SPECIFICATION FOR PRESSURE VESSEL PLATES,
CARBON STEEL,
MANGANESE-SILICON
SA-299/SA-299M
01 (Identical with ASTM Specification A 299/A 299M-97.)
1. Scope 3. General Requirements and Ordering
Information
1.1 This specification covers manganese-silicon car-
bon steel plates for use in welded boilers and other 3.1 Material supplied to this material specification
pressure vessels. shall conform to Specification A 20/A 20M. These
requirements outline the testing and retesting methods
1.2 Plates under this specification are produced in and procedures, permissible variations in dimensions,
one grade only; however, the yield strength decreases and mass, quality, and repair of defects, marking,
on thicknesses over 1 in. [25 mm]: loading, etc.
Tensile Strength, Yield Strength,
Thickness ksi [MPa] ksi [MPa] 3.2 Specification A 20/A 20M also establishes the
Up to 1 in. rules for the basis of purchase that should be complied
75–95 [515–655] 42 [290]
[25 mm] with when purchasing material to this specification.
Over 1 in.
75–95 [515–655] 40 [275]
[25 mm] 3.3 In addition to the basic requirements of this
1.3 The maximum thickness of plates is limited only specification, certain supplementary requirements are
by the capacity of the composition to meet the specified available when additional control, testing, or examina-
mechanical property requirements; however, current tion is required to meet end use requirements. These
practice normally limits the maximum thickness of include:
plates furnished under this specification to 8 in. [200
mm]. 3.3.1 Vacuum treatment,
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or 3.3.2 Additional or special tension testing,
SI units are to be regarded separately as standard.
Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The 3.3.3 Impact testing, and
values stated in each system are not exact equivalents;
therefore, each system must be used independently of 3.3.4 Nondestructive examination.
the other. Combining values from the two systems may
result in nonconformance with the specification. 3.4 The purchaser is referred to the listed supplemen-
tary requirements in this specification and to the detailed
requirements in Specification A 20/A 20M.
2. Referenced Documents
3.5 If the requirements of this specification are in
2.1 ASTM Standard: conflict with the requirements of Specification A 20/
A 20/A 20M Specification for General Requirements for A 20M, the requirements of this specification shall
Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels prevail.
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PART A — FERROUS MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS SA-299/SA-299M
4. Materials and Manufacture 6. Chemical Requirements
4.1 Steelmaking Practice—The steel shall be killed 6.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as
and shall conform to the fine grain size requirement to chemical composition as shown in Table 1 unless
of Specification A 20/A 20M. otherwise modified in accordance with Supplementary
Requirement S17, Vacuum Carbon-Deoxidized Steel,
in Specification A 20/A 20M.
7. Mechanical Properties
7.1 Tension Test Requirements — The material as
5. Heat Treatment represented by the tension-test specimens shall conform
to the requirements shown in Table 2.
5.1 Plates 2 in. [50 mm] and under in thickness are
normally supplied in the as-rolled condition. Plates may
be ordered normalized or stress relieved, or both. 8. Keywords
8.1 carbon steel plate; pressure-containing parts; pres-
5.2 Plates over 2 in. [50 mm] in thickness shall be sure vessel steels; steel plates; steel plates for pressure
normalized. vessel applications
TABLE 1
CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS
Elements Composition, %
Carbon, max A:
1 in. [25 mm] and under 0.28
Over 1 in. [25 mm] 0.30
Manganese:
1 in. [25 mm] and under
Heat analysis 0.90 to 1.40
Product analysis 0.84 to 1.52
Over 1 in. [25 mm]
Heat analysis 0.90 to 1.50
Product analysis 0.84 to 1.62
Phosphorus, max A 0.035
Sulfur, max A 0.035
Silicon:
Heat analysis 0.15 to 0.40
Product analysis 0.13 to 0.45
A
Applies to both heat and product analyses.
TABLE 2
TENSILE REQUIREMENTS
Tensile strength, ksi [MPa] 75–95 [515–655]
Yield strength, min, A ksi [MPa]:
1 in. [25 mm] and under 42 [290]
Over 1 in. [25 mm] 40 [275]
Elongation in 8 in. [200 mm], min, 16
%B
Elongation in 2 in. [50 mm], min, %B 19
A
Determined by either the 0.2% offset method or the 0.5% exten-
sion-under-load method.
B
See Specification A 20/A 20M for elongation adjustment.
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SA-299/SA-299M 2001 SECTION II
SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
Supplementary requirements shall not apply unless specified in the order.
A list of standardized supplementary requirements for use at the option of the
purchaser are included in Specification A 20/A 20M. Those which are considered
suitable for use with this specification are listed below by title.
S1. Vacuum Treatment,
S2. Product Analysis,
S3. Simulated Post-Weld Heat Treatment of
Mechanical Test Coupons,
S4.1 Additional Tension Test,
S5. Charpy V-Notch Impact Test,
S6. Drop Weight Test,
S7. High-Temperature Tension Test,
S8. Ultrasonic Examination in accordance with
Specification A 435/A 435M,
S9. Magnetic Particle Examination,
S11. Ultrasonic Examination in accordance with
Specification A 577/A 577M,
S12. Ultrasonic Examination in accordance with
Specification A 578/A 578M,
S14. Bend Test, and
S17. Vacuum Carbon-Deoxidized Steel.
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