Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 General requirements
4 Periodic inspection and hydraulic pressure testing
5 Containers rejected for further service
Appendices
A Guidance on rejection limits
B Hydraulic proof pressure test
C Hydraulic volumetric expansion test
D Procedure to be adopted when a container valve is
   apparently obstructed
Tables
1 Intervals between periodic inspections and hydraulic
   tests
2 Recommended test data discs for containers
3 Limits for oversize taper screw threads in container
   necks
4 Recommended valving torques for stem threads in
   containers of up to 300 bar service pressure (using a
   PTFE thread sealant for taper threads)
5 Guidance on rejection limits relating to physical and
   material defects in the container shell
6 Guidance on rejection limits for gas containers at
   time of inspection
7 Guidance on rejection limits for gas containers
   resulting from corrosion
8 K factors for the compressibility of water
Figures
1 Illustrations of typical defects described in tables
   5 and 7
2 Example of hydraulic proof pressure test equipment
3 Example of water jacket volumetric expansion test
   equipment (levelling burette method)
4 Example of water jacket volumetric expansion test
   equipment (fixed burette method)
5 Example of non-water jacket volumetric expansion test
   equipment
6 Typical device for detecting obstructed gas container
   valves
7 Typical device for the removal of a damaged low
   pressure liquefiable gas container valve