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Methods for destructive testing of welds in metal
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o This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Cornmittee WD-006, Testing o1'
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Welds to supersede AS 2205.6.1-1991.
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The ob-jective of this edition is to update the Standard and include editorial changes in
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the hardness of the weld rnetal, the heat aflected zone (HAZ) and the parent metal on
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o 3 PREPARATION OF TEST SPECIMEN
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Tlre test specimen shall be prepared in accordance with AS 2205.1 and the following:
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(a) The test speciuren shall be cut fiom the rveld zone as specil'ied by the relevant
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4 PROCEDURE
The procedure shall be as fbllows:
(a) The hardness shall be tneasured by rneans o1' the Vickers hardness test. The
equiprnent used and the rnethod o['test shall comply with AS 1817, except that the
spacing o1'the indentations shall cornply with Itern (d) below. The test surface of the
test specimen shall be norrnal to the axis of the indentor.
(b) No significant difference has been lbund in the hardness {'igures obtained when using
this spacing, cornpared with the spacing given in AS I 817.
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(c) The test should be conducted using a nominal fbrce ol49 N (HV 5).
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(e) The rninirnutn nutnber and location of hardness test traverses shall be as shown in
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Figure 2 for the weld types ancl thickness shown. For other rveld configurations, the
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softening, in quenched and tempered steel, in certain aluminium alloys). Care should
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The test results shall be reported as fbllorvs:
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(d) Type of material and, il knorvn, Standard nurnber and grade.
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(g) The hardness of each indentation in each traverse, rvith appropriate syrnbols (i.e.,
HV 5 or HV l0) plus indication o1'the fusion and visible HAZ boundary locations.
This distance to include the
heat-affected zone and some
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FIGURE 1 TEST SPECIMEN FOR WELD ZONE HARDNESS TEST
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APPENDIX A
RET]OMMENDED ME,TI]OD OF SPACING IIARDNESS INDENTATIONS
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This Appendix details the rnethod ol spacing hardness indentations when using a Vickers
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(a) Measure the diagonals olthe first indentation.
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(b) Rotate the nricroscope knif'e eclges to either of the stop positions and position the
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(d) To obtain a spacing o{'0.5 +0.025 rnrn between centres of adjacent indentations, move
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This r\Lrstralian Stanilard u'as preparetl bv Committee WD-006. Testing of Welds. lt rvas approved on behall'of the Council of Standards
Australia on 7 March 2003 and puhlishcd on 27 March 2003.
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