ASME P Material Numbers

This is a general guide ASME P numbers and their equivalent EN288 groupings. Groups referred to in the Base Metal column are ASME sub groups. EN288 material groups are included for comparison only.
P No. EN288 Base Metal Carbon Manganese Steels, 4 Sub Groups

Group 1 up to approx 65 ksi Group 2 Approx 70ksi Group 3 Approx 80ksi Group 4 ?

2 3 4 5A 5B 5C 6 7

4 5 5 5 6 8 8

Not Used 3 Sub Groups:- Typically half moly and half chrome half moly 2 Sub Groups:- Typically one and a quarter chrome half moly Typically two and a quarter chrome one moly 2 Sub Groups:- Typically five chrome half moly and nine chrome one moly 5 Sub Groups:- Chrome moly vanadium 6 Sub Groups:- Martensitic Stainless Steels Typically Grade 410 Ferritic Stainless Steels Typically Grade 409 Austenitic Stainless Steels, 4 Sub groups

Group1 Typically Grades 304, 316, 347 Group 2 Typically Grades 309, 310 Group 3 High manganese grades Group 4 Typically 254 SMO type steels

9A, B, C 10A,B,C,F,G 10 H 10J 11A Group 1 11 A Groups 2 to 5

7 ? 10 ? 7 ?

Typically two to four percent Nickel Steels Mixed bag of low alloy steels, 10G 36 Nickel Steel Duplex and Super Duplex Grades 31803, 32750 Typically 26 Chrome one moly 9 Nickel Steels Mixed bag of high strength low alloy steels.

11B 12 to 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 to 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 to 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 47 to 50 51, 52, 53 61, 62

? 21 22a 23 22b

10 Sub Groups:- Mixed bag of high strength low alloy steels. Not Used Pure Aluminium Aluminium Magnesium Grade 5000 Aluminium Magnesium Silicone Grade 6000 Not Used Aluminium Magnesium Manganese Typically 5083, 5086 Not used Pure Copper Brass Copper Silicone Copper Nickel Copper Aluminium Not Used Pure Nickel Nickel Copper:- Monel 500 Nickel Chrome Ferrite:- Inconel Nickel Moly:- Hastelloy C22, C276 Nickel Chrome :- Incoloy 800, 825 Nickel Chrome Silicone Nickel Chrome Tungstone Not Used Titanium Alloys Zirconium Alloys