SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS AND WELDED

STAINLESS STEEL TUBING

FOR GENERAL SERVICE

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(Identical with ASTM Specification A 789/A 789M-04a except for an editorial correction in 4.1,) A06

3. Ordering Information
specmcauon covers grades of nominal wall 3.1 Orders for product under this specification should
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
thickness, stainless steel tubing for services requiring
material adequately:
.5""0'"' corrosion resistance.with particular emphasis on
corrosion cracking. These steels are 3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
ernbrittlement if used for prolonged periods 3.1.2 Name of product (seamless or welded tubes),
3.1.3 Grade (see Table I),
in either inch-pound units or 3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall
regarded separately as standard. Within' thickness),
are shown in brackets. The values 3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
are notexactequivalents; therefore, 3.1.6 Optional requirements (for product analysis,
must be used 'independently of the other. see Section 8; for hydrostatic or nondestructive electric
from the two systems may result in test, see Section 10),
the specification. The inch-pound 3.1.7 Test report required (see the Inspection sec-
apply unless the M designation of this specifi- tion of Specification A1016/A 1016M).
specified in the order.
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
3.1.9 Special requirements.

2. Referenced Documents 4. General Requirements

2.1 ASTM Standards: 4.1 Product furnished under this specification shall
A 480/A 480M Specification for General' Requirements conform to the applicable requirements of Specification
for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel A 1016/A 1016M. unless otherwise provided herein.
Plate, Sheet, and Strip
1016/A 1016M Specification for General Require- 5. Manufacture
for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel,
5.1 The tubes shall be made by the seamless or welded
Stainless Steel Tubes
process with no filler metal added.
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)

2.2 SAE Standard: 6. Heat Treatment

SAE J 1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys 6.1 All tubes shall be furnished in the heat-treated
(UNS) condition in accordance with the procedures shown in

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Table 2. For seamless lubes. as an alternate to final heal 9. Mechanical Tests Required
treatment in a continuous furnace or batch-type furnace, 9.1 Tension Tests - One tension test shall be made on
immediately following hot forming while the temperature a specimen for lots of not more than 50 tubes. Tension
of the tubes is not less than the specified minimum solu- tests shall be made on specimens from two tubes for lots
tion treatment temperature, tubes may be individually of more than 50 tubes (see Note 2).
quenched in water or rapidly cooled by other means.
9.2 Flaring Test (for Seamless Tubes) - One test shall
be made on specimens from one end of one tube from
7. Chemical Composition each lot (see Note I) of finished tubes. The minimum
expansion of the inside diameter shall be 10%.
7.1 The steel shall conform to the chemical require-
ments prescribed in Table I. 9.3 Flange Test (for Welded Tubes) One test shall
be made on specimens from one end of one tube from
each lot (see Note I) of finished tubes. .
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8. Product Analysis
9.4 Hardness Test - Brinell or Rockwell hardness tests
8.1 An analysis of either one billet or one length of shall be made on specimens from two tubes from each
flat-rolled stock or one tube shall be made from each lot (see Note 2).
heat. The chemical composition thus determined shall
conform to the requirements specified. 9.5 When more than one heat is involved, the tension,
flaring, flanging, and hardness test requirements shall
8.2 A product analysis tolerance (see the annex table apply to each heat.
on Chemical Requirements (Product Analysis Toler-
ances) in Specification A 4801 A 480M) shall apply. The 9.6 Reverse Flattening Test - For welded tubes, One
product analysis tolerance is not applicable to the carbon reverse flattening test shall be made on a specimen from
content for material with a specified maximum carbon each 1500 ft [450 m] of finished tubing. .
of 0.04% or less.
8.3 .If the original test for product analysis fails, retests 10. Hydrostatic or Nondestructive Electric Test
of two additional billets, lengths of flat-rolled stock, or 10.1 Each tube shall be subjected to the nondestruc-
tubes shall be made. Both retests for the elements in tive electric test or the hydrostatic test. The type of test
question shall meet the requirements of this specification; to be used shall be at the option of the manufacturer,
otherwise, all remaining material in the heat shall be unless otherwise specified in the purchase order.
rejected or, at the option of the producer. each billet or
tube may be individually tested for acceptance. Billets, 10.2 The hydrostatic test shall be in accordance with
lengths of flat-rolled stock, or tubes that do not meet the Specification A 10161 A 1016M, except that in the calcu-
requirements of this specification shall be rejected. lation of the hydrostatic test pressure 64000(441.2) shall
be substituted for 32000(220.6).
NOTE 1 - For flange and flaring requirements, the term lot applies
to all tubes prior to cutting of the same nominal size and wall thickness
that arc produced from the same heat of steel. When final heat treatment 11. Tensile and Hardness Properties
is in. a batch-type furnace, a lot shall include only those tubes of the
same' size and from the same heat that are heat treated in the same
11.1 The material shall conform to the tensile and
furnace charge. When the final heat treatment is in a continuous furnace, hardness properties prescribed in Table 4.
or when heat treated condition is obtained directly by quenching after
hot forming, the number of tubes of the same size and from the same
heat in a lot shall be determined from the size of the tubes as prescribed 12. Permissible Variations in Dimensions
in Table 3.
12.1 Variations in outside diameter, wall thickness,
NOTE 2 - For tension and hardness test requirements, the term ./01 and length from those specified shall not exceed the
applies to all tubes prior to cutting, of the same nominal diameter and amounts prescribed in Table 5.
wall thickness that are produced from the same heat of steel. When
final heat treatment is in a batch-type furnace, a lot shall include only 12,2 The permissible variations in outside diameter
those tubes of the same size and the same heat that are heat treated in given in Table 5 are not sufficient to provide for ovality
the same furnace charge. When the final heat treatment is in a continuous in thin-walled tubes, as defined in the table. In such
furnace, or when heal treated condition is obtained directly by quenching tubes, the maximum and minimum diameters at any cross
after hot forming, a lot shall include all tubes of the same size and
heat, heat treated in the same furnace at the same temperature, time at
section shall deviate from the nominal diameter by no
heat, and furnace speed, or all tubes of the same size and heat, hot more than twice the permissible variation in outside diam-
formed and quenched in the same production run. eter given in Table 5; however, the mean diameter at that

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cross section must still be within the given permissible 14. Product Marking
variation. 14.1 In addition to the marking prescribed in Specifi-
cation A 1016/A 10 16M, the marking shall indicate
whether the tubing is seamless or welded.

Surface Condition
All tubes shall be free of excessive mill scale, 15. Keywords
inspection. A slight amount of oxidation will 15.1 duplex stainless steel; ferritic/austenitic stainless
considered as scale. Any special finish require- steel; seamless steel tube; stainless steel tube; steel tube;
oe suoject to agreement between the manufac- welded steel tube
purchaser.

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TABLE 2
HEAT TREATM ENT
UNS
Designation Temperature Quench
532003 1850-2050"F Rapid cooling in air or water
Cl010-1120oGJ
531803 1870-2010"F Rapid cooling in air or water
[1020-1100°G]
532205 1870-2010°F Rapid cooling in air or water
[1020-110Q"CJ
531500 1800-1900°F Rapid cooling in air or water
. [980-1040 oGJ
532550 1900"F Rapid cooling in air or water
(1040°CJ min
531200 1920-2010"F Rapid cooling in water
[1050-1100"CJ
531260 1870-2010"F Rapid cooling in air or water
[1020-1100 oGJ
532001 1800-1950"F Rapid cooling in air or water
[982-1066"CJ
532304 1700-1920"F Rapid cooling- in air or water
[925~1050oGi
539274 1920-2060"F Rapid cooling in air or water
[1025-1125°GJ
532750 1880-2060°F Rapid cooling in air or water
n025-1125°CJ
532760 2010-2085°F Rapid cooling in air or water
Cl100-1140°CJ
532900 1700-17S0"F Rapid cooling in air or water
[925-955°CJ
532950 1820-1880"F Air cool
[990-1025°CJ
539277 1975-2155°F Rapid cooling in air or water
[1080c1l80°CJ
532520 1975-2050°F Rapid cooling in air or water
[l080-1120°CJ
532906 1900-1980°F Rapid cooling in air or water
[1040-1080°CJ

TABLE 3
NUMBER OF TUBES IN A LOT HEAT TREATED BY
THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS OR BY DIRECT QUENCH
AFTER HOT FORMING
Size of Tube Size of Lot

2 in. [50.8 mml and over in outside not more than 50 tubes
. diameter and 0.200 in. [5.1 mmJ and
over in wall thickness
Lessthan 2 in. (50.8 mmJ but over 1 in. not more than 75 tubes
[25.4 mmJ in outside diameter or over
1 in. ·[25.4 mmJ in outside
diameter and under 0.200 in.
[5.1 mmJ in wall thickness
1 in. [25.4 mmJ or less in outside not more than 125 tubes
diameter

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TABLE 4 (
TENSILE AND HARDNESS REQUIREMENTS A
Tensile Yield Elongation max
Strength, Strength, in 2 in. or
min, ksl min, ksl 50 mrn,
UNS'Designation IMPaJ IMPaJ min, % Brinell HRC

531803 90 [620] 65 [450] 25 . 290 30

532205 95 [655J 70 [485J 25 290 30
531500 92 [630J 64 [440) 30 290 30
532550 110 [760] 80 [550) 15 297 31
531200 100 [690] 65 [450] 25 280
$31260 8 100 [690] 65 [450) 25 290 30
532001 90 [620] 65 [450) 25 290 30
53~304
00 1 in. (25 mmJ and under 100 [690] 65 [450] 25 ...
00 over 1 in. (25 mmj 87 [600] 58 [400] 25 290 30
539274 116 [800) 80 [550] 15 310
532750 116 [800] 80 [550] 15 300 32
532760 109 [750] 80 [550] 25 300
532900 90 [620) 70 [485] 20 271 28
S32950 c 100 [690) 70 [480] 20 290 30
$39277 120 [825) 90 [620] . 25 290 30·
5325.20 112 [770J 80 [550] 25 310
532906
Wall below 0.40 in. (10 mm) 116 [800) 94 [650] 25 300 32
Wall 0.40 in. (IO m,m) and above 109 [750] 80 [550] 25 300 32
532003 90 [620] 65 [450] 25 290 30

NOTE5,
A A For tubing smaller than 14 in. (12.7 mml in outside diameter, the elongation values given for strip
specimens in Table 4 shall apply. Mechanical property requirements' do not apply to tubing smaller than
\s in. (3~2 mmJ in outside diameter or with walls thinner than 0.015 in. [0.4 mmJ. . .
B Prior to A 789/A 789M-8?, the values for $31260 were: 92 ksi tensile strength, 54 ksl yield
strength, and .30% elongation.
C Prior to 'A 789/ A 789M-89, the tensile strength value was 90 ksi for -UNS $32950.

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PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS IN DIMENSIONS
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Size, Outside Permissible Variations in Permissible Permissible Variations in Cut I

Outside Diameter, in. Variations in Wall Length, in.B Imml '11
Diameter, in.
Group

1
lrnml

Up to 1/2 C12.7J, excl

Imml

±O.005 {O.13]
Thickness, A %

±15
Over
%[3J
Under

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Thin Walled Tubesc
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2 1/2 to 1 1/2 [12.7 to 38.lJ, excl ±O.005 CO.13] ±10 %[3] 0 less than 0.065 in. [1.6 mml nominal '"
:;::
:;: 3 1 % to 3~ [38.1 to 88.9],€xc! ±O.010 [0.25J ±10 [5J 0 less than 0.095 in. [2.4 mmj nominal
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3/16
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-o 4 3 1/ 2 to 5 1/ 2 [88~9 to 139.7], exc! ±O.015 [0.38J ±lO J/16 (5J 0 less than 0.150 in. [3.8 mmj nomina!
5 5 1/ 2 to 8 (139.7-to 203.2J, incl ±O.030 (d.76J ±lO 3/16 [5J 0 less than 0.150 in. 0.8 mm.l nomina! ;<:1
st"'
NOTES,
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A When tubes as ordered require wall thicknesses 34 In. £-19 mm] or over, or an inside diameter 60% or less of the outside diameter, a wider variation in wall thickness is required.
On such sizes a variation in wall thickness of 12.5% over or under will be permitted. For tubes less than liz in._El2.7 mml in inside diameter that cannot be successfully drawn over a ~
mandrel, the wall thickness may vary ±15% from that specified. :!l
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8 These tolerances apply to cut lengths up to and including 24 ft [7;3 mJ. For lengths greater th-an 24 ft [7.3 ml, the above over-tolerances shall be increased by lis in. Is mml for
each 10 ft [3 ml or fraction thereof over 24 ft or liz in. [13 mmJ, whichever is the lesser. ~
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C Ovality provisions of 12.2 apply.
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SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS

The following supplementary requirement shall apply only when specified by the purchaser
in the inquiry, contract, or order.

Sl. Air-Underwater Pressure Test

Sl.l When specified, each tube shall be examined by
the air.underwat~r pressure test,

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