REPORTONPROPERTIESOFCASTIRONATELEVATEDTEMPERATURESIssuedUndertheAuspicesofTHESTEAMPOWERPANELofTHEASTM-ASMEJOINTCOMMITTEEONEFFECTOFTEMPERATUREONTHEPROPERTIESOFMETALSPreparedforthePanelbyJ.R.KATTUSANDBRYANMCPHERSONSOUTHERNRESEARCHINSTITUTEBIRMINGHAM,ALABAMAASTMSpecialTechnicalPublicationNo.248ListPrice:$4.25PricetoASTMandASMEMembers:$3.40PublishedbytheAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGMATERIALS1916RACESTREET,PHILADELPHIA3,PA.FiftyyearsagounexpectedfailuresledtheASMEtosupportaresearchinvestigationatCornellUniver-sitytodeterminesafetemperatureandpressurelimitsforcastironforvalves;pumpsandsimilarpressurecastings.Thelimitsfixedatthattimesurvivedfor40years.Castironwasregardedasasinglematerialbracketedinabroadspecification.Timeandinde-pendentresearchexpandeditsrangeofpropertiesandusage,establishedcontrolmeasuresoverdifferentgrades,andextendedtheknowledgedefiningitsmodernrefinedforms.Enterprisingmanufacturersestablished,individually,applicationsrequiringloadcarryingabilityattemperaturesabovethe450Flimitsetahalfcenturyago.Fifteenyearsago,theurgentneedtousecastironforthewartimesteampropulsionofcargovesselsprecipitatedasurveyofthethencurrentusagewhichculminatedintheBurgess-Barlowreport,reference16.FiveyearsmorewentintothepreparationandtrialbyusageofatentativeASTMSpecificationA278.1Ultimatelytheneedarosetojustifyitscontentsbyastudyoftheimportantqualifyingfactorsthatcouldmakecastironeligibleforuseattemperaturesupto650Fandperhapsabovethistemperature.TheBoilerandPressureVesselCommitteeoftheASMEpressedforthisinformationandtheASTM-ASMEJointCommitteeonEffectofTemperatureonthePropertiesofMetalsapprovedtheworkin1952.AresearchsubcommitteeofASTMCommitteeA-3on11958BookofASTMStandards,Part1.-Seeacknowledgmentsp.85forlistoforganizationswhofur-nishedthetestmetals.CastIronwaschargedtoformulateaprogramofin-vestigation.Castironsfortestwereobtainedfromcommercialsources.2Basically,theeligiblecastironsweretoconformtothetermsofSpecificationA278forcastironssuitableforuseattemperaturesupto650F.Thisincludedl...
