Acceptance Standards for

API 1104 Non-Destructive testing

• 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