Welding Inspection and Metallurgy

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INTRODUCTION:

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Much of the content of RP-577 has been gathered from other technical and Code publications. Overall it is a fine publication and represents a lot of hard work. Since many of these subjects are covered in previous lessons, such as several of the NDE processes and Welding procedures this lesson will not address those same issues again, unless there is added information not presented previously.

RP-577 should be taken quite seriously during study. It is a new document on the examination, and as such you should expect approximately 10 questions from it.

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You may even prefer to use this document as your primary source for the study of welding and NDE as it is specifically pointed at in-service inspection methods.However the ASME Code Sections V, VIII Div.1 and, IX must not be neglected as they are still a part of the examination.

The parts of RP-577 covered in the lesson will not be addressed completely. The effort will be to introduce the topics of RP-577 and familiarize the student with its content and study responsibilities. However a question and answer study exercise has been provided for exam preparation.

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