ASTM Standards

HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTM SPECIFICATIONS FOR STAINLESS STEEL TUBES AND PIPES

Specifications	Allowable Outside Diameter Variations in mm			Allowable Wall Variations in %		Exact length Tolerances in mm		Testing
	Diameter	Over	Under	Over	Under	Over	Under	Testing
ASTMA-213 Seamless Ferritic & Austenitic steel, Boiler & Superheater Tubes & Austenitic steel Heat Exchanger Tubes	Under 25.4 25.4-38.1 incl. 38.1-50.8 excl. 50.8-63.5 encl. 63.5-76.2 excl. 76.2-101.6 incl.	0.1016 0.1524 0.2032 0.2540 0.3048 0.3810	0.1016 0.1524 0.2032 0.2540 0.3048 0.3810	20 20 22 22 22 22	0 0 0 0 0 0	3.175 3.175 3.175 3.760 4.760 4.760	0 0 0 0 0 0	• Tension Test • Flattening Test • Flare Test • Hardness Test • 100% Hydrostatic Test or NDT
ASTMA-249 Welded Austenitic steel Boiler, Superheater, Heat Exchanger & Condenser Tubes	Under 25.4 25.4-38.1 incl. 38.1-50.8 excl. 50.8-63.5 encl. 63.5-76.2 excl. 76.2-101.6 incl.	0.1016 0.1524 0.2032 0.2540 0.3048 0.3810	0.1016 0.1524 0.2032 0.2540 0.3048 0.3810	10 10 10 10 10 10	10 10 10 10 10 10	3.175 3.175 3.175 3.760 4.760 4.760	0 0 0 0 0 0	• Tension Test • Flattening Test • Flange Test • Reverse Bend Test • Hardness Test • 100% Hydrostatic Test or NDT
ASTMA-269 Seamless & Welded austenitic steel tubing for general service	Under 12.7 12.7-38.1 excl. 38.1-88.9 excl. 88.9-139.7 excl. 139.7 203.2 excl.	0.13 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.76	0.13 0.20 0.25 0.28 0.38	15 10 10 10 10	15 10 10 10 10	3.2 3.2 4.8 4.8 4.8	0 0 0 0 0 0	• Flare Test (Seamless only) • Hardness Test • Flange Test (Welded only) • Reverse Flattening Test (Welded only) • 100% Hydrostatic Test or NDT
ASTMA-270 Seamless & Welded austenitic steel for Sanitary Tubing	Under 2504 2504 to 50.8 excl. 50.8 to 76.2 excl. 76.2 to 101.6 excl.	0.13 0.20 0.25 0.38	0.13 0.20 0.25 0.38	12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5	12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5	3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2	0 0 0 0 0 0	• Reverse Flattening Test • 100% Hydrostatic Test or NDT • External polish on all tubes • Refer to ASTM A-270
ASTMA-312 Seamless, Welded & Heavily Cold worked Austenitic SS Pipes	1/8 to 21/2 incl., a II t/D ratios 3 to 18 incl., t/D up to 5 % incl. 3 to 18 incl., t/D> 5 %	0.40 0.80 1.60	0.80 0.80 0.80	20.0 22.5 15.0	12.5 12.5 12.5	6.35 6.35 6.35	0 0 0	• Tension Test • Flattening Test • 100% Hydrostatic Test or NDT • Refer to ASTM A- 999
ASTMA-688 Welded Feed water heater 'U'Tubes	Under 38.10 mm	0.1016	0.1016	+20 +10	-10 (For Avg. Walk thk) -0 (for Min. Walk thk)	3 to 13		• Tension Test • Flattening Test • Flange Test • Reverse Bend Test • Hardness Test • Reverse Flattening Test • 100% Hydrostatic Test or NDT • Air under water test

Equivalent EN Specifications

Equivalent EN Specifications
EN 10216 - 5	Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes for High Pressure Applications
EN 10217-7	Stainless Steel Welded Tubes for High Pressure Applications
EN 10297 - 2	Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes for General Applications
EN 10296 - 2	Stainless Steel Welded Tubes for General Applications

ASTM Standards for various types of Steel Tubes, Pipes and Fittings for High-Temperature Services

ASTM Standards for various types of Steel Tubes, Pipes and Fittings for High-Temperature Services
A861 - A861-94e1	Specification for High-Silicon Iron Pipe and Fittings
A523 - A523-96	Specification for Plain End Seamless and Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Pipe-Type Cable Circuits
A1006 - A1006/A1006M-00	Specification for Steel Line Pipe, Black, Plain End, Laser Beam Welded
A182 - A182/A182M-99	Specification for Rolled or Forged AS Pipe Forged Fittings, Flanges, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service
A426 - A426-92 (1997)	Specification for Centrifugally Cast Ferritic Alloy Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
A984 - A984/A984M-00	Specification for Steel Line Pipe, Black, Plain-End, Electric-Resistance-Welded
A746 - A746-99	Specification for Ductile Iron Gravity Sewer Pipe
A648 - A648-95e1	Specification for Steel Wire, Hard Drawn for Pre-stressing Concrete Pipe
A888 - A888-98e1	Specification for Hubless Cast Iron Soil Pipe and Fittings for Sanitary and Storm Drain, Waste, and Vent Piping Applications
A885 - A885/A885M-96	Specification for Steel Sheet, Zinc and Aramid Fiber Composite Coated for Corrugated Steel Sewer, Culvert, and Underdrain Pipe
A796 - A796/A796M-99	Practice for Structural Design of Corrugated Steel Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches for Storm and Sanitary Sewers and Other Buried Applications
A926 - A926-97	Test Method for Comparing the Abrasion Resistance of Coating Materials for Corrugated Metal Pipe
A733 - A733-99	Specification for Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe Nipples
A135 - A135-97c	Specification for ERW Steel Pipe
A862 - A862/A862M-98	Practice for Application of Asphalt Coatings to Corrugated Steel Sewer and Drainage Pipe
A954 - A954-96	Specification for Austenitic Chromium-Nickel-Silicon Alloy Steel Seamless and Welded Pipe
A106 - A106-99e1	Specification for CS Seamless Pipe for High-Temperature Service
A312 - A312/A312M-00	Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic SS Pipes
A376 - A376/A376M-98	Specification for Seamless Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Central-Station Service
A928 - A928/A928M-98	Specification for Ferritic/Austenitic (Duplex) Stainless Steel Pipe Electric Fusion Welded with Addition of Filler Metal
A999 - A999/A999M-98	Specification for General Requirements for Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe
A998 - A998/A998M-98	Practice for Structural Design of Reinforcements for Fittings in Factory-Made Corrugated Steel Pipe for Sewers and Other Applications
A849 - A849-99	Specification for Post-Applied Pavings, Coatings, and Linings for Corrugated Steel Drainage and Sewer Pipe
A338 - A338-84 (1998)	Specification for Pipe Fittings, Malleable Iron Flanges, and Valve Parts for Railroad, Marine, and Other Heavy Duty Service at Temperatures Up to 650oF (345oC)
A53 - A53/A53M-99b	Specification for Black and Hot-Dipped, Pipe, Steel, Welded and Seamless, Zinc-Coated.
A807 - A807/A807M-97	Practice for Installing Corrugated Steel Structural Plate Pipe for Sewers and Other Applications
A949 - A949/A949M-95e1	Specification for Spray-Formed Seamless Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
A972/A972M-99	Specification for Fusion Bonded Epoxy-Coated Pipe Piles
A335 - A335/A335M-99	Specification for Seamless Ferritic AS Pipe for High-Temperature Service
A790 - A790/A790M-99	Specification for Seamless and Welded Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
A929 - A929/A929M-97	Specification for Steel Metallic-Coated, Sheet by the Hot-Dip Process for Corrugated Steel Pipe
A930 - A930-99	Practice for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Corrugated Metal Pipe Used for Culverts, Storm Sewers, and Other Buried Conduits
A358 - A358/A358M-98	Specification for Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Alloy Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
A814 - A814/A814M-96 (1998)	Specification for Cold-Worked Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
A761 - A761/A761M-98	Specification for Corrugated Steel Structural Plate, Zinc-Coated, for Field-Bolted Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches
A126 - A126-95e1	Specification for Grey Iron Castings for Flanges, Valves and Pipe Fittings
A760 - A760/A760M-99	Specification for Corrugated Steel Pipe, Metallic-Coated for Sewers and Drains
A530 - A530/A530M-99	Specification for General Requirements for Specialized Carbon/ Alloy Steel Pipe
A377 - A377-99	Index of Specifications for Ductile-Iron Pressure Pipe
A139 - A139-96e1	Specification for EFW Steel Pipe
A810 - A810-94	Specification for Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Steel Pipe Winding Mesh
A134 - A134-96	Specification for Pipe, Electric-Fusion (Arc)-Welded, Steel
A1005 - A1005/A1005M-00	Specification for Steel Black, Plain End, Line Pipe, Double Submerged-Arc Welded, Longitudinal and Helical Seam
A369 - A369/A369M-92	Specification for Carbon and Ferritic Alloy Steel Forged and Bored Pipe for High-Temperature Service
A872 - A872-91 (1997)	Specification for Centrifugally Cast Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe for Corrosive Environments
A865 - A865-97	Specification for Threaded Couplings, Steel, Black or Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Welded or Seamless, for Use in Steel Pipe Joints
A674 - A674-95	Practice for Polyethylene Encasement for Ductile Iron Pipe for Water or Other Liquids
A333 - A333/A333M-99	Specification for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe for Low-Temperature Service
A74 - A74-98	Specification for Cast Iron Soil Pipe/ Fittings
A524 - A524-96	Specification for Carbon Steel Seamless Pipe for Atmospheric and Lower Temperatures
A691 - A691-98	Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe, Electric-Fusion-Welded for High-Pressure Service at High Temperatures
A798 - A798/A798M-97a	Practice for Installing Factory-Made Corrugated Steel Pipe for Sewers and Other Applications
A409 - A409/A409M-95ae1	Specification for Welded Large Diameter Austenitic Steel Pipe for Corrosive or High-Temperature Service
A252 - A252-98	Specification for Seamless and Welded Steel Pipe Piles
A742 - A742/A742M-98	Specification for Steel Sheet, Metallic Coated and Polymer Pre-coated for Corrugated Steel Pipe
A694 - A694/A694M-00	Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pipe Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High-Pressure Transmission Service
A451 - A451-93 (1997)	Specification for Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
A943 - A943/A943M-95e1	Specification for Spray-Formed Seamless Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
A813 - A813/A813M-95e2	Specification for Single- or Double-Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
A716 - A716-99	Specification for Ductile Iron Culvert Pipe
A978 - A978/A978M-97	Specification for Composite Ribbed Steel Pipe, Precoated and Polyethylene Lined for Gravity Flow Sanitary Sewers, Storm Sewers, and Other Special Applications
A762 - A762/A762M-98	Specification for Corrugated Steel Pipe, Polymer Pre-coated for Sewers and Drains