ASTM D2513-16

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Designation:D2513 −16 An American National Standard
Standard Specification for
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Polyethylene (PE) Gas Pressure Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D2513; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope* standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user
1.1 This specification covers requirements and test methods
of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health
for material dimensions and tolerances, hydrostatic burst
practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-
strength, chemical resistance, and rapid crack resistance of
tions prior to use.
polyethylenepipe,tubing,andfittingsforuseinfuelgasmains
and services for direct burial and reliner applications.The pipe
2. Referenced Documents
andfittingscoveredbythisspecificationareintendedforusein
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
the distribution of natural gas. Requirements for the qualifying
2.1.1 Terminology:
of polyethylene systems for use with liquefied petroleum gas
D1600TerminologyforAbbreviatedTermsRelatingtoPlas-
are also covered.
tics
1.1.1 This specification does not cover threaded pipe. De-
F412Terminology Relating to Plastic Piping Systems
sign considerations are discussed in Appendix X1. In-plant
2.1.2 Test Methods for:
qualitycontrolprogramsarespecifiedinAnnexA1andAnnex
D638Test Method for Tensile Properties of Plastics
A2.
D1238Test Method for Melt Flow Rates of Thermoplastics
1.1.2 See Specification F2619/F2619M for polyethylene
by Extrusion Plastometer
piping for pressure or non-pressure oil and gas producing
D1598Test Method for Time-to-Failure of Plastic Pipe
applications to convey fluids such as oil, dry or wet gas,
Under Constant Internal Pressure
multiphase fluids, and non-potable oilfield water.
D1599Test Method for Resistance to Short-Time Hydraulic
1.2 Thetextofthisspecificationreferencesnotes,footnotes,
Pressure of Plastic Pipe, Tubing, and Fittings
and appendixes which provide explanatory material. These
D2122Test Method for Determining Dimensions of Ther-
notesandfootnotes(excludingthoseintablesandfigures)shall
moplastic Pipe and Fittings
not be considered as requirements of the specification.
D2290Test Method for Apparent Hoop Tensile Strength of
1.3 Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegarded
Plastic or Reinforced Plastic Pipe
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
D2837Test Method for Obtaining Hydrostatic Design Basis
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
forThermoplasticPipeMaterialsorPressureDesignBasis
and are not considered standard.
for Thermoplastic Pipe Products
F1473Test Method for Notch Tensile Test to Measure the
1.4 The following is an index of the annexes and appendix
Resistance to Slow Crack Growth of Polyethylene Pipes
in this specification:
and Resins
Annex Subject
2.1.3 Practices for:
Annex A1 In-Plant Quality Control for all materials up to 12 in.
Annex A2 In-Plant Quality Control for PE materials 14 in. and larger.
D543Practices for Evaluating the Resistance of Plastics to
Chemical Reagents
Appendixes Subject
D618Practice for Conditioning Plastics for Testing
Appendix Design Consideration
X1
D1435Practice for Outdoor Weathering of Plastics
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1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
D1898Practice for Sampling of Plastics (Withdrawn 1998)
test method portion, Section 6, of this specification. This
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F17 on Plastic contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Piping Systems and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F17.60 on Gas. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2016. Published January 2017. Originally the ASTM website.
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approved in 1966. Last previous edition approved in 2014 as D2513–14 . DOI: The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
10.1520/D2513-16. www.astm.org.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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