• The length of an individual indication of IP exceeds
25 mm • The aggregate length of indications of IP in any continuous 300 mm length of weld exceeds 25 mm • The aggregate length of IP exceeds 8% of the weld length in welds less than 300 mm in length
• The length of an individual indication of IPD
exceeds 50 mm
• The aggregate length of IPD indications exceed 75
mm in a 300 mm length of weld
• The length of an individual indication of ICP
exceeds 50 mm
• The aggregate length of indications of ICP exceeds
50 mm in a length of 300 mm of weld
• The length of an individual indication of IF exceeds
25 mm • The aggregate length of indications of IF exceeds 25 mm in a length of 300 mm of weld • The aggregate length of IF exceeds 8% of the weld length in welds less than 300 mm in length • The length of an individual indication of IFD exceeds 50 mm • The aggregate length of indications of IFD exceeds 50 mm in a 300 mm length of weld • The aggregate length of IFD exceeds 8% of the weld length •
• Any length of internal concavity is acceptable
provided the density of the radiographic image is not greater than that of the thinnest adjacent parent material
• For areas which exceed the density of the thinnest
adjacent parent material the criteria for burn through will apply.
• The maximum dimension exceeds 6 mm and the
density of the BT image exceeds that of the thinnest adjacent parent material Burn Through • The maximum dimension exceeds the thinner of the nominal wall thicknesses joined, and the density of the BT image exceeds that of the thinnest adjacent parent material
• A slag inclusion is defined as a non-metallic solid
entrapped in the weld metal or between the weld metal and the parent material • Elongated slag inclusions ESI Slag Inclusions • Continuous or broken slag lines or wagon tracks- found in fusion zones • ISI Isolated slag inclusions are of irregular shape and may be found anywhere in the weld • The length of an ESI exceeds 50 mm • The aggregate length of indications of ESI exceeds 50 mm in a 300 mm ESI Slag Inclusions length of weld • The width of an ESI exceeds 1.6 mm
• The aggregate length of the ISI in
any continuous length of 300 mm of weld exceeds 13 mm. ISI Slag Inclusions • The width of an ISI indication exceeds 3 mm • More than 4 ISI indications with a maximum width of 3 mm in a length of 300 mm of weld • The aggregate length of ESI and ISI indications exceeds 8% of weld length
• Porosity is defined as gas trapped
by solidifying weld metal before the gas has a chance to raise to the Porosity surface of the molten puddle and escape. • Porosity is generally spherical but may be elongated or irregular shape such as piping or worm hole porosity • The size of a pore is measured by its maximum dimension • The size of an individual pore exceeds 3 mm • The size of an individual pore exceeds 25% of the nominal wall thickness joined • The distribution of scattered porosity exceeds the concentration permitted in Fig 19 • Cluster porosity CP that occurs in any pass except the finish pass shall Cluster Porosity comply with the criteria of the previous slide.
• CP that occurs in the finish pass
shall be considered a defect should any of the following conditions exist:
• The diameter of a cluster exceeds
13 mm • The aggregate length of CP exceeds. 13 mm in a 300 mm length of weld • An individual pore within the cluster exceeds 2 mm in size.
• HB is defned as elongated porosity
that occurs in the root pass: • The length of an individual Hollow Bead Porosity indication exceeds 13 mm • The aggregate length of HB exceeds. 50 mm in a 300 mm length of weld • Individual indications of HB that exceed 6 mm are separated by less than 50 mm • The aggregate length of all indications of HB exceeds 8% of weld length
• Cracks C shall be considered a
defect: • A crack (C) of any size or location Cracks in a weld is NOT a shallow crater or star crack • A crater or star crack that exceeds 4 mm
( crater cracks are a result of weld metal
contractions during solidification) • Undercutting is a groove melted into the parent metal adjacent to the weld and left unfilled by weld metal • Undercutting adjacent to the cover Undercutting pass EU and adjacent to the root pass IU • The aggregate length of EU and IU in any combination in any continuous 300 mm length of weld exceeds 50 mm or 1/6th of weld length
• Excluding incomplete penetration
due –low and undercutting (AI) shall be considered a defect: • The aggregate length of indications Accumulation of imperfections in any continuous 300 mm length of weld exceeds 50 mm • The aggregate length of indications exceed 8% of weld length