ASTM A106/A106M-04

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Designation: A 106/A 106M – 04
Standard Specification for
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Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 106/A 106M; 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.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification covers seamless carbon steel pipe for 2.1 ASTM Standards:
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high-temperature service (Note 1) in NPS ⁄8 to NPS 48 [DN 6 A 530/A 530M Specification for General Requirements for
to DN 1200] inclusive, with nominal (average) wall thickness Specialized Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe
as given in ASME B 36.10M. It shall be permissible to furnish E 213 Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of Metal Pipe
pipe having other dimensions provided such pipe complies and Tubing
with all other requirements of this specification. Pipe ordered E 309 Practice for Eddy-Current Examination of Steel Tu-
under this specification shall be suitable for bending, flanging, bular Products Using Magnetic Saturation
and similar forming operations, and for welding. When the E 381 Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets,
steel is to be welded, it is presupposed that a welding procedure Blooms, and Forgings
suitable to the grade of steel and intended use or service will be E 570 Practice for Flux Leakage Examination of Ferromag-
utilized. netic Steel Tubular Products
2.2 ASME Standard:
NOTE 1—It is suggested, consideration be given to possible graphitiza-
ASME B 36.10M Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel
tion.
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Pipe
NOTE 2—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) [DN
2.3 Military Standards:
(diameter nominal)] has been substituted in this standard for such
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traditional terms as “nominal diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products, Preparation for Ship-
1.2 Supplementary requirements (S1 to S7) of an optional
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ment and Storage
nature are provided for seamless pipe intended for use in
2.4 Federal Standard:
applications where a superior grade of pipe is required. These
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Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipments (Civil Agencies)
supplementary requirements call for additional tests to be made
Fed. Std. No. 183 Continuous Identification Marking of Iron
and when desired shall be so stated in the order.
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and Steel Products
1.3 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
2.5 Other Standards:
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
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SSPC-SP 6 Surface Preparation Specification No. 6
each system may not be exact equivalents. Therefore, each
system is to be used independently of the other.
3. Ordering Information
1.4 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
3.1 The inclusion of the following, as required will describe
test method portion, Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, of this
the desired material adequately, when ordered under this
specification: This standard does not purport to address all of
specification:
the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of Committee A01 on Steel, the ASTM website.
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Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products. International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990.
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Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published April 2004. Originally Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP, Bldg. 4,
approved in 1926. Last previous edition in 2002 as A 106 – 02a. Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- Available from Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC), 40 24th St., 6th
cations SA-106 in Section II of that Code. Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4656.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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