ASTM B234M-00

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Designation: B 234M – 00
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.
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1. Scope * Aluminum-Base Alloys
E 55 Practice for Sampling Wrought Nonferrous Metals and
1.1 This specification covers aluminum-alloy (Note 1)
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Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition
drawn seamless round tube in straight lengths designated as
E 215 Practice for Standardizing Equipment for Electro-
shown in the Table 1, for use in surface condensers, evapora-
magnetic Examination of Seamless Aluminum-Alloy
tors, and heat exchangers.
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Tube
NOTE 1—Throughout this specification use of the term alloy in the
E 227 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric
general sense includes aluminum as well as aluminum alloy.
Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the
NOTE 2—For drawn seamless tubes used in general applications, see
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Point-to-Plane Technique
Specification B 210M; for extruded tubes see Specification B 221M; for
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
seamless pipe see Specification B 241/B 241M; and for structural pipe and
tube see Specification B 429. E 607 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric
NOTE 3—This specification is the metric counterpart of Specification
Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the
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B 234.
Point-to-Plane Technique, Nitrogen Atmosphere
E 716 Practices for Sampling Aluminum and Aluminum
1.2 Alloy and temper designations are in accordance with
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Alloys for Spectrochemical Analysis
ANSI H35.1M. The equivalent Unified Numbering System
E 1251 Test Method for Optical Emission Spectrometric
alloy designations are those of Table 2 preceded by , for
Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by the Argon
example, A91060 for aluminum 1060, in accordance with
Atmosphere, Point-to-Plane, Unipolar Self-Initiating Ca-
Practice E 527.
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pacitor Discharge
1.3 For acceptance criteria for inclusion of new aluminum
2.3 ANSI Standards:
and aluminum alloys in this specification, see Annex A2.
H35.1(M) Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for Alu-
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2. Referenced Documents
minum
2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date H35.2(M) Dimensional Tolerances for Aluminum Mill
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Products
of material purchase form a part of this specification to the
extent referenced herein: 2.4 Federal Standard:
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Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipment (Civil Agencies)
2.2 ASTM Standards:
B 557M Test Methods of Tension Testing Wrought and Cast 2.5 Military Standard:
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Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products [Metric] MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
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2.6 Military Specification:
B 597 Practice for Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys
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B 660 Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum and MIL-H-6088 Heat Treatment of Aluminum Alloys
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Magnesium Products
3. Terminology
B 666M Practice for Identification Marking of Aluminum
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3.1 Definitions:
Products [Metric]
3.1.1 tube—a hollow wrought product that is long in rela-
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
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tion to its cross section, which is round, a regular hexagon, a
Determine Conformance with Specification
regular octagon, elliptical, or square or rectangular with sharp
E 34 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Aluminum and
or rounded corners, and that has uniform wall thickness except
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B07 on Light
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Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee B07.03 on Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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Aluminum-Alloy Wrought Products. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.03.
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Current edition approved May 10, 2000. Published August 2000. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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published as B 234M–82. Last previous edition B 234M–95. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.06.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 02.02. Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, Bldg. 4 Section D, 700
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02. Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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B 234M
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TABLE 1 Tensile Property Limits
Elongation in
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