Piping Material Details
Piping Material Details
Piping Material Details
This table is intended to give a comparison of American, British, German, and Japanese
Standards for common boiler tubing and boiler piping specifications. There is seldom an
exact match between specifications in two different Standards. Use this table only to find
an approximate equivalent, then compare the details of the specifications to determine if
substitution is permissable.
The table is divided into tubing, (which is used inside the boiler setting, as in steam
generating tubes, wall tubes, superheaters and economizers) and piping (which is used
ouside the boiler setting, as in headers, steam piping, and feedwater lines). The German
(DIN) Standards don't appear to differentiate between the two. Heat exchanger tube specs
are not included here. In general, the Japanese (JIS) specs match up pretty well with the
American(ASME/ASTM), while the British (BS) and German specs are usually more
difficult to find an equivalent in.
ASME/ASTM BS
Tubing Specs
DIN
JIS
SA-178 A
17177 St37.8
G 3461 STB35 E
SA-178 C
17177 St42.8
G 3461 STB42 E
SA-178 D
G 3461 STB52 E
SA-192
3059 S1 360
17175 St35.8
G 3461 STB35 S
SA-210 A1
3059 S1 440
17175 St45.8
G 3461 STB52 S
SA-210 C
SA-209 T1
G 3461 STB42 S
3059 S1 243
17175 15Mo3
G 3462 STBA12 S
SA-209 T1a
G 3462 STBA13 S
SA-213 T2
G 3462 STBA20 S
SA-213 T11
3059 S1 620-460
SA-213 T12
SA-213 T22
17175 13CrMo4-4
G 3462 STBA23
17175 13CrMo4-4
3059 S1 622-490
17175 10CrMo9-10
G 3462 STBA24
17175 7CrMoVTiB10-10
SA-213 T5
G 3462 STBA25
SA-213 T9
3059 S1 629-470
SA-213 T91
3059-2 Gr. 91
SA-213 Tp-304
G 3462 STBA26
17175-X10CrMoVNb9-1 G 3462 STBA28
17456 X2CrNi1911
G3463 SUS304TB
G3463 SUS304HTB
17456 X5CrNiMo17122 G3463 SUS316TB
G3463 SUS316HTB
17456 X6CrNiTi1810
G3463 SUS321TB
G3463 SUS321HTB
17456 X5CrNiNB1810
G3463 SUS347TB
G3463 SUS347HTB
Pipe Specs
SA-53A
3602 HFS360
17175 St35.8
G 3454 STPG38
SA-53B
3602 HFS460
17175 St45.8
G 3454 STPG42
SA-106B
3602 CFS460
17175 St45.8
G 3456 STPT42
SA-106C
3602 CFS460
SA-335-P11
3604 CFS621
17175 13CrMo44
G 3458 STPA23
SA-335-P22
3604 CFS622
17175 10CrMo910
G 3458 STPA24
SA-335-P9
3604 CFS629-470
SA-335-P91
3604-2 Gr. 91
G 3456 STPT49
G 3458 STPA26
ASTM International
Material
A120
1387
Carbon Steel
A53 Gr. A
3601/23
Carbon Steel
A53 Gr. B
3601/27
Carbon Steel
A106 Gr. A
3602/23
Carbon Steel
API 5L Gr. A
3602/27
Carbon Steel
A106 Gr. B
2602/27
Carbon Steel
API 5L Gr. B
3602/27
Carbon Steel
A333 Gr. 1
3063/LT50
A333 Gr. 3
3603/503LT100
3.5% nickel
A335 Gr. P1
3604/240
1/2% molybdenum
3604/620
1% Cr 1/2% Mo
3604/621
1 1/4% Cr 1/2% Mo
3604/622
2 1/4% Cr 1% No
A335 Gr. P5
3604/625
5% Cr 1/2% Mo
A335 Gr. P7
3604/627
7% Cr 1/2% Mo
A335 Br. P9
3604/629
9% Cr 1% Mo
Austenitic chromium
nickel
3605/304 S14
Austenitic chromium
nickel (extra low carbon)
Austenitic chromium
nickel molybdenum
bearing
A312 Gr.Tp316L
3605/316 S14
Austenitic chromium
nickel molybdenum
bearing (extra low
carbon)
Austenitic chromium
nickel titanium stabilized
Austenitic chromium
nickel nobelium stabilized
Material
Carbon Steel
Cold Temperature Service
Carbon-1/2 Molybdenum Alloy Steel
High Temperature Service
3-1/2 Nickel Alloy Steel
Low Temperature Service
1/2 Cr-1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
1/2 Cr-1/2 Mo-1 Ni Alloy
3/4 Cr-1 Mo-3/4 Ni Alloy Steel
1 Cr-1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
1-1/4 Cr-1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
2-1/4 Cr-1 Mo Alloy Steel
5 Cr-1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
5 Cr-1/2 Mo Alloy Steel
9 Cr-1 Mo Alloy Steel
13 Cr Alloy Steel
Forgings
A105
A350-LF2
A182-F1
A350-LF3
Castings
A216-WCB A234-WPB
A420-WPL6
A217-WC1
A352-LC1
A234-WP1
A352-LC3 A420-WPL3
A182-F2
A217-WC4
A217-WC5
A182-F12
CL2
A234-WP12
CL2
A182-F11
CL2
A182-F22
CL3
A182-F5
A182-F5a
A182-F9
A182-F6
A217-WC6 A234-WP11
A217-WC9
CL2
A234-WP22
A217-C5
CL3
A217-C12 A234-WP5
A743-CA15
A234-WP9
A182-F304 A351-CF3
A182-F304L
A351-CF8
A182-F304H
Wrought
Fittings
A403WP304
A403WP304L
A403WP304H
A403WP310
A403WP316
A403WP316L
A403WP316H
A403WP317
A403WP321
A403WP321H
A403WP347
A403WP347H
A403WP348
A403WP438H
Carbon
Manganese
Chromium
Nickel
Molybdenum
Titanium
Phosphorus
Sulphur
Selenium
Niobium
Nitrogen
Silicon
Cobalt
Tantalum
Copper
Carbon
The basic metal, iron, is alloyed with carbon to make steel and has the
effect of increasing the hardness and strength by heat treatment but
the addition of carbon enables a wide range of hardness and strength.
Manganese
Manganese is added to steel to improve hot working properties and
increase strength, toughness and hardenability. Manganese, like nickel,
is an austenite forming element and has been used as a substitute for
nickel in the A.I.S.I 200 Series of Austenitic stainless steels (e.g. A.I.S.I
202 as a substitute for A.I.S.I 304)
Chromium
Chromium is added to the steel to increase resistance to oxidation.
This resistance increases as more chromium is added. 'Stainless Steel'
has approximately 11% chromium and a very marked degree of
general corrosion resistance when compared with steels with a lower
percentage of chromium. When added to low alloy steels, chromium
can increase the response to heat treatment, thus improving
hardenability and strength.
Nickel
Nickel is added in large amounts, over about 8%, to high chromium
stainless steel to form the most important class of corrosion and heat
resistant steels. These are the austenitic stainless steels, typified by
18-8, where the tendency of nickel to form austenite is responsible for
a great toughness and high strength at both high and low
temperatures. Nickel also improves resistance to oxidation and
corrosion. It increases toughness at low temperatures when added in
smaller amounts to alloy steels.
Molybdenum
Molybdenum, when added to chromium-nickel austenitic steels,
improves resistance to pitting corrosion especially by chlorides and
sulphur chemicals. When added to low alloy steels, molybdenum
improves high temperature strengths and hardness. When added to
chromium steels it greatly diminishes the tendency of steels to decay
in service or in heat treatment.
Titanium
The main use of titanium as an alloying element in steel is for carbide
stabilisation. It combines with carbon to for titanium carbides, which
are quite stable and hard to dissolve in steel, this tends to minimise
the occurrence of inter-granular corrosion, as with A.I.S.I 321, when
adding approximately 0.25%/0.60% titanium, the carbon combines
with the titanium in preference to chromium, preventing a tie-up of
corrosion resisting chromium as inter-granular carbides and the
accompanying loss of corrosion resistance at the grain boundaries.
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is usually added with sulphur to improve machinability in
low alloy steels, phosphorus, in small amounts, aids strength and
corrosion resistance. Experimental work shows that phosphorus
Tantalum
Chemically similar to niobium and has similar effects.
Copper
Copper is normally present in stainless steels as a residual element.
However it is added to a few alloys to produce precipitation hardening
properties.
Nominal
Composition
Carbon
Steel
PIPING
Mo
1 Cr
Mo
1 Cr
Mo
2 Cr 1 Mo
9 Cr 1 Mo
V
MATERIAL SPECIFICATION
ASME Section-I
DIN TRD
300
BS 1113
SA178 Gr.C,
St 35.8
Gr.D,
St 45.8
SA192, SA210SPECIFICATION
MATERIAL
Gr.A1
& Gr.C
SA209 T1
15 Mo3
SA106 Gr.B, Gr.C
SA335 P12
13 Cr Mo 44
SA213 T12
BS3059 P2 S2 360,
440
BS3602 P1 360, 430,
500 Nb
----
SA213 T11
SA335 P11
----
SA213 T22
SA335 P22
10 Cr Mo 910
SA213 T91
SA335 P91
X 10 Cr Mo V
Nb91
BS3059 P2 S2 622490
BS3604
P1, 622
BS3059 P2 S2 620
BS3604 P1 620 440
-----
12 Cr 1 Mo
V
-----
X 20 Cr Mo V
121
BS3059 P2 S2 762
BS3604 P1 762
SA213 TP304 H
-----
SA213 TP347 H
-----
18 Cr 8 Ni
18 Cr 10 Ni
b