Designation:E125−63(Reapproved2013)StandardReferencePhotographsforMagneticParticleIndicationsonFerrousCastings1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE125;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheDepartmentofDefense.TheseReferenceRadiographshavebeenapprovedtoreplaceMIL-M-11473(ORD).TheseReferencePhotographs2havebeenreproducedthroughthecourtesyoftheSteelFounders’Societyfromphotographsobtainedfromitsmembercompanies.1.Scope1.1Thiscollectionofreferencephotographscoverstypesanddegreesofdiscontinuitiesoccurringinsteelcastingsandothertypesofferrouscastingsdetectablebythedrypowdermagneticparticlemethod.1.2Thesereferencephotographsareintendedtoassistintheclassificationofthosediscontinuitiesrevealedinferrouscast-ingssubjectedtomagneticparticleexamination.1.3Thesereferencephotographsareintendedtobeusedforpurposesofcomparisonwiththemagneticparticleindicationsobservedonactualcastings.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:3E709GuideforMagneticParticleTesting2.2ASTMAdjuncts:ReferencePhotographsforMagneticParticleIndications23.Identification3.1ThetypesofdiscontinuitiescoveredbythereferencephotographsarelistedanddescribedinTable1.EachtypeofdiscontinuityisdesignatedbyRomannumeralsIthroughVIIIasgiveninthetable.3.2Thedegreesofdiscontinuityseverity,inincreasingorderwhereapplicable,aredenotedbynumbers1through5.NOTE1—Toavoidanymisunderstanding,itshouldbepointedoutthereisnocorrelationbetweendegreesofthevariousdefects.Forinstance,Degree3ofTypeIisnotequivalenttoDegree3ofTypeII.3.3Eachreferencephotographisidentifiedwiththepropernumberandletterdesignation.4.Preparation4.1Thereferencephotographsrepresentmagneticparticleindicationsasfoundonproductionsteelcastings.Theyrepre-senttheactualsizeoftheindicationsandtheprocedurefollo...
