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NOTE 1—LT (Longitudinal tensile test) For widths through 24 in. [600 mm], may be taken at any location, A through H.
NOTE 2—TT (Transverse tensile test) For widths over 24 in. [600 mm], may be taken at location B, C, F, or G.
NOTE 3—CIL (Charpy impact longitudinal) May be taken at any location, A through H.
NOTE 4—CIT (Charpy impact transverse) For widths over 24 in. [600 mm], may be taken at location B, C, F, or G.
FIG. 1 Plate Test Location
product thickness, and the length of the notch shall be 4.6 The manufacturer shall have the option of using a lower
perpendicular to the rolled surface of the product. test temperature than is specified in the purchase order,
4.3 For shapes with a flange thickness equal to or greater provided that the absorbed energy values specified in the
than 1 1⁄2 in. [38.1 mm], where alternate core location testing is purchase order are met.
specified in the purchase order, the longitudinal axis of each 4.7 The actual test temperature used shall be reported with
specimen shall be located midway between the inner flange the test results.
surface and the center of the flange thickness at the intersection
with the web mid-thickness (see Fig. 3). 5. Frequency of Testing
4.4 The absorbed energy values obtained for subsize speci- 5.1 Frequency (H) Heat Testing for Plates, Shapes, and
mens shall not be less than the applicable values given in Table Bars—One impact test (a set of three specimens) shall be made
1, which are proportional to the absorbed energy values for each 50 tons [45 Mg] of the same type of product subject
required for full-size specimens. to the requirements of this specification produced on the same
4.5 Except as allowed by 4.6, the test temperature shall be mill from the same heat of steel. The impact test(s) shall be
as specified in the purchase order. taken from different as-rolled or heat-treated pieces. Impact
NOTE 1—The notch for any of the specimens can be on either side of the beam centerline.
FIG. 3 Alternate Core Location for CVN Specimens
specimens shall be selected from the thickest material rolled same nominal shape size, excluding length, from each heat in
subject to the following modifications: When material rolled up the as-rolled condition. If the shapes are heat treated, one test
to 2 in. [50 mm] inclusive in thickness differs 3⁄8 in. [10 mm] shall be taken from each heat of each furnace lot. For shapes
or more in thickness, one impact test shall be made from both heat treated in a continuous furnace, a lot shall not exceed 15
the thickest and thinnest material rolled. When material rolled tons [15 Mg].
over 2 in. [50 mm] in thickness differs 1 in. [25 mm] or more 5.2.3 Bars—One Charpy V-notch impact test (a set of three
in thickness, one impact test shall be made from both the specimens) shall be made for each 5 tons [5 Mg] of the same
thickest and thinnest material rolled that is more than 2 in. [50 heat and same diameter or thickness if the material is furnished
mm] in thickness. If insufficient pieces of the thickest or as rolled or is heat treated in a continuous-type furnace. For
thinnest material are produced to permit compliance with the material heat treated in a noncontinuous furnace, one test shall
above, then testing may proceed to the next nearest thickness be taken from each heat of the same bar diameter or thickness
available. When plates are produced from coils, three impact for each furnace charge.
tests shall be taken from each qualifying coil (see 4.2). One
such coil shall be tested for each 50 tons [45 Mg] of the same 6. Heat Treatment
product produced on the same mill from the same heat of steel.
6.1 The material shall be heat treated when specified on the
When material from one heat differs 1⁄16 in. [2 mm] or more in
purchase order.
thickness, tests shall be made from both the thickest and
thinnest material rolled regardless of the number of coils 6.2 When the plates are to be supplied in the as-rolled
represented. condition the manufacturer or processor (see Specification
5.2 Frequency (P) Piece Testing: A6/A6M) has the option to heat treat the plates by normalizing
5.2.1 Plates—One Charpy V-notch impact test (a set of or stress relieving or normalizing and stress relieving to meet
three specimens) shall be made from each plate-as-rolled the desired toughness properties.
except for material that has been heat treated by quenching and 6.3 When the fabricator elects to perform the required heat
tempering, in which case specimens shall be selected from treatment or fabricates by hot forming instead of heat treating,
each heat-treated plate. When plates are produced from coils, the plates shall be accepted on the basis of tests made on
three impact tests shall be taken from each coil. full-thickness specimens heat treated in accordance with the
5.2.2 Shapes—One Charpy V-notch impact test (a set of purchaser’s order requirements. If the heat treatment tempera-
three specimens) shall be made from at least each 15 tons [15 tures are not indicated on the purchase order, the manufacturer
Mg] or each single length of 15 tons [15 Mg] or more, of the or processor shall heat treat the specimens under conditions
APPENDIX
(Nonmandatory Information)
X1.1 A survey of the variation to be expected in Charpy specimens could be broken at three test temperatures defined
V-notch test results obtained from three common fine grain for each grade. The data is presented in tables of probability
plate steels was conducted by the American Iron and Steel that impact properties at other than the official location which
Institute (AISI).3 The results of the survey are contained in a may differ from those of the reported test location. Additional
Contributions to the Metallurgy of Steel entitled, “The Varia- data of the same type, but utilizing samples from thicker plates,
tions of Charpy V-Notch Impact Test Properties in Steel was published by AISI as SU/27.4 Another survey sponsored
Plates,’’ (SU/24), published January 1979. The survey data by the AISI, entitled “Statistical Analysis of Structural Plate
consists of test values obtained from six locations in addition to Mechanical Properties” was published in January 2003.5 That
the locations shown in Fig. 1 of this specification. The plate study analyzed the impact properties of more modern higher
conditions tested involved as-rolled, normalized, and quench strength as-rolled structural plate steels.
and tempered. Sufficient full-size specimens were taken from
each sample so that three longitudinal and three transverse
4
“The Variations in Charpy V-Notch Impact Properties in Steel Plates” originally
published by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), July 1989.
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