ASTM A214/A214M-96(2001)

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Designation: A 214/A 214M – 96 (Reapproved 2001)
Standard Specification for
Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger
and Condenser Tubes
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA 214/A 214M; 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 3.1.2 Name of material (electric-resistance-welded tubes),
2 3.1.3 Size (outside diameter and minimum wall thickness),
1.1 This specification covers minimum-wall-thickness,
3.1.4 Length (specific or random),
electric-resistance-welded, carbon steel tubes to be used for
3.1.5 Optional requirements (Section 8 and 10.5),
heat exchangers, condensers, and similar heat-transfer appara-
3.1.6 Test report required (see Certification Section of
tus.
Specification A 450/A 450M),
1.2 The tubing sizes usually furnished to this specification
3.1.7 Specification designation, and
are to 3 in. [76.2 mm] in outside diameter, inclusive. Tubing
3.1.8 Special requirements.
having other dimensions may be furnished, provided such
tubes comply with all other requirements of this specification.
4. General Requirements
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to
4.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con-
tubing smaller than ⁄8 in. [3.2 mm] in inside diameter or 0.015
form to the applicable requirements of the current edition of
in. [0.4 mm] in thickness.
Specification A 450/A 450M, unless otherwise provided
1.4 The purchaser shall specify in the order the outside
herein.
diameter and minimum wall thickness. The inside diameter
shall not be specified.
5. Manufacture
1.5 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
5.1 Tubes shall be made by electric-resistance welding.
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
6. Heat Treatment
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
6.1 After welding, all tubes shall be heat treated at a
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
temperature of 1650°F [900°C] or higher and followed by
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
cooling in air or in the cooling chamber of a controlled
cation. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M”
atmosphere furnace. Cold drawn tubes shall be heat treated
designation of this specification is specified in the order.
after the final cold-draw pass at a temperature of 1200°F
[650°C] or higher.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
7. Chemical Composition
A 450/A 450M Specification for General Requirements for
7.1 The steel shall conform to the following requirements as
Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
to chemical composition:
3. Ordering Information Carbon, max % 0.18
Manganese, % 0.27 to 0.63
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
Phosphorus, max, % 0.035
Sulfur, max, % 0.035
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
material adequately:
7.2 Supplying an alloy grade of steel that specifically
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
requires the addition of any element other than those listed in
8.1 is not permitted.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
8. Product Analysis
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products. 8.1 When requested on the purchase order, a product analy-
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1996. Published November 1997. Originally
sis shall be made by the supplier from one tube per 250 pieces;
published as A 214–39 T. Last previous edition A 214/A 214M – 90a.
or when tubes are identified by heat, one tube per heat shall be
For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi-
cation SA-214 in Section II of that Code.
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