1 - AS 3597-2008 STRUCTURAL AND PRESSURE VESSEL STEEL-QUENCHED AND TEMPERED PLATE
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - 1 SCOPE
6 - 2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
7 - 3 DEFINITION
7 - 3.1 Quenched and tempered low alloy steel
7 - 4 DESIGNATION
7 - 5 MATERIALS
7 - 6 STEEL-MAKING PROCESS
8 - 7 CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
8 - 7.1 General
8 - 7.2 Cast analysis
8 - 7.3 Product analysis
9 - 8 MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES
9 - 9 FREEDOM FROM DEFECTS
9 - 9.1 General
9 - 9.2 Removal of surface defects
10 - 9.3 Ultrasonic testing
10 - 10 TESTING
10 - 10.1 Selection of test samples
10 - 10.1.1 General
10 - 10.1.2 Sampling and testing
10 - 10.2 Position and orientation of test pieces/frequency of testing
10 - 10.3 Preparation of test pieces for mechanical testing
10 - 10.4 Mechanical testing
10 - 10.4.1 Tensile testing (at room temperature)
12 - 10.4.2 Charpy V-notch testing
15 - 10.4.3 Retest
15 - 11 IDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION
16 - 12 ROUNDING OF NUMBERS
16 - 12.1 General
16 - 12.2 Tensile properties
17 - APPENDIX A - PURCHASING GUIDELINES
17 - A1 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
17 - A2 INDEPENDENT TEST
17 - A3 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE AND TEST CERTIFICATES
17 - A3.1 Certificates of compliance
18 - A3.2 Test certificates
18 - A4 INSPECTION
19 - APPENDIX B - ELEVATED TEMPERATURE TESTING OF GRADES 700 AND 700PV
19 - B1 GENERAL
19 - B2 TEST PIECE
19 - B3 TEST METHODS AND RESULTS
19 - B4 RETEST
21 - APPENDIX C - INFLUENCE OF FABRICATION AND HEAT TREATMENT ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
21 - C1 INFLUENCE OF HOT-FORMING AND STRESS RELIEVING ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
21 - C2 INFLUENCE OF COLD-FORMING ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
22 - APPENDIX D - USE OF GRADES 500, 600 AND 700 IN LIEU OF GRADES 500PV, 600PV AND 700PV