ASTM B234M-02

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Designation: B 234M – 02
METRIC
Standard Specification for
Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes for
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Condensers and Heat Exchangers [Metric]
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 234M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* B 557M TestMethodsofTensionTestingWroughtandCast
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Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products [Metric]
1.1 This specification covers aluminum-alloy (Note 1)
B 660 Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum and
drawn seamless round tube in straight lengths designated as
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Magnesium Products
shown in the Table 1, for use in surface condensers, evapora-
B 666M Practice for Identification Marking of Aluminum
tors, and heat exchangers.
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and Magnesium Products [Metric]
NOTE 1—Throughout this specification use of the term alloy in the
B 918 Practice for Heat Treatment of Wrought Aluminum
general sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.
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Alloys
NOTE 2—For drawn seamless tubes used in general applications, see
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Specification B 210M; for extruded tubes see Specification B 221M; for
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Determine Conformance with Specification
seamlesspipeseeSpecificationB 241/B 241M;andforstructuralpipeand
tube see Specification B 429. E34 Test Methods for ChemicalAnalysis ofAluminum and
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NOTE 3—This specification is the metric counterpart of Specification
Aluminum-Base Alloys
B 234.
E55 PracticeforSamplingWroughtNonferrousMetalsand
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Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition
1.2 Alloy and temper designations are in accordance with
E 215 Practice for Standardizing Equipment for Electro-
ANSI H35.1M. The equivalent Unified Numbering System
magnetic Examination of Seamless Aluminum-Alloy
alloy designations are those of Table 2 preceded by , for
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Tube
example, A91060 for aluminum 1060, in accordance with
E 227 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric
Practice E 527.
Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the
1.3 For acceptance criteria for inclusion of new aluminum
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Point-to-Plane Technique
and aluminum alloys in this specification, see Annex A2.
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
2. Referenced Documents
E 607 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric
Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date
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of material purchase form a part of this specification to the Point-to-Plane Technique, Nitrogen Atmosphere
E 716 Practices for Sampling Aluminum and Aluminum
extent referenced herein:
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2.2 ASTM Standards: Alloys for Spectrochemical Analysis
E 1251 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric
B 210M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy
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Drawn Seamless Tubes [Metric] Analysis ofAluminum andAluminumAlloys by theArgon
Atmosphere, Point-to-Plane, Unipolar Self-Initiating Ca-
B 221M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy
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Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles and Tubes [Metric] pacitor Discharge
2.3 ANSI Standards:
B 241/B 241M Specification forAluminum andAluminum-
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Alloy Seamless Pipe and Seamless Extruded Tube H35.1(M) Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for Alu-
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minum
B 429 Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Struc-
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tural Pipe and Tube H35.2(M) Dimensional Tolerances for Aluminum Mill
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Products
2.4 Federal Standard:
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B07 on Light
Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B07.03 on
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Aluminum-Alloy Wrought Products. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
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Current edition approved Oct. 10, 2002. Published December 2002. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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approved in 1982. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as B 234M–00. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.02. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B234M–02
A,B
TABLE 1 Tensile Property Limits
Elongation in
Wall Thickness, mm
Yield Strength,
50 mm min, %
Tensile Strength,
Alloy Temper (0.2 % offset), min,
min, MPa
Full-Section Cut-Out
MPa
Over Through
Specimen Specimen
1060 H14 0.25 5.00 85 70 . .
3003 H14 0.25 0.63 140 115 3 .
0.63 1.20 140 115 5 3
1.20 5.00 140 115 8
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