Subject: Section IX, Thickness Limitations for Procedure When Notch Toughness is Required,

QW-403.5 and QW-403.6

Date Issued: September 25, 1979

File: BC78-791

Question (1): When impact test requirements are specified, does QW-403.5 apply in addition to
QW-403.11 (for SMAW, SAW, GMAW, and GTAW) or instead of QW-403.11?

Reply (1): QW-403.5 applies in addition to QW-403.11. QW-403.11 is an essential variable so its
requirements must be met.

Question (2): A test on P-No. 1, Group 2 has qualified P-No. 1, Group 2 to itself and P-No. 1,
Group 1 to itself as permitted in QW-403.11. When impacts are required, which makes QW-
403.5 an essential variable, will the original P-No. 1, Group 2 test without impacts plus a P-No.
1, Group 1 test, with impacts only, be sufficient to qualify P-No. 1, Group 1 and P-No. 1, Group 2
to P-No. 1, Group 2?

Reply (2): P-No. 1, Group 1 to itself is fully qualified; a new "impact only" test is required for P-
No. 1, Group 2 which then also qualifies P-No. 1, Group 1 to P-No. 1, Group 2 as permitted in
QW-403.5.