ASTMA352/A352M-06(2012)StandardSpecificationforSteelCastings,FerriticandMartensitic,forPressure-ContainingParts,SuitableforLow-TemperatureService(Part2)Thisstandard,developedbyASTMInternational,specifiestherequirementsforferriticandmartensiticsteelcastingsintendedforpressure-containingpartsthatoperateinlow-temperatureserviceenvironments.Part2ofthisstandardfocusesonthematerialproperties,testingmethods,andacceptancecriterianecessarytoensurethereliabilityandperformanceofthesecastingsunderlow-temperatureconditions.KeyaspectscoveredinPart2includechemicalcompositionlimits,mechanicalpropertyrequirements(suchastensilestrength,yieldstrength,andimpacttoughness),heattreatmentprocedures,andnondestructiveexaminationmethods.Thestandardalsoprovidesguidelinesforretestingandrepairofcastingsthatdonotinitiallymeetthespecifiedrequirements.Thisspecificationiswidelyusedinindustriessuchasoilandgas,powergeneration,andchemicalprocessing,wherecomponentsmustwithstandlow-temperatureconditionswithoutcompromisingstructuralintegrity.CompliancewithASTMA352/A352M-06(2012)ensuresthatthecastingsmeetrigorousqualityandsafetystandardsforcriticalapplications.
