P265GH Steel – Heat Resistant & Non-Alloy

What is P265GH? Grade P265GH is the Heat Resistant Pressure Vessel Steels defined in the EN 10028 system. It is a non-alloy steel. The material is designed for high temperature applications. Therefore it is mostly utilized in high temperature applications in the oil and gas sector, chemical processing industries and petrochemical sectors.

It is a main fabricating material of boilers and pressurized vessels. It is normalized by keeping it against a temperature of 890 to 950°C without holding; the heating is passed on through the thickness of the plate.

What is EN 10028? P265GH is identified in the standard EN 10028. It is a European material standard for “Flat products made of steels for pressure purposes”. Moreover the standard covers “Non-alloy and alloy steels with specified elevated temperature properties”. The standard was published in the year 2009.

Learn about High grade steel: 42CrMo4 Alloy Steel

Why P265GH called A516 grade 60 Steel? P265GH is the designation alloy in the European standard, also referred as A516 grade 60 in ASME/ASTM standards. Many manufacturers claim to be compliant with both specifications of EN 10028 and ASME/ASTM material A516 grade 60 steel.

Learn about Precipitation hardening stainless steel: UNS S17400 

Available Forms in Market: P265GH steel is a carbon non-alloy steel made for critically making into wrought products. It is typically available in the market in the normalized condition. P265GH is the EN chemical designation.

Following are the available forms of P265GH steels in the global market:

• Flame Cut Plates
• Laser Cut Plates
• Hot Rolled Mill Edge Steel
• Hot Rolled Slit Edge Steel
• Pipes

Dimensional Characteristics of P265GH Steels: The applicable thickness for this P265GH material as obtained by online statistics in the market starts from 1.50 mm to 12.5 mm defending upon processes. However the width of this material varies and it is available in slit width of 100 mm and over. The mill edge width starts from 900 mm width to 1880 mm.

Compare with material of the same family: P235GH Steel

The Indicative Chemical Composition of P265GH Steels:  The chemical composition of this grade is indicated as under:

• Maximum percentage of Carbon (C) is 0.20.
• Maximum percentage of Manganese (Mn) is 0.80 and minimum percentage is 0.40
• Maximum percentage of Phosphorous (P) is 0.025
• Maximum percentage of Sulphur (S) is 0.015
• Maximum percentage of Chromium is 0.30
• Maximum percentage of Nickel (Ni) is 0.30
• Maximum percentage of Silicon (Si) is 0.40
• Maximum percentage of Molybdenum (Mo) is 0.08
• Maximum percentage of Nitrogen (N) is 2.0 and minimum is 0.01
• Maximum percentage of Copper (Cu) is 0.30
• Maximum percentage of Titanium (Ti) is 0.03
• Maximum percentage of Niobium (Nb) is 0.02
• Minimum percentage of Aluminum (Al) is 0.02
• Maximum percentage of Vanadium (V) is 0.02

Remaining is iron (Fe) percentage and with few negligible impurities.

Mechanical Properties of P265GH Steels: Following are some of the mechanical properties:

• The tensile strength of the ASTM 516 Grade 60 alloy steel is expressed in Newton per millimeters and it must be at-least 410 N/mm2 (MPa) and at-most 530 N/mm2 (MPa).
• The elongation property of P265GH steel varies with the treatment and thickness but it is indicated typically greater than 22%.
• Yield strength should be equal to or greater than 255 N/mm2 (MPa).
• It can be welded by common welding methods

Heat Resistant pipes

Equivalent Material Grades in Other International Standards:

• Equivalent grade of this type in ASME/ASTM  is A 516 grade 60
• In DIN standard, the corresponding material is referred as 1.0425 type steel.
• In British BS standard, the corresponding material is referred as 161 430A type steel.

Applications of P265GH Stainless Steels: Applications are as under

• Process utilities, instrumentation in chemical industry
• Instruments and utilities in petrochemical industries
• Instruments and processing utilities in oil and gas sector

Examples of the instrumentation, utilities and processing equipment are listed as under:

• Flanges
• Heat exchangers
• Dished ends
• Boilers
• Columns
• Pipelines
• Storage tanks
• Valves
• Pressure vessels
• Calorifiers

Suppliers of P265GH Steel: Suppliers are also listed below:

Supplier Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH bearing contact number +49 (0) 5341 21-2890.

Supplier Yusheng(Group) industrial Co.,Ltd. bearing contact number 0086-371-60380543. The supplier address is East Area,25thFloor,Y.H.International Plaza, Zhengzhou City, Henan province in China.