Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Manufacture and testing of containers
3 Classification of gases
4 Information to be supplied by the purchaser
5 Certificate of compliance
Section two. Materials
6 General
7 Permissible materials for container
Section three. Design
8 Service conditions for design
9 Classification of containers
10 Design of container shell
11 Openings and branch connections
12 Fittings
Section four. Manufacture and workmanship
13 Approval of design and construction details
14 Tolerances
15 Welds
16 Heat treatment
Section five. Inspection and tests
17 Inspection of components
18 Test requirements
19 Mechanical tests
20 Hydraulic volumetric expansion test
21 Hydraulic bursting test
22 Proof pressure test
23 Checking of water capacity
24 Tightness test
25 Design qualification tests of prototype containers
26 Radiographic examination of welds
27 Repair of welds
28 Results of mechanical and pressure tests
29 Final internal inspection
Section six. Marking of containers
30 Information to be marked
31 Method of marking
Appendices
A Volumetric expansion testing of welded containers
B Example of design procedure
C Specimen certificate of compliance for welded
    aluminium alloy gas containers
D Inspection and testing facilities
Tables
1 Classification of gases suitable for conveyance in
    welded aluminium alloy containers
2 Cast analysis
3 Mechanical properties
4 Reference temperatures for developed pressure for
    conveyance in the United Kingdom in uninsulated
    containers
5 Classification and construction criteria
6 Relationship between test pressure, pressure
    developed at the reference temperature and gas
    classification
7 Stress reduction factors for walls of cylindrical or
    spherical containers
8 Maximum permissible equivalent stress at test
    pressure for the cylindrical part of the shell
9 K factors for the compressibility of water
Figures
1 Shape factor K
2 Domed ends
3 Location of test specimens in a container
4 Water jacket volumetric expansion test (levelling
    burette)
5 Water jacket volumetric expansion test (fixed
    burette)
6 Non-water jacket volumetric expansion test