Technical Requirements for 1.25Cr-0.

5 Mo Plates (Austenitizing + Accelerated Cooled)

This document lays down the technical requirements to be applied to 1.25 Cr-0.5 Mo
(Austenitizing + Accelerated Cooled) Plates used for fabrication of equipment. The
minimum essential requirements are mentioned below to ensure the quality of 1.25 Cr-0.5
Mo (Austenitizing + Accelerated cooled) plates:
Material specification
SA387 Gr.11 Cl.2
Steel making practice
Steel shall be made by electric furnace melting process, followed by vacuum degassing.
When basic oxygen process is used for steel making, heated ladle refining, followed by
vacuum degassing is acceptable.
Heat treatment
All plates shall be subjected to accelerated cooling from the austenitizing temperature by
air blasting or liquid quenching, followed by tempering. The minimum tempering
temperature shall be 720 deg.C.
Chemical compositions
The steel plates shall conform to the requirements as to chemical composition
(heat analysis) shown below:
C = 0.15% max, S = 0.002% max, P = 0.008% max, Ni= 0.25% max, Cu = 0.20% max,
O
2=
30 ppm max, P+Sn = 0.012% max, Si= 0.65% max, Al= 0.04% max, V= 0.010%
max, Sn= 0.010% max, As= 0.012% max, Sb= 0.004% max, N
2
= 80 ppm max,
Nb = 0.010% max, Ti= 0.01% max.

J factor
J factor shall be 150 maximum. The empirical formula for J factor is
J= (Si+Mn)*(P+Sn)*10
4
. All elements (Si, Mn, P, Sn in weight percentages) shall be
checked on ladle and on product.

Mechanical properties
Test specimens
Simulation heat treatment cycle as per SA 20:
Stress relieving at 700 deg.C for 1 hour (min. PWHT) and 4 hours (max. PWHT).

Tensile test
Ultimate tensile strength and yield strength shall be carried out at room temperature, after
simulating the above stress relieving at 700 deg.C for 1 hour (min. PWHT) and 4 hours
(max. PWHT).




Impact test
Charpy V-notch impact testing shall be carried out for base metal, weld metals and heat
affected zones at -18 deg.C (0 deg.F) after simulating the above stress relieving at 700
deg.C for 1 hour (min. PWHT) and 4 hours (max. PWHT). The average of three impact
test values shall be 55J (40 ft.lb) minimum and an individual value 47J (35 ft.lb)
minimum.

Hardness requirement
The hardness value in the base metals (all plates), weld metals and heat affected zones
shall be 220 BHN maximum after PWHT.

Welding consumables and X factor
The deposited weld metal shall match with the nominal chemical composition of the base
material. The mechanical properties of the deposited weld metal shall meet to those of the
base material. X factor of the deposited weld metal shall be 15 ppm maximum. X factor
shall be calculated by using the formula, X = (10P+4Sn+5Sb+As)/100. All elements (P,
Sn, Sb, As) are in ppm.