ASTM A20/A20M-09 - 1.10.2009
 
1. Scope

1.1 This general requirements specification covers a group of common requirements that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable product specification, apply to rolled steel plates for pressure vessels covered by each of the following product specifications issued by ASTM:

 
2. Referenced Documents

A387/A387M-25

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum

A941-26a

Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys (Includes all amendments and changes 4/15/2026).

A832/A832M-25

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum-Vanadium

A770/A770M-03(2025)

Standard Specification for Through-Thickness Tension Testing of Steel Plates for Special Applications

A751-25

Standard Test Methods and Practices for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products

A738/A738M-19(2026)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service

A737/A737M-17(2024)e1

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, High-Strength, Low-Alloy Steel (Includes all amendments and changes 9/23/2024).

A736/A736M-25

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Age-Hardening Nickel-Copper-Chromium-Molybdenum-Columbium (Niobium) Alloy Steel

A735-A735M-12

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Low-Carbon Manganese-Molybdenum-Columbium Alloy Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service (Withdrawn 2017)

A285/A285M-24

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and Intermediate-Tensile Strength

A299/A299M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Silicon

A302/A302M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel

A203/A203M-23

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Nickel

A204/A204M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Molybdenum

A225/A225M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Vanadium-Nickel

A263-12(2026)

Standard Specification for Stainless Chromium Steel-Clad Plate

A264-12(2026)

Standard Specification for Stainless Chromium-Nickel Steel-Clad Plate

A265-12(2026)

Standard Specification for Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloy-Clad Steel Plate

A537/A537M-20

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Heat-Treated, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel

A542/A542M-25

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched-and-Tempered, Chromium-Molybdenum, and Chromium-Molybdenum-Vanadium

A543/A543M-09(2021)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum

A553/A553M-22

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered 7 %, 8 %, and 9 % Nickel

A562/A562M-10(2021)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Manganese-Titanium for Glass or Diffused Metallic Coatings

A577/A577M-17(2023)

Standard Specification for Ultrasonic Angle-Beam Examination of Steel Plates

A517/A517M-17(2023)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, High-Strength, Quenched and Tempered

A533/A533M-24

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Quenched and Tempered, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel

A578/A578M-17(2023)

Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Rolled Steel Plates for Special Applications

A612/A612M-20

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High Strength, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service

A370-26

Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

A1017/A1017M-17(2024)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Chromium-Molybdenum-Tungsten

A435/A435M-17(2023)

Standard Specification for Straight-Beam Ultrasonic Examination of Steel Plates

A455/A455M-12a(2023)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, High-Strength Manganese (Includes all amendments and changes 11/20/2023).

A515/A515M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Intermediate- and Higher-Temperature Service

A516/A516M-25

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, for Moderate- and Lower-Temperature Service

A353/A353M-17(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Double-Normalized and Tempered 9 % Nickel

A645/A645M-10(2022)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, 5 % and 51 2 % Nickel Alloy Steels, Specially Heat Treated

A662/A662M-17(2024)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, for Moderate and Lower Temperature Service

A700-14(2019)

Standard Guide for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods for Steel Products for Shipment

A724/A724M-09(2023)

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon-Manganese-Silicon Steel, Quenched and Tempered, for Welded Pressure Vessels

E21-20

Standard Test Methods for Elevated Temperature Tension Tests of Metallic Materials

A841/A841M-17(2025)

Standard Specification for Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels, Produced by Thermo-Mechanical Control Process (TMCP)

A844/A844M-21

Standard Specification for Steel Plates, 9 % Nickel Alloy, for Pressure Vessels, Produced by the Direct-Quenching Process

E29-22

Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E112-25

Standard Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size

E208-20e1

Standard Test Method for Conducting Drop-Weight Test to Determine Nil-Ductility Transition Temperature of Ferritic Steels (Includes all amendments and changes 2/9/2023).

E709-21

Standard Guide for Magnetic Particle Testing

BoilerandPressureVesselCode, Section IX

Fed.Std.No.123

Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)

B1

Bar Code Symbology Standard

A734-A734M-12

Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel and High-Strength Low-Alloy Steel, Quenched-and-Tempered (Withdrawn 2017)