Designation: A 836/A 836M – 02

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Standard Specification for
Titanium-Stabilized Carbon Steel Forgings for Glass-Lined
Piping and Pressure Vessel Service1

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This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 836/A 836M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.

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A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.

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1. Scope * 3.2.1 Supplementary requirements, and
1.1 This specification covers nonstandard as-forged fittings, 3.2.2 Additional requirements (see 10.1, 12.1, 12.2, and

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valve components, and parts for glass-lined piping and pres- 12.3).
sure vessel service. Mechanical properties are certified on the 3.3 If the requirements of this specification are in conflict
basis of test material subjected to heat treatments to simulate with the requirements of Specification A 961, the requirements

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glass-coating operations. of this specification shall prevail.
1.2 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units

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4. Materials and Manufacture
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the

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SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each 4.1 The material shall be forged by hammering, pressing,
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must rolling, extruding, or upsetting, such that the finished product
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the will be a forging as defined in the Terminology Section of
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
cation. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M” ar
Specification A 788.
4.2 When specified in the order, the manufacturer shall
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designation of this specification is specified in the order. submit for approval by the purchaser a sketch showing the
shape of the rough forging before machining.
2. Referenced Documents 4.3 Forgings shall be protected against sudden or too rapid
cooling from the rolling or forging while passing through the
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2.1 ASTM Standards:

A 788 Specification for Steel Forgings, General Require- critical range.
ments2 4.4 Heat treatment of forgings is neither required nor
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A 961 Specification for Common Requirements for Steel prohibited. However, the test material for qualifying the
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Flanges, Forged Fittings, Valves, and Parts for Piping forging or the welding procedure shall be heat treated to
Applications3 simulate glass-coating operations.
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3. Ordering Information 5. Chemical Composition

3.1 Product furnished to this specification shall conform to 5.1 An analysis of each heat shall be made by the manufac-
the requirements of Specification A 961, including any supple- turer to determine the percentages of the elements specified in
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mentary requirements that are indicated in the purchase order. Table 1. The chemical composition thus determined shall
Failure to comply with the requirements of Specification A 961 conform to the requirements in Table 1.
constitutes non-conformance with this specification.
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6. Mechanical Properties
3.2 It is the purchaser’s responsibility to specify in the
purchase order all ordering information necessary to purchase 6.1 The test material shall conform to the requirements as to
the needed material. Examples of such information include but tensile properties prescribed in Table 2.
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are not limited to the ordering information in Specification 7. Number of Tests and Retests
A 961 and the following:
7.1 One tension test shall be made from each heat.
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7.2 If any test specimen is defectively machined, it may be

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discarded and another specimen substituted.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
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Stainless Steel, and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.22 on Steel Forgings and Wrought Fittings for Piping Applications and Bolting
8. Retests
Materials for Piping and Special Purpose Applications. 8.1 When one or more representative test specimens do not
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Current edition approved May 10, 2002. Published June 2002. Originally
published as A 836 – 84. Last previous edition A 836/A 836M – 95b (2001).
conform to specification requirements for the tested character-
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.05. istic, only a single retest for each nonconforming characteristic
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01. may be performed to establish product acceptability. Retests

*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.

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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements accomplished with a weld procedure designed to produce low
Element Composition, % hydrogen in the weldment. Short-circuit gas metal arc welding
Carbon, max 0.20 is permissible only with the approval of the purchaser.

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Manganese, max 0.90
Phosphorus, max 0.05
11. Rejection and Rehearing
Silicon, max 0.35
Sulfur, max 0.05 11.1 Samples representing material rejected by the pur-
Titanium, min 43 carbon content
chaser shall be preserved until disposition of the claim has been

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Titanium, max. 1.00
agreed upon by the manufacturer and the purchaser.

12. Certification

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TABLE 2 Tensile Requirements
Class I 12.1 When specified in the purchase order or contract, a

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Tensile strength, min, ksi [MPa] 55 [380] producer’s or supplier’s certification shall be furnished to the
Yield strength,A min, ksi [MPa] 25 [175] purchaser that the material was manufactured, sampled, tested,
Elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm, min, % 22 and inspected in accordance with this specification and has

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Reduction of area, min, % 35
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been found to meet the requirements. The specification desig-
Determined by either the 0.2 % offset method or the 0.5 % extension-under-
load method.
nation included on test reports shall include year of issue and
revision letter, if any.

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12.2 When specified in the purchase order or contract, a
shall be performed on twice the number of representative
report of the test results shall be furnished.
specimens that were originally nonconforming. When any

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12.3 Upon request of the purchaser in the contract or order,
retest specimen does not conform to specification requirements

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a report of the test results and chemical analyses shall be
for the characteristic in question, the lot represented by that
furnished.
specimen shall be rejected, or the test material shall be heat
treated or reheat-treated in accordance with 4.4, and tested in
accordance with Sections 6 and 7.
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13. Marking of Forgings
13.1 Identification marks consisting of the manufacturer’s
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9. Test Specimens symbol or name (Note), designation of service rating, this
9.1 The test material to be used for qualifying the forgings specification number, class, and size shall be legibly forged or
shall be heat treated with the forgings represented by the test stamped on each forging, and in such a position as not to injure
the usefulness of the forgings.
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material, if the forgings are heat treated, then, the test material
shall be normalized three times from a minimum temperature 13.2 Bar Coding—In addition to the requirements in 13.1,
of 1550°F [845°C] prior to testing. This heat treatment simu- bar coding is acceptable as a supplemental identification
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lates glass-coating operations. method. The purchaser may specify in the order a specific bar
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coding system to be used. The bar coding system, if applied at

10. Repair by Welding the discretion of the supplier, should be consistent with one of
10.1 Approval by the purchaser shall be required prior to the published industry standards for bar coding. If used on
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weld repair. small parts, the bar code may be applied to the box or a
10.2 The welded test plate used to qualify the procedure substantially applied tag.
shall be normalized three times at 1550°F [845°C] prior to
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testing to simulate glass-coating operations. 14. Keywords

10.3 The composition of the weld deposits shall be similar 14.1 carbon; pipe fittings; piping applications; pressure
to the base metal and in accordance with the procedure containing parts; pressure vessel service; steel; steel flanges;
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qualification for the applicable material. Welding shall be steel forgings; steel valves
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES

This section identifies the principal changes incorporated since A 836M – 95b (2001) was issued.

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(1) Revised all sections to reference A 961 General Require-
ments Specification.

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