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American standard SA516 Gr 485 pressure vessel plate

Posted:2021-10-26 16:00:00

1. SA516 Gr 485 plate is an American standard pressure vessel plate, which is a carbon steel plate for medium and low temperature pressure vessels.

2. SA516 Gr 485 pressure vessel plate is a killed steel, which meets the requirements of fine austenite fine grain size (No. 5 or above).

3. SA516 Gr 485 and SA516 GR70 are the same material, SA516GR70 is expressed in English system, and SA516 Gr 485 is expressed in metric system. Minimum strength limit: 70ksi [485MPa], maximum wall thickness 205mm. Equivalent to China GB/T713 Q345R.

4. Executive standard: ASME SA516/SA516M.

5. Delivery status: hot rolling, controlled rolling, normalizing, etc.

6. Chemical composition of SA516 Gr 485 pressure vessel plate:

C	Mn	P	S	Si
0.28	0.85-1.20	0.035	0.035	0.15-0.40

7. Mechanical properties of SA516 Gr 485 pressure vessel plate:
Tensile strength 70-90 (485-620)
Yield strength ≥38 (260)
Elongation (gauge length 8m or 200mm) ≥17
Elongation gauge length 2m or 50mm ≥21

8. Scope of application:
SA516 Gr 485 pressure vessel plate is widely used in petroleum, chemical, power station, boiler and other industries, used to make reactors, heat exchangers, separators, spherical tanks, oil and gas tanks, liquefied gas tanks, nuclear energy pressure shells, boiler drums, liquefied petroleum gas cylinders, hydropower stations equipment and components such as high-pressure water pipes and turbine volutes.