CSA
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ASTM & ASME
SAE & AISI
Some BS
100

CSA Standards cover materials being used for pressure equipment. 

True or False? 

CAS Standards does NOT cover materials being used for pressure equipment. 

False 

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100

Two ways to measure melting point 

1. Handheld infrared temperature sensor 

2. Temperature Crayon

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100

Which material specification system is considered the most extensive system?

ASTM 

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100

SAE & AISI are based on a code that indicates the composition range of steel. It is a detailed specification.

True or False?

False. 

It is not a detailed specification, rather a steel designation. 

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100

Most metals in use today are alloys.

True or False 


True

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200

When a Notch toughness grade (T) is selected, what must be specified? - CSA G40.21M

A category for test temperature must be specified. 

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200

1. A handheld infrared temperature sensor is also referred to as ____

2. A Temperature Crayon is also referred to as ____

1. Pyrometer

2. Tempilstik

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200

Under ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) Section IX, what does the P number classification stand for? 

Parent Metal

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200

A professional society of engineers in the field of ground, air and space transportation

Society of Automotive Engineers SAE

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200

What are three useful properties of non-ferrous metals that would make them valuable to the engineer? 

1. Corrosion resistance

2. Thermal Conductivity

3. Electrical Conductivity 

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300

What is the melting point for Stainless Steel (12% Chromium)?

List Celsius & Fahrenheit.

1510 Celsius 

2750 Fahrenheit

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300

What Professional society of mechanical engineer's issues codes for boilers and pressure vessels?

American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME

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300

SAE & AISI classification system assigns each steel a four-digit numerical index number relating to its composition. What does the third and fourth digit indicate?

Indicates carbon content in the hundredths of a percent. 

Example: 1045 = 0.45% Carbon Content

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300

Simple specifications cover only chemical composition range of steel. Complex specifications include ____

(List all 5)

1. The steelmaking method 

2. Heat treatment 

3. Composition

4. Mechanical properties 

5. Other Requirements 

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400

1. How many types of steel are covered by CSA G40.21M?

2. List them. (Abbreviations are okay)

List your page number(s)

1. Eight

2. G / W / WT / R / A / AT / Q / QT

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400
When attempting to identify an unknown metal, how would you initially select a Tempilstik?

Use a crayon that has a temperature just below the melting point temperature of the metal you believe unknown sample to be. 

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400

What is primary difference between the ASME and ASTM steel specifications? 

ASME uses a prefix letter S. 

Example: ASTM A106B = ASME SA106B

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400

Main organizations issuing specifications for steel bars 

SAE & AISI

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400

What trade associations, metal producers, and professional societies etc comprised the large group that created the UNS?

List all 7 noted in the textbook. 

1. Aluminum Association AA 

2. American Iron and Steel Institute AISI 

3. Copper Development Association CDA 

4. ASTM International 

5. The American Welding Society AWS 

6. Society of Automotive Engineers SAE 

7. The US government.

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500

When using a Pyrometer, the reading is taken from where?

The area where the molten pool begins developing. 

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500

1. ASTM steel plate specifications A533 is what type of steel plate? List general description. 

2. Additionally, what does the A designation in A533 stand for?

1. Pressure Vessel (A20/A20M) - Quenched and tempered-alloy steel. Has been used in nuclear reactor vessels. 

2. Indicates class of material. -> A = Ferrous 

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500

What is the most important classification system for welding personnel?

ASTM system

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