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ASME BPVC.II.B-2015

SECTION II

MATERIALS

2015

ASME Boiler and

Pressure Vessel Code

An International Code

Part B

Nonferrous Material Specifications

AN INTERNATIONAL CODE

2015 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

2015 Edition July 1, 2015

AN INTERNATIONAL CODE

2015 ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

2015 Edition July 1, 2015

II

MATERIALS

Part B

Nonferrous Material Specifications

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee

on Materials

Two Park Avenue • New York, NY • 10016 USA

Date of Issuance: July 1, 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Statement of Policy on the Use of the Certification Mark and Code Authorization in Advertising . . . . . . . . . . xii

Statement of Policy on the Use of ASME Marking to Identify Manufactured Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

ASTM Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxii

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

Specifications Listed by Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv

Specification Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix

Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xl

List of Changes in Record Number Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlii Cross-Referencing and Stylistic Changes in the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliii SB-26/SB-26M Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Sand Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SB-42 Specification for Seamless Copper Pipe, Standard Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

SB-43 Specification for Seamless Red Brass Pipe, Standard Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

SB-61 Specification for Steam or Valve Bronze Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

SB-62 Specification for Composition Bronze or Ounce Metal Castings . . . . . . . . . . 37

SB-75 Specification for Seamless Copper Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

SB-96/SB-96M Specification for Copper-Silicon Alloy Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Rolled Bar for

General Purposes and Pressure Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

SB-98/SB-98M Specification for Copper-Silicon Alloy Rod, Bar, and Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

SB-108 Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Permanent Mold Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

SB-111/SB-111M Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Seamless Condensers Tubes and

Ferrule Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

SB-127 Specification for Nickel-Copper Alloy (UNS N04400) Plate, Sheet, and Strip 97

SB-135 Specification for Seamless Brass Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

SB-148 Specification for Aluminum-Bronze Sand Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

SB-150/SB-150M Specification for Aluminum Bronze Rod, Bar, and Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

SB-151/SB-151M Specification for Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (Nickel Silver) and Copper-Nickel

Rod and Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

SB-152/SB-152M Specification for Copper Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Rolled Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

SB-160 Specification for Nickel Rod and Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

SB-161 Specification for Nickel Seamless Pipe and Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

SB-162 Specification for Nickel Plate, Sheet, and Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

SB-163 Specification for Seamless Nickel and Nickel Alloy Condenser and

Heat-Exchanger Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

SB-164 Specification for Nickel-Copper Alloy Rod, Bar, and Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

SB-165 Specification for Nickel-Copper Alloy (UNS N04400) Seamless Pipe and

Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

SB-166 Specification for Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys (UNS N06600, N06601, N06603, N06690, N06693, N06025, N06045, and N06696) and Nickel-

Chromium-Cobalt-Molybdenum Alloy (UNS N06617) Rod, Bar, and Wire 207

SB-167 Specification for Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys (UNS N06600, N06601, N06603, N06690, N06693, N06025, and N06045) and Nickel-Chromium-

Cobalt-Molybdenum Alloy (UNS N06617) Seamless Pipe and Tube . . . . . 219

SB-168 Specification for Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys (UNS N06600, N06601, N06603, N06690, N06693, N06025, and N06045) and Nickel-Chromium-

Cobalt-Molybdenum Alloy (UNS N06617) Plate, Sheet, and Strip . . . . . . . 227