ASTM A269-07a

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Designation: A 269 – 07a
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for
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General Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 269; 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* Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
Sheet, and Strip
1.1 This specification covers grades of nominal-wall-
A 632 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic
thickness, stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting
Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Ser-
and low- or high-temperature service, as designated inTable 1.
vice
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to
A 1016/A 1016M Specification for General Requirements
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this specification are ⁄4 in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter and
for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stain-
larger and 0.020 in. (0.51 mm) in nominal wall-thickness and
less Steel Tubes
heavier.
E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to
2.2 ASME Piping Code:
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tubing smaller than ⁄8 in. (3.2 mm) in inside diameter or 0.015
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ASME B31.3 Process Piping
in. (0.38 mm) in thickness.
2.3 Other Standard:
NOTE 1—Additional testing requirements may apply for use in AS-
SAE J1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
ME B31.3 applications.
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(UNS)
1.4 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and,
3. Ordering Information
when one or more of these are desired, each shall be so stated
in the order.
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
as the standard.
material adequately:
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.2 Name of material (seamless or welded tubes),
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.3 Grade (Table 1),
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall thickness),
lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for MechanicalTesting
3.1.6 Optional requirements (heat treatment, see Section 6;
of Steel Products
hydrostatic or nondestructive electric test, see Section 10),
A 480/A 480M Specification for General Requirements for
3.1.7 Test report required (see Section on Inspection of
Specification A 1016/A 1016M),
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved Sept. 1, 2007. Published October 2007. Originally
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approved in 1944. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as A 269 – 07. Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements %
Composition, %
Grade
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
... ...
304 304L 304LN 316 316L 316LN 317 321 347 348 XM-10 XM-11 XM-15 XM-19 XM-29
UNS
S30400 S30403 S30453 S31600 31603 S31653 S31700 S32100 S34700 S34800 S21900 S21904 S38100 S20910 S24000 S31254 S31725
A
Designation
Carbon 0.08 0.035 0.035 0.08 0.035 0.035 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.08 0.020 0.035
B B B B
max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max
Manganese, 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.00– 8.00– 2.00 4.0– 11.5– 1.00 2.00
C
max 10.00 10.00 6.0 14.5
Phosphorus, 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.030 0.045 0.060 0.030 0.045
max.
Sulfur, max. 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.015 0.030
C
Silicon 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
...