ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEB16.20-2012(RevisionofASMEB16.20-2007)MetallicGasketsforPipeFlangesRing-Joint,Spiral-Wound,andJacketedCopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---CopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---ASMEB16.20-2012(RevisionofASMEB16.20-2007)MetallicGasketsforPipeFlangesRing-Joint,Spiral-Wound,andJacketedANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDTwoParkAvenue•NewYork,NY•10016USACopyrightASMEInternationalProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithASMENotforResaleNoreproductionornetworkingpermittedwithoutlicensefromIHS--`,,```,,,,````-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---DateofIssuance:June25,2013ThenexteditionofthisStandardisscheduledforpublicationin2017.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationsoftechnicalaspectsofthisStandard.PeriodicallycertainactionsoftheASMEB16CommitteemaybepublishedasCases.CasesandinterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.org/astheyareissued.ErratatocodesandstandardsmaybepostedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagestoprovidecorrectionstoincorrectlypublisheditems,ortocorrecttypographicalorgrammaticalerrorsincodesandstandards.Sucherratashallbeusedonthedateposted.TheCommitteePagescanbefoundathttp://cstools.asme.org/.Thereisanoptionavailabletoautomaticallyreceiveane-mailnotificationwhenerrataarepostedtoaparticularcodeorstandard.ThisoptioncanbefoundontheappropriateCommitteePageafterselecting“Errata”inthe“PublicationInformation”section.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandard...