(a) Steel plate: Steel plate materials used to fabricate tank shell and manway nozzle must comply with one of the following specifications with the indicated minimum tensile strength and elongation in the welded condition. The maximum allowable carbon content must be 0.31 percent when the individual specification allows carbon greater than this amount. The plates may be clad with other approved materials. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum
elongation in 2
Minimum tensile inches
Specifications strength (percent)
(p.s.i.) welded welded
condition\1\ condition
(longitudinal)------------------------------------------------------------------------AAR TC 128, Gr. B..................... 81,000 19ASTM A 302 \2\, Gr. B................. 80,000 20ASTM A 516 \2\........................ 70,000 20ASTM A 537 \2\, Class 1............... 70,000 23------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Maximum stresses to be used in calculations.\2\ These specifications are incorporated by reference (IBR, see Sec.
171.7 of this subchapter).
(b) Aluminum alloy plate: Aluminum alloy plate material used to fabricate tank shell and manway nozzle must be suitable for fusion welding and must comply with one of the following specifications (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this subchapter) with its indicated minimum tensile strength and elongation in the welded condition. * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum Minimum
tensile elongation in
strength 2 inches
Specifications (p.s.i.) 0 (percent) 0
temper, welded temper, welded
condition \3 condition
4\ (longitudinal)------------------------------------------------------------------------ASTM B 209, Alloy 5052 \1\.............. 25,000 18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5083 \2\.............. 38,000 16ASTM B 209, Alloy 5086 \1\.............. 35,000 14ASTM B 209, Alloy 5154 \1\.............. 30,000 18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5254 \1\.............. 30,000 18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5454 \1\.............. 31,000 18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5652 \1\.............. 25,000 18------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ For fabrication, the parent plate material may be 0, H112, or H32
temper, but design calculations must be based on minimum tensile
strength shown.\2\ 0 temper only.\3\ Weld filler metal 5556 must not be used.\4\ Maximum stress to be used in calculations.
(c) High alloy steel plate. (1) High alloy steel plate must conform to the following specifications: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum
Minimum tensile elongation in 2
strength inches
Specifications (p.s.i.) welded (percent) weld
condition\1\ metal
(longitudinal)------------------------------------------------------------------------ASTM A 240/A 240M (incorporated by 70,000 30
reference; see Sec. 171.7 of this
subchapter), Type 304L...............ASTM A 240/A 240M (incorporated by 70,000 30
reference; see Sec. 171.7 of this
subchapter), Type 316L...............------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Maximum stresses to be used in calculations.
(2)(i) High alloy steels used to fabricate tank must be tested in accordance with the following procedures in ASTM A 262, ``Standard Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steel'' (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this subchapter), and must exhibit corrosion rates not exceeding the following: * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) High alloy steels used to fabricate tank must be tested in accordance with the following procedures in ASTM A 262, ``Standard Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steel'' (IBR, see Sec. 171.7 of this subchapter), and must exhibit corrosion rates not exceeding the following: * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corrosion
Test procedures Material rate i.p.m.------------------------------------------------------------------------Practice B......................... Types 304L and 316L... 0.0040Practice C......................... Type 304L............. 0.0020------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) Type 304L and 316L test specimens must be given a sensitizing treatment prior to testing.
(d) All attachments welded to tank shell must be of approved material which is suitable for welding to the tank. [Amdt. 179-10, 36 FR 21344, Nov. 6, 1971, as amended by Amdt. 179-32, 48 FR 27707, June 16, 1983; Amdt. 179-47, 58 FR 50237, Sept. 24, 1993; Amdt. 179-52, 61 FR 28679, June 5, 1996; Amdt. 179-52, 61 FR 50255, Sept. 25, 1996; 66 FR 45186, Aug. 28, 2001; 67 FR 51660, Aug. 8, 2002; 68 FR 75759, Dec. 31, 2003]