POSITIVE MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION

POSITIVE MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION

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CONTENTS

Section Description Page No.

-- COVER PAGE 1
-- CONTENTS 2
-- REVISION DETAILS 3
1 PURPOSE 4
2 SCOPE 4
3 REFERENCES 4
4 DEFINITIONS 4
5 PERSONNEL 4
6 EQUIPMENT 4
7 CALIBRATION 4
8 SURFACE CONDITION 5
9 PROCEDURE 5
10 PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION 5
11 VERIFICATION METHOD 5
12 EXTENT OF VERIFCATION 6
13 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA 6
14 REJECTION CRITERIA 6
15 MARKING 7
16 SAFETY 7
17 REPORTING 7
18 ATTACHMENT 7

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Subsection: Revision Matrix

Rev. Issue Date of Reviewed &

Prepared By; Authorised By;
Description Approved By;
No No Issue

Francis Thomas
20/05/0 As per ASME Section II - Senthil Nathan A ASNT Level
0 A
9 Part C III(Cer.No.82578) Billy Harkin
RT,UT, ET, MT & PT

Rev. Issue Date of Reviewed &

Prepared By; Authorised By;
Nature of revision Approved By;
No No Issue

Equipment details Francis Thomas

included- Olympus ASNT Level
01 A 8/01/13 Hafeez Ali
Innov-X Delta XRF III(Cer.No.82578) Billy Harkin
RT,UT, ET, MT & PT
Navaneethan
As per ASTM-E-1476 Sundaram
16/10/2 Navaneethan
02 A ASNT Level
017 Sundaram Billy Harkin
III(Cer.No.173433)
RT,UT, MT & PT

NB: This is a digitally signed document and hence the printed document need not be manually signed.

1. PURPOSE

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The purpose of this procedure is to provide guidelines to be followed during Positive Material
Identification Test.

2. SCOPE
2.1. This procedure describes the Positive Material Identification (PMI) tests in Low Alloy steel, High alloy
steel & Non-ferrous metal excluding carbon steel.
2.2. This procedure prescribes the requirements for the positive material identification (PMI) for vessels
and piping to verify that alloy materials are of acceptable chemical composition independent of any
certificate and marking that may exist, and to assure that correct alloy materials are used at the
places where intended.
2.3. The procedure covers the extent of parts to be checked sampling requirements, approved methods,
acceptance/rejection criteria and marking requirements for PMI.
2.4. Alloying elements covered under the method described this specification include chromium (Cr),
Nickel (Ni), Molybdenum (Mo), Columbium or Niobium (Cb or Nb), Titanium (Ti), Copper (Cu),
Aluminum (Al), Carbon (C), Cobalt (Co), Iron (Fe), Tungsten (W), Vanadium (V) etc;
2.5. The extent of examination shall be as specified in ITP, client requirement or applicable document.

3. REFERENCE

 Equipment Operation Manual

 Material Specification Standards
 ASME B31.3 Process Piping
 ASME Section II Part C Materials
 ASTM E 1476- Standard Guide for Metals Identification, Grade Verification, and Sorting
 ASTM E 572 Standard Test Method for Analysis of Stainless and Alloy Steels by X-ray Fluorescence
Spectrometer

4. DEFINITIONS

Definitions shall be as per all referenced document.

5. PERSONNEL
5.1. The personnel utilised in the application shall have adequate working experience and knowledge
about the Testing Equipment.
5.2. The technicians responsible shall be capable of understanding and applying the relevant Material
specifications. They should have a visual acuity of Jaeger J1.

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6. MATERIALS
6.1. This procedure shall be applied to the following low alloy /Stainless Steel / high alloy materials.
6.2. Low alloy steel containing more than 1 Cr - 0.5 Mo and/or 3.5 Ni
6.3. Type 316/316L stainless steel
6.4. Type 321/347 stainless steel
6.5. 11-13% Cr (Type 410/410S/40S)
6.6. Nickel Alloy such as INCONEL&HASTELLOY
6.7. Cooper Nickel Alloy
6.8. Aluminum –Bronze
6.9. Titanium.
6.10. Examination of the base materials to be carried out. Elements to be determined during PMI shall be
as per Table.1.

7. EQUIPMENT
7.1. The equipment utilized by MEGARME’s are
7.2. Olympus Innov-X Delta XRF – Manufactured by Olympus.
7.3. Niton XLT 800 series, Non-destructive Alloy analyzer manufactured by Thermo Electron Corporation.
Any change in equipment is subject to client approval.

8. CALIBRATION
8.1. The equipment’s calibration and accuracy shall be verified with the LAS block supplied with the
equipment.
8.2. In case of any specific requirement of checking and verifying the equipments performance block of
similar material to be used. However, such cases a third party chemical analysis report shall be taken
as reference.
8.3. Calibration shall be performed on a daily basis prior to start of work to check equipment accuracy on
a standard sample with the equipment by the manufacturer or when examination personal is
changed during examination or when an element of the examination system is changed.
9. SURFACE CONDITION

Surfaces to be inspected shall be dry and free from grease, oil, dirt, scale, welding flux, weld spatter, or
other foreign matter that could interfere with the examination results.
10. PROCEDURE

10.1. The operator shall receive the list of all items subjected for PMI and the list shall include as a
minimum the following details:
10.2. Identification of the item, tag No., Weld No., Equipment No., Type of material, Extent &

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location, etc. for PMI List shall also identify hold points where applicable for specific items to be
witnessed by client / Client inspectors.

10.3. Perform PMI examination of all samples chosen at random from an inspection batch. Unless
otherwise specified, inspection will be carried out at random for at least 1 (one) per each heat,
minimum 3 points on each length of examined pipe to be carried out.

10.4. If any item from sample is found to be unacceptable, all remainder of that batch and
two subsequent inspection batches shall be performed 20% PMI examination.

10.5. Positive Material Identification of Welded Joints at Site

10.5.1. After installation on the final location at site, the color code marked on the piping systems  shall
be checked and recorded by the Construction Contractor.

10.5.2. Finished groove weld in alloy piping system shall be examined on the one point of each joint  for
5% groove weld joint.

8.0 PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION

9.1 Personal engaged to carry out PMI works shall be capable and experienced on operating
portable alloy analyzer.

9.2 The operation of the above mentioned equipments(Section-6) is very simple due to the menu
driven display and is very user friendly. The operator should have sufficient education, training
and experience to ensure the understanding of the equipment, principle & procedure.

9.0 VERIFICATION METHOD

10.1 Alloy verification shall be conducted by using the equipment as mentioned in 3.0 of this
procedure.

10.2 Alloy verification shall be done after removal of slag and oxide from weld surface. The surface
to be analyzed shall be clean, base metal and free from oil & grease, by cleaner or buffing wheel
if necessary.
10.3 The nearby area shall be of minimum noise. Grinding and welding operation shall be stopped
during the test, due to the sensitivity of the equipment.

10.4 PMI testing may be performed prior to PWHT.

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10.0 EXTENT OF VERIFICATION

Extent of verification shall be as per ITP or as detailed in contract document.

11.0 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

12.1 Material shall contain the amount of alloying elements specified in ASME Section IIA.

12.2 Welding electrodes and wires shall contain within + 10% of the amount of each alloying
elements specified in ASME section IIC. Alloys including casting shall be acceptable if each
alloying elements are within + 10% of the minimum and maximum values permitted by the
material specification.

12.3 Deposited weld metal or undiluted weld metal deposit shall be within + 12.5 % of the ranges
allowed by ASME section IIC for each element.

12.4 Acceptance criteria for dissimilar metal alloy weld shall be such that the weld meets the
chemical composition requirements. The effects of dilution during deposition should be taken
into account for deposited (diluted) weld metal.

12.0 REJECTION CRITERIA

13.1. If the PMI results fall outside the acceptable range an independent Laboratory testing the
referee method referenced by the material Specification may perform a quantitative check
analysis. if no reference method is referenced, an appropriate method of chemical analysis
specified in this standard shall be used. Result of this analysis shall govern.

13.2. If any material, component or weld is found to be unacceptable, all other represented
materials, components, or weld shall be considered suspect. The supplier has the option of
the following:

13.2.1 Scrapping all those represented materials and components and replacing with new
components of filler metals (as applicable).
13.2.2 Performing 100% examination of the remainder of the represented materials,
components, or welds, and replacing each item that fails the positive material
identifications check.

13.0 MARKING

12.1 After inspection all rejected components shall be suitably marked and segregated.

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12.2 Marking shall be done with suitable material that contains no harmful substance that would
attack or harmfully affect the material at ambient or elevated temperature. The marking
material shall be free of lead, sulphur, cadmium, mercury, chlorine or other halogens.

14.0 SAFETY

The instrument emits no radiation unless the x-ray tube turned on. The equipment is designed so that
virtually no measurable radiation external to any part of the instrument can escape when the shutter is
closed.

15.0 REPORTING

The report shall include the following details:-

i. Client
ii. Location
iii. Project
iv. Work Order Reference
v. Job No.
vi. Report Number
vii. Date
viii. Ref. Drawing
ix. Procedure Number
x. Test Item & Description
xi. Material Type & Thickness
xii. Surface Condition
xiii. Surface Temperature
xiv. Equipment & Details

Equipment calibration certificates shall also be submitted with the reports.

Table.1 Elements to be determined during PMI

Materials Elements to be determined

1% Cr, 0.5% Mo Cr, Mo

1.25% Cr, 0.5% Mo Cr, Mo

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2.25% Cr, 1.0% Mo Cr, Mo

9% Cr, 1% Mo Cr, Mo

11-13% Cr (Type 410/410S/40S) Cr

304 (L) Cr, Ni, Mo, Nb(Cb), Ti

310 Cr, Ni, Mo, Nb(Cb), Ti

309 (L) Cr, Ni, Mo, Nb(Cb), Ti

309 Nb Cr, Ni, Mo, Nb(Cb), Ti

316 (L) Cr, Ni, Mo, Nb(Cb), Ti

321 Cr, Ni, Ti, Nb(Cb)

347 Cr, Ni, Nb(Cb), Ti

Alloy 600 Cr, Ni, Mo, Nb(Cb) + Ta

Alloy 625 Cr, Ni

Alloy 800/800H Cr, Ni, Al, Ti, Cu

AWS A5.11 ENiCrFe-2 Cr, Ni, Nb(Cb) + Ta

AWS A5.11 ENiCrFe-3 Cr, Ni, Nb(Cb) + Ta

AWS A5.14 ERNiCr-3 Cr, Ni, Nb(Cb) + Ta

2205 Duplex Cr, Ni, Mo

Admiralty Brass Cu, Sn, As

Aluminium Brass Cu, Al, Zn

Cupro-nickel (70-30) Cu, NI

Cupro-nickel (90-10) Cu, Ni

Monel 400 Cu, Ni

Titanium Ti

16.0 ATTACHMENT

16.1 POSITIVE MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION REPORT – F-INP-14-01-Rev-0

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