Designation: E 428 - 05a
Standard Practice for
Fabrication and Control of Metal, Other than Aluminum
Reference, Blocks Used in Ultrasonic Examination’
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L. Scope
LA This practice covers a procedure for fabrication and
control of metal alloy reference blocks used in ultrasonic
‘examination that have a flat-surface sound entry, are cylindrical
in shape, and contain flat-bottom holes (FBH) which may be
used for checking the performance of ultrasonic examination
{instrumentation and search units and for standardization and
control of ultrasonic examination of metal alloy products. The
reference blocks described are suitable for use with either the
irect-contact_ method or immersion pulse-echo ultrasonic
‘methods.
Nore 1—Use of fat-surfae reference Bocks may not be suitable for
cynical materials
1.2 While this procedure is basically designed for the
{fabrication and control of carbon and alloy steel blocks to be
used in conjunction with the examination of these materials,
‘the fabrication and control procedures may also be suitable for
he preparation of blocks for other types of materials such as
nickel-base alloys, certain types of aluminum alloys, and so
forth, Additional procedures and controls may be required
‘when fabricating reference blocks from other than carbon or
alloy steel material. This practice shall in no way preclude the
specification or addition of any supplemented requirements as
deemed necessary for the specific application. This practice,
however, must not be confused with, nor does it supersede
Practice E 127, specifically governing the fabrication and
evaluation of 7075-T6 aluminum alloy ultrasonic standard
reference blocks.
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selecting materia, fabricating blocks, and checking response. Unlike this
practice, Practice F127 bas requirements for evalustion relative to 2
poifod standard target.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as standard,
14 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2, Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards: *
E127 Practice for Fabricating and Checking Aluminum
Alloy Ultrasonic Standard Reference Blocks
E1158 Guide for Material Selection and Fabrication of
Reference Blocks for the Pulsed Longitudinal Wave Ultra-
sonic Examination of Metal and Metal Alloy Production
Material
E1316 Terminology for Nondestructive Testing
3. Terminology
311 Defnitions—For definitions of terms used in this prac-
tice, see Terminology E 1316
4, Summary of Practice
4.1 This practice details a basic’ fabrication and control
procedure and defines the minimum requirements to be met in
matching carbon and alloy steel reference blocks with the
‘material to be examined. Additional supplemental require-
‘ments may be needed when using this practice to fabricate
reference blocks from other types of materials or with larger
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diameter holes. The physical characteristics of the hole may be
established by evaluating plastic replicas. It must be recog
nized however that there are limitations on the size hole that
may be replicated and evaluated,
5, Significance and Use
5.1 Reference blocks fabricated in accordance with this
practice will exhibit specific arewampliude and distance-
amplitude relationships only with an immersion test at 5 MHz
using the search unit, test instrument and test parameters
described in tis practice. Comparison lest at other frequencies
‘of with uncalibrated instruments will not necessarily give the
same relationships shown in this practice. See Reference (1)
for area-amplitade limitations at other frequencies and trans-