ASTM B516-03

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Designation: B 516 – 03
Standard Specification for
Welded Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloy (UNS N06600, UNS
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N06603, UNS N06025, and UNS N06045) Tubes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 516; 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 4. Ordering Information
1.1 This specification covers welded UNS N06600*, 4.1 It is the responsibility of the purchaser to specify all
N06603, N06025, and N06045 alloy boiler, heat exchanger, requirements that are necessary for the safe and satisfactory
and condenser tubes for general corrosion resisting and low or performance of material ordered under this specification.
high-temperature service. Examples of such requirements include, but are not limited to,
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1.2 This specification covers tubes ⁄8 to 5 in. (3.18 to 127 the following:
mm),inclusive,inoutsidediameterand0.015to0.500in.(0.38 4.1.1 Quantity (feet or number of lengths),
to 12.70 mm), inclusive, in wall thickness. Table 2 of Speci- 4.1.2 UNS number,
ficationB 751liststhedimensionalrequirementsofthesesizes. 4.1.3 Size (outside diameter minimum or average wall
Tubes having other dimensions may be furnished provided thickness),
such tubing complies with all other requirements of this 4.1.4 Length (random or specific),
specification. 4.1.5 Class,
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded 4.1.6 ASTM designation,
as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for 4.1.7 Product Analysis— State if required,
information only. 4.1.8 Certification—Stateifacertificationorareportoftest
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the results is required, and
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 4.1.9 Purchaser Inspection—State which tests or inspec-
responsibility of the user of this standard to become familiar tions are to be witnessed, if any.
with all hazards including those identified in the appropriate
5. Material and Manufacture
Material Safety Data Sheet for this product/material as pro-
vided by the manufacturer, to establish appropriate safety and 5.1 Tube shall be made from flat-rolled alloy by an auto-
matic welding process with no addition or filler metal. Subse-
health practices, and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use. quent to welding and prior to final annealing, the material shall
be cold-worked in either the weld metal only or both weld and
2. Referenced Documents
base metal.
2.1 ASTM Standards: 5.2 Tube shall be furnished with oxide removed. When
B 751 Specification for General Requirements for Nickel bright annealing is used, descaling is not necessary.
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and Nickel Alloy Welded Tube
6. Chemical Composition
B 899 Terminology Relating to Non-ferrous Metals and
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Alloys 6.1 The material shall conform to the composition limits
specified in Table 1. One test is required for each lot as defined
3. Terminology
in Specification B 751.
3.1 Terms defined in Terminology B 899 shall apply unless 6.2 If a product analysis is performed, it shall meet the
defined otherwise in this standard. chemistry limits prescribed in Table 1, subject to the analysis
tolerances specified in Specification B 751.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee B02 on
7. Mechanical Properties and Other Requirements
Nonferrous Metals and Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
7.1 Mechanical Properties—The material shall conform to
B02.07 on Refined Nickel and Cobalt and Their Alloys.
Current edition approved July 10, 2003. Published August 2003. Originally
the mechanical property requirements specified inTable 2. One
approved in 1970. Last previous edition approved in 1998 as B 516 - 98.
test is required for each lot as defined in Specification B 751.
* New designation established in accordance withASTM E 527 and SAE J1086,
Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS).
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B516–03
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Composition
Limits,%
Element
N06600 N06603 N06025 N06045
A
Nickel 72.0 min Bal Bal 45.0 min
Chromium 14.0 min 24.0–26.0 24.0–26.0 26.0–29.0
17.0 max
Iron 6.0 min 8.0–11.0 8.0–11.0 21.0–25.0
10.0 max
Manganese 1.0 max 0.15 max 0.15 max 1.0 max
Carbon 0.15 max 20.0-40.0 0.15–0.25 0.05–0.12
Copper 0.5 max 0.50 max 0.10 max 0.3 max
Silicon 0.5 max 0.50 max 0.5 max 2.5–3.0
Sulfur 0.015 max 0.010 max 0.010 max 0.010 max
Aluminum . 2.4-3.0 1.8–2.4 .
Titanium . 0.01–0.25 0.1–0.2 .
Phosphoru
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