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21st EDITION CHANGES ONE PAGER

• 20th Edition Expiration / 21st Edition Effective Date The 20th Edition of API 6A went into effect April 1, 2011 and will expire on October 31, 2019.
The 21st Edition was released in November 2018, and will officially go into effect per the API Monogram® Program on November 1, 2019.
• The 6A specification has been rearranged substantially and there have been significant material requirement changes made as well. Requirements
are now stricter than ever, increases accountability for product integrity, which in turn increases safety, performance, and reliability.
• Closure Bolting & BS Level (New Addition) – For products monogrammed per API 6A 21st Edition, all closure bolting shall be qualified and
manufactured in accordance with API 20E (Alloy & Carbon Steel Bolting Requirements) or API 20F (Corrosion-Resistant Bolting Requirements) .
• Qualification Test Coupon (QTC) Equivalent Round (ER) – For PSL 3, for bodies that require a yield strength of 75K or greater and where the part’s
weight during heat treat is greater than 1,000 lbs. (454 kg), the QTC ER shall be the same or greater than the part it qualifies but is not required to
exceed 10 inches (250 mm).
• Cast Product Requirements (New Addition) – For cast products monogrammed per API 21st Edition, production castings shall meet the requirements
of API 20A (Requirements for Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Stainless Steel, and Nickel Base Alloy Castings) and API 6A. Castings will require a minimum of
CSL 2 for PSL 1 products, and CSL 3 for PSL 2 or PSL 3 products.
• Minimum Product Specification Level (PSL) (New Addition) – Products manufactured to the requirements of the API 6A specification are defined by
different levels of technical quality requirements. Requirements for materials, welding, quality, and testing are clearly defined by the 6A specification
for PSL 1, PSL 2, PSL 3, and PSL 4 products. The 21st Edition requirement limits PSL designations per material class and rated working pressure
combinations.
• H2S Partial Pressure – Material Classes DD, EE, FF, and HH shall include as part of the designation and marking the maximum allowable partial
pressure of hydrogen sulfide (H2S), when a value is specified by NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 in units consistent with the rated working pressure
markings and prefixes. Where no H2S limit is defined by NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156 for the partial pressure, no partial pressure shall be marked.

• Hydrostatic Test Acceptance Criteria – The requirements regarding the variance of monitored pressure are much more stringent in the 21st Edition
compared to the 20th Edition.
• Heat treatment requirements now normative.
• Former Annex E and Annex N were withdrawn as they are no longer needed/applicable to the document.
• Operating Torque, Supply Pressure, and / or Electrical Current – A completely new requirement to the 6A specification is that PSL 3 and PSL 4 valves
(except for check valves) will require this to be measured while operating under full differential to confirm that the values fall within the
manufacturer’s specified requirements for manual and actuated valves.

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