ASME BPVC.II.C-2021

2021 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section II: Materials - Part C: Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals

STANDARD by ASME International, 07/01/2021

ISBN(s):9780791874066

Number of Pages:1019

Product Scope / Abstract

This Section is a "Service Section" to the other BPVC Sections providing material specifications for the manufacture, acceptability, chemical composition, mechanical usability, surfacing, testing requirements and procedures, operating characteristics, and intended uses for welding rods, electrodes and filler metals. These specifications are designated by SFA numbers and are derived from AWS specifications.

Careful application of this Section will help users to comply with applicable regulations within their jurisdictions, while achieving the operational, cost and safety benefits to be gained from the many industry best-practices detailed within these volumes.

Intended for manufacturers, users, constructors, designers and others concerned with the design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection and testing of pressure vessels, plus all potential governing entities.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Statement of Policy on the Use of the ASME Single Certification Mark and Code Authorization in Advertising ix

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

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

Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

AWS Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvi

Guideline on the Approval of New Welding and Brazing Material Classifications Under the ASME Boiler and

Pressure Vessel Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii

Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix

List of Changes in Record Number Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xl

Cross-Referencing and Stylistic Changes in the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli

SFA-5.01M/SFA-5.01 Welding and Brazing Consumables — Procurement of Filler Materials and Fluxes 1

SFA-5.02/SFA-5.02M Specification for Filler Metal Standard Sizes, Packaging, and Physical Attributes . 23

SFA-5.1/SFA-5.1M Specification for Carbon Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding . . . . . . 35

SFA-5.2/SFA-5.2M Specification for Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Rods for Oxyfuel Gas Welding . . . . 79

SFA-5.3/SFA-5.3M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc

Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

SFA-5.4/SFA-5.4M Specification for Stainless Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding . . . . . 109

SFA-5.5/SFA-5.5M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding . . . . 147

SFA-5.6/SFA-5.6M Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc

Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

SFA-5.7/SFA-5.7M Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Bare Welding Rods and Electrodes . . 221

SFA-5.8/SFA-5.8M Specification for Filler Metals for Brazing and Braze Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

SFA-5.9/SFA-5.9M Specification for Bare Stainless Steel Welding Electrodes and Rods . . . . . . . . . . . 277

SFA-5.10/SFA-5.10M Welding Consumables — Wire Electrodes, Wires and Rods for Welding of Alumi

num and Aluminum Alloys — Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

SFA-5.11/SFA-5.11M Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Alloy Welding Electrodes for Shielded Metal

Arc Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

SFA-5.12/SFA-5.12M Specification for Tungsten and Oxide Dispersed Tungsten Electrodes for Arc

Welding and Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

SFA-5.13 Specification for Surfacing Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding . . . . . . . . . 393

SFA-5.14/SFA-5.14M Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Alloy Bare Welding Electrodes and Rods . . . . 415

SFA-5.15 Specification for Welding Electrodes and Rods for Cast Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

SFA-5.16/SFA-5.16M Specification for Titanium and Titanium-Alloy Welding Electrodes and Rods . . . 463

SFA-5.17/SFA-5.17M Specification for Carbon Steel Electrodes and Fluxes for Submerged Arc Welding 473

SFA-5.18/SFA-5.18M Specification for Carbon Steel Electrodes and Rods for Gas Shielded Arc Welding 505

SFA-5.20/SFA-5.20M Specification for Carbon Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored Arc Welding . . . . . . . . . 535

SFA-5.21 Specification for Bare Electrodes and Rods for Surfacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

SFA-5.22/SFA-5.22M Specification for Stainless Steel Flux Cored and Metal Cored Welding Electrodes

and Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

SFA-5.23/SFA-5.23M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Fluxes for Submerged Arc

Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

SFA-5.24/SFA-5.24M Specification for Zirconium and Zirconium-Alloy Welding Electrodes and Rods . 687

SFA-5.25/SFA-5.25M Specification for Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Fluxes for Electroslag

Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697

SFA-5.26/SFA-5.26M Specification for Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Electrogas Welding 721

iiiSFA-5.28/SFA-5.28M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Rods for Gas Shielded Arc

Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

SFA-5.29/SFA-5.29M Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored Arc Welding . . . . . . . 793

SFA-5.30/SFA-5.30M Specification for Consumable Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 833

SFA-5.31 Specification for Fluxes for Brazing and Braze Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853

SFA-5.32/SFA-5.32M Specification for Welding Shielding Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871

SFA-5.34/SFA-5.34M Specification for Nickel-Alloy Flux Cored and Metal Cored Welding Electrodes . . 885

SFA-5.35/SFA-5.35M Specification for Covered Electrodes for Underwater Wet Shielded Metal Arc

Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915

SFA-5.36/SFA-5.36M Specification for Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Flux Cored Electrodes for Flux Cored

Arc Welding and Metal Cored Electrodes for Gas Metal Arc Welding . . . . . . . . 931

SFA-5.39/SFA-5.39M Specification for Flux and Electrode Combinations for Submerged Arc and Elec

troslag Joining and Surfacing of Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloys . . . . . . . . . . . 933

Mandatory Appendix I Standard Units for Use in Equations

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