If consumable electrode
E 112 Test Methods for Determining the Average Grain remelting is not performed in vacuum, electrodes produced by
Size5 vacuum induction melting shall be used.
E 292 Test Methods for Conducting Time-For-Rupture 5.2 Heat Treatment:
Notch Tension Tests of Materials5 5.2.1 Solution Treatment—Material shall be solution heat
2.2 ANSI Standards: treated at a temperature within the range of 1725 to 1850°F
B1.1 Screw Threads6 (941 to 1010°C), held at the selected temperature for a time
commensurate with cross-sectional thickness, and cooled at a
3. Ordering Information rate equivalent to an air cool or faster.
3.1 Ordering—It shall be the responsibility of the purchaser 5.2.1.1 Temperature Variation—Solution treating tempera-
to specify all requirements that are necessary for product under tures shall be controlled in the range of 6 25°F (6 14°C).
5.2.2 Precipitation Heat Treatment—Material shall be
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heated to a temperature of 1325°F (718°C), held at temperature
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
for eight hours minimum, furnace cooled to 1150°F (621°C) at
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.22 on Steel Forgings and Wrought Fittings for Piping Applications and Bolting 100°F (56°C) per hour, held at temperature for eight hours, and
Materials for Piping and Special Purpose Applications. cooled to room temperature. Alternatively, material may be
Current edition approved March 10, 2002. Published June 2002. Originally furnace cooled to 1150°F (621°C) at any rate provided the time
published as A 1014 – 00. Last previous edition A 1014 – 00.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
at 1150°F (621°C) is adjusted so the total precipitation heat
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01. treatment time is 18 hours minimum.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.04. 5.2.2.1 Temperature Variation—Precipitation treatment
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01. temperatures and cooling rates shall be controlled in the range
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Available form American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42 nd St., 13th
Floor, New York, NY 10036. of 6 15°F (6 8°C).

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

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5.3 Straightening—When straightening is necessary it shall TABLE 2 Mechanical Properties
be done after solution treating and prior to aging. Straightening Tensile and Hardness
after aging is prohibited. Tensile strength, min, ksi (Mpa) 185 (1275)
5.4 Threads—Threads shall be formed by rolling in one Yield Strength, min, ksi, (Mpa) 0.2 % offset 150 (1035)
Elongation in 2 in., min % 12
pass after oxides have been removed from the area to be Reduction of area, min, % 15
threaded. Hardness, Brinell 331–444
5.5 Dimensions and Tolerances, Bolting Material—Fully Stress Rupture Requirements
heat treated bolting material shall meet the dimensional re- Temperature, °F (°C) 1200 (650)
quirements of Specification B 637 for UNS N07718. Stress, ksi (Mpa) 100 (690)
Hours, min 23
6. Chemical Composition Elongation in 2 in., or 50 mm (or 4D), min % 5
Elevated Tensile Requirements
6.1 Remelt Ingots—The chemical analyses of each remelted
ingot shall conform to the requirements for chemical compo- Temperature, °F (°C) 1200 (650)
Tensile strength, min, ksi (Mpa) 145 (1000)
sition prescribed in Table 1. Yield Strength, min, ksi, (Mpa) 0.2 % offset 125 (860)
6.2 Product Analysis—If a product (check) analysis is Elongation in 2 in., min % 12
performed by the purchaser, the material shall conform to the Reduction of area, min, % 15
product (check) analysis variations prescribed in Specification
B 880.
where:
7. Mechanical Properties Ts = tensile strength,
7.1 Tensile and Hardness—All testing shall be performed UTS = tensile strength specified in Table 2, and
after aging. The test specimens shall meet the requirements of As = stress area, square inches, as shown in ANSI B1.1 or
Table 2. calculated as follows:
7.2 Stress Rupture—Stress rupture testing shall be con- As 5 0.785 ~D – ~0.974/n! !2 (2)
ducted in accordance with Table 2 using a combination test bar
in accordance with Test Methods E 292. Rupture must occur in where:
the smooth section of each test specimen. D = nominal thread size, and
7.3 Headed Fasteners—In addition to 7.1 and 7.2, headed n = the number of threads per inch.
fasteners with body length three times the diameter or longer 8. Metallography
shall be subjected to full size tensile test in accordance with
8.1 Microstructure—The microstructure shall be free of
Annex A3 of Test Methods and Definitions A 370 and shall
freckles, white spots, and Laves phases. Threads may show
conform to the tensile strength shown in Table 2. The minimum
evidence of cold working as a result of rolling. The average
full size breaking strength (lbf) for individual sizes shall be as
grain size shall be determined in accordance with Test Methods
follows:
E 112 and found to be ASTM No 5 or finer. Up to 20 % of the
Ts 5 UTS 3 As (1) structure may have a grain size as large as a No. 3 due to the
presence of noncrystallized grains.
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements 8.2 Macrostructure—Fasteners produced from forgings
UNS N07718 shall exhibit continuous flow lines in the threads and in any
Element
(Formerly Grade 718) shank to head or fillet and/or bearing surface areas.
Carbon, max. 0.08
Manganese, max. 0.35 9. Number of Tests
Silicon, max. 0.35 9.1 Chemistry—One test per remelt ingot.
Phosphorus, max. 0.015
Sulfur, max. 0.015 9.2 Mechanical Properties—The number of tests shall be in
Chromium 17.0–21.0 accordance with Specification A 962/A 962M except that for
Cobalt, max.A 1.0 stress rupture one test shall be run per lot. For headed fasteners
Molybdenum 2.80–3.30
Columbium + 4.75–5.50 with a body length less than three times the diameter a
Tantalum ... separately forged test bar may be used for tensile and stress
Titanium 0.65–1.15
Aluminum 0.20–0.80
rupture testing provided it is heat-treated with the parts.
Boron, max. 0.006 Separately forged bars shall be approximately the same diam-
IronB Remainder eter as the headed fastener they represent.
Copper, max. 0.30
NickelC 50.0–55.0
9.3 Grain Size—One test per lot.
A
9.4 Flow Lines—One test per lot on forged fasteners after
If determined.
B
Determined arithmetically by difference. final machining.
C
Nickel + Cobalt. 9.5 Headed Fasteners—One tensile test per lot.

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10. Workmanship 12. Certification
10.1 Bolting Material—Shall be uniform in quality and 12.1 Report—In addition to the requirements of A 962/
condition, smooth, commercially straight or flat, and free of A 962M, certification shall include the solution treatment cycle
injurious imperfections. time and temperature and the aging cycle time(s) and tempera-
10.2 Fasteners—Multiple laps on thread flanks are prohib- ture(s).
ited. Seams, laps, notches, slivers, or oxide scale in the root
area of threads are prohibited. Cracks are prohibited. 13. Keywords
11. Product Marking 13.1 bolts; fasteners; Iconel 718; nickel alloy; precipitation
11.1 Marking—Fasteners shall be marked with “718” and hardening; temperature service application – high
the manufacturer’s identification symbol.

SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

These requirements do not apply unless specified in the purchase order and in the Ordering
Information, in which event the specified tests shall be made before shipment of the product.

S1. Fillet Rolling S4. Thread Rolling

S1.1 The fillet area of the fastener head shall be rolled. S4.1 Thread rolling shall be performed before precipitation
S2. Forged Heads heat treatment.
S2.1 Heads shall be forged.
S3. Marking
S3.1 Fastener marking shall include heat lot identification.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

Committee A01 has identified the location of selected changes to this standard since the last issue
(A 1014/A 1014M – 00) that may impact the use of this standard.

(1) Added reference to Specification B 880 to 6.2. (2) Dropped product analysis tolerances from Table 1.

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