ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

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INTERPRETATIONS
Volume 47

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 INTERPRETATIONS
NO. 47 - SECTION II-B
Replies to Technical Inquiries
January 1,2000 through June 30,2000

FOREWORD
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Staff on behalf of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee in response to inquiries concerning
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Subject Interpretation File No.

SB-271 for Copper Based Centrifuga1 Castings, ASTM B 271-93a (I998 Edition, 1999
Addenda) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IIB-98-02 BC99-392

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Interpretation: IIB-98-02

Subject: SB-271 for Copper Based Centrifugal Castings, ASTM B 271-93a (1998 Edition, 1999
Addenda)

Date Issued: December 29, 1999

File: BC99-392

Question: Are the mechanical property requirements of SB-271 satisfied if the properties obtained
on separately cast test bars, made in accordance with Practice B-208 and meeting the sampling
requirements of Section 8 of SB-271, meet the requirements in Table 3 of SB-271?

Reply: Yes.

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