49 C.F.R. § 179.100-7   Materials.


Title 49 - Transportation


Title 49: Transportation
PART 179—SPECIFICATIONS FOR TANK CARS
Subpart C—Specifications for Pressure Tank Car Tanks (Classes DOT-105, 109, 112, 114 and 120)

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§ 179.100-7   Materials.

(a) Steel plate: Steel plate materials used to fabricate tank shell and manway nozzle must comply with one of the following specifications with the indicated minimum tensile strength and elongation in the welded condition. The maximum allowable carbon content must be 0.31 percent when the individual specification allows carbon greater than this amount. The plates may be clad with other approved materials.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                             Minimum                                                         elongation in 2                                        Minimum tensile       inches            Specifications                  strength        (percent)                                        (p.s.i.) welded       welded                                          condition\1\      condition                                                          (longitudinal)------------------------------------------------------------------------AAR TC 128, Gr. B.....................           81,000               19ASTM A 302 \2\, Gr.B..................           80,000               20ASTM A 516 \2\........................           70,000               20ASTM A 537 \2\, Class 1...............           70,000              23------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Maximum stresses to be used in calculations.\2\ These specifications are incorporated by reference (IBR, see §  171.7 of this subchapter).

(b) Aluminum alloy plate: Aluminum alloy plate material used to fabricate tank shell and manway nozzle must be suitable for fusion welding and must comply with one of the following specifications (IBR, see §171.7 of this subchapter) with its indicated minimum tensile strength and elongation in the welded condition.  *  *  *

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                              Minimum         Minimum                                              tensile      elongation in                                             strength        2 inches             Specifications                 (p.s.i.) 0      (percent) 0                                          temper, welded  temper, welded                                             condition       condition                                               \3,4\      (longitudinal)------------------------------------------------------------------------ASTM B 209, Alloy 5052 \1\..............          25,000              18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5083 \2\..............          38,000              16ASTM B 209, Alloy 5086 \1\..............          35,000              14ASTM B 209, Alloy 5154 \1\..............          30,000              18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5254 \1\..............          30,000              18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5454 \1\..............          31,000              18ASTM B 209, Alloy 5652 \1\..............          25,000              18------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ For fabrication, the parent plate material may be 0, H112, or H32  temper, but design calculations must be based on minimum tensile  strength shown.\2\ 0 temper only.\3\ Weld filler metal 5556 must not be used.\4\ Maximum stress to be used in calculations.

(c) High alloy steel plate. (1) High alloy steel plate must conform to the following specifications:

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                             Minimum                                        Minimum tensile  elongation in 2                                            strength          inches            Specifications              (p.s.i.) welded   (percent) weld                                          condition\1\        metal                                                          (longitudinal)------------------------------------------------------------------------ASTM A 240/A 240M (incorporated by               70,000               30 reference; see § 171.7 of this subchapter), Type 304L...............ASTM A 240/A 240M (incorporated by               70,000               30 reference; see § 171.7 of this subchapter), Type 316L...............------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Maximum stresses to be used in calculations.

(2)(i) High alloy steels used to fabricate tank must be tested in accordance with the following procedures in ASTM A 262, “Standard Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steel” (IBR, see §171.7 of this subchapter), and must exhibit corrosion rates not exceeding the following:  *  *  *

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                              Corrosion          Test procedures                   Material         rate i.p.m.------------------------------------------------------------------------Practice B.........................  Types 304L and 316L...       0.0040Practice C.........................  Type 304L.............       0.0020------------------------------------------------------------------------

(ii) Type 304L and 316L test specimens must be given a sensitizing treatment prior to testing.

(d) All attachments welded to tank shell must be of approved material which is suitable for welding to the tank.

[Amdt. 179–10, 36 FR 21344, Nov. 6, 1971, as amended by Amdt. 179–32, 48 FR 27707, June 16, 1983; Amdt. 179–47, 58 FR 50237, Sept. 24, 1993; Amdt. 179–52, 61 FR 28679, June 5, 1996; Amdt 179–52, 61 FR 50255, Sept. 25, 1996; 66 FR 45186, Aug. 28, 2001; 67 FR 51660, Aug. 8, 2002; 68 FR 75759, Dec. 31, 2003]

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