Designation:F1792−97(Reapproved2010)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforSpecialRequirementsforValvesUsedinGaseousOxygenService1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1792;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversthespecialrequirementsforvalvesusedingaseousoxygenservice.Itisintendedthatthisspecificationbeinvokedasanadditionalrequirementinconjunctionwithprimaryvalvespecifications.1.2Thevaluesstatedinthisspecificationininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.TheSIequivalentshowninparenthesisareprovidedforinformationonly.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2G63GuideforEvaluatingNonmetallicMaterialsforOxy-genServiceG88GuideforDesigningSystemsforOxygenServiceG93PracticeforCleaningMethodsandCleanlinessLevelsforMaterialandEquipmentUsedinOxygen-EnrichedEnvironmentsG94GuideforEvaluatingMetalsforOxygenService2.2AmericanNationalStandardsInstitute(ANSI):3ANSIB1.1UnifiedScrewThreads2.3AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(ASME):4ASMEBoilerandPressureVesselCode2.4MilitaryStandardsandSpecifications:5MIL-STD-1330StandardPracticeforPrecisionCleaningandTestingofShipboardOxygen,Helium,Helium-Oxygen,Nitrogen,andHydrogenSystemsMIL-V-5027Valves,Check,Oxygen,HighPressureMIL-STD-278Fabrication,WeldingandInspection;CastingInspectionandRepairforMachinery,PipingandProcessVesselsinShipsoftheUnitedStatesNavyMIL-STD-271Non-destructiveTestingRequirementsforMetalsMIL-P-46122PlasticMoldingandExtrusionMaterial,Poly-vinylideneFluoridePolymerandCopolymer3.OrderingInformation3.1Orderingdocumentationforvalvesunderthisspecifica-tionshallincludethefollowinginformation,asrequired,todescribetheequipmentadequately.3.1.1ASTMdesignationandyearofissue.3.1.2Primaryvalvespecification(see1.1).3.1.3Endpreparations,ifdifferentthanspecifiedin4.4...
