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ASME P-Numbers
To reduce the number of welding and brazing procedure qualifications required base metals have been assigned P-Numbers by the ASM
BPVC. Ferrous metals which have specified impact test requirements have been assigned Group Numbers within P-Numbers.
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Failure Analysis These assignments have been based on comparable base metal characteristics, such as:
TIG Welding
Composition
MIG Welding
Flux Cored Welding Weldability
Stick Welding
Brazeability
SAW
Mechanical Properties
Resistance Welding
Electron Beam WeldingIndiscriminant substitution of materials in a set of P-Numbers or Group Numbers may lead to problems or potentially failures. Engineeri
Robotic Welding assessment is necessary prior to a change in materials.
Brazing & Soldering
When a base metal with a UNS number Designation is assigned a P-Number, then a base metal listed in a different ASME material
Expert Witness specification with the same UNS number shall be considered that P-Number.
Experience
Fees The table below is a guide and is for instructive purposes only. Anyone specifying materials or requirements should refer directly to the
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code to specify materials, P-Numbers, procedures, or other requirements and not rely on the table bel
Links The table below is only a rather INCOMPLETE and APPROXIMATE summary of ASME data for INSTRUCTIONAL USE ONLY. See ASME B
and Pressure Vessel Code for materials specifications and P-Numbers.
P-Numbers Base Metal (Typical or Example)
Distortion
Discontinuities 1 Carbon Manganese Steels (four Group Numbers)
Alloy Selection 2 Not Used
Steel
Stainless Steel 3 Half Molybdenum or half Chromium, half Molybdenum (three Group Numbers)
Aluminum 4 One and a quarter Chromium, half Molybdenum (two Group Numbers)
5A Two and a quarter Chromium, one Molybdenum
5B Five Chromium, half Molybdenum or nine Chromium, one Molybdenum (two Group Numbers)
5C Chromium, Molybdenum, Vanadium (five Group Numbers)
Section IX of the ASME
BPVC 6 Martensitic Stainless Steels (Grade 410, 415, 429) (six Group Numbers)
ASME P-Numbers 7 Ferritic Stainless Steels (Grade 409, 430)
Structural Welding
Austenitic Stainless Steels
Group 1 - Grades 304, 316, 317, 347
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