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ASMEPNumbers

ASMEPNumbers

ToreducethenumberofweldingandbrazingprocedurequalificationsrequiredbasemetalshavebeenassignedPNumbersbytheASME
BPVC.FerrousmetalswhichhavespecifiedimpacttestrequirementshavebeenassignedGroupNumberswithinPNumbers.

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Theseassignmentshavebeenbasedoncomparablebasemetalcharacteristics,suchas:
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Composition
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ResistanceWelding
ElectronBeamWelding IndiscriminantsubstitutionofmaterialsinasetofPNumbersorGroupNumbersmayleadtoproblemsorpotentiallyfailures.Engineering
assessmentisnecessarypriortoachangeinmaterials.
RoboticWelding
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WhenabasemetalwithaUNSnumberDesignationisassignedaPNumber,thenabasemetallistedinadifferentASMEmaterial
specificationwiththesameUNSnumbershallbeconsideredthatPNumber.
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SectionIXoftheASME
BPVC
ASMEPNumbers
StructuralWelding

Thetablebelowisaguideandisforinstructivepurposesonly.Anyonespecifyingmaterialsorrequirementsshouldreferdirectlytothe
ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCodetospecifymaterials,PNumbers,procedures,orotherrequirementsandnotrelyonthetable
below.ThetablebelowisonlyaratherINCOMPLETEandAPPROXIMATEsummaryofASMEdataforINSTRUCTIONALUSEONLY.See
ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCodeformaterialsspecificationsandPNumbers.
PNumbers
1
2
3
4
5A
5B
5C
6
7

BaseMetal(TypicalorExample)
CarbonManganeseSteels(fourGroupNumbers)
NotUsed
HalfMolybdenumorhalfChromium,halfMolybdenum(threeGroupNumbers)
OneandaquarterChromium,halfMolybdenum(twoGroupNumbers)
TwoandaquarterChromium,oneMolybdenum
FiveChromium,halfMolybdenumornineChromium,oneMolybdenum(twoGroupNumbers)
Chromium,Molybdenum,Vanadium(fiveGroupNumbers)
MartensiticStainlessSteels(Grade410,415,429)(sixGroupNumbers)
FerriticStainlessSteels(Grade409,430)
AusteniticStainlessSteels
Group1Grades304,316,317,347

Group2Grades309,310

Group3HighManganeseGrades
Group4HighMolybdenumGrades

9A,B,C
10A,B,C,F
10H
10I
10J
10K
11A
11B
12to20
21
22
23
24
25
26to30
31
32
33
34
35
36to40
41
42

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TwotofourNickelSteels
Variouslowalloysteels
DuplexandSuperDuplexStainlessSteel(Grades31803,32750)
HighChromiumStainlessSteel
HighChromium,MolybdenumStainlessSteel
HighChromium,Molybdenum,NickelStainlessSteel
Varioushighstrengthlowalloysteels(sixGroupNumbers)
Varioushighstrengthlowalloysteels(tenGroupNumbers)
NotUsed
HighAluminumcontent(1000and3000series)
Aluminum(5000series5052,5454)
Aluminum(6000series6061,6063)
NotUsed
Aluminum(5000series5083,5086,5456)
Notused
HighCoppercontent
Brass
CopperSilicone
CopperNickel
CopperAluminum
NotUsed
HighNickelcontent
Nickel,Copper(Monel500)
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ASMEPNumbers

43
44
45
46
47
47to50
51,52,53
61,62

Nickel,Chromium,Iron(Inconel)
Nickel,Molybdenum(HastelloyB2,C22,C276,X)
Nickel,Chromium
Nickel,Chromium,Silicone
Nickel,Chromium,Tungsten
NotUsed
TitaniumAlloys
ZirconiumAlloys

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