ASTM A589-96

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Designation: A 589 – 96 An American National Standard
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
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Seamless and Welded Carbon Steel Water-Well Pipe
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 589; 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 3. Terminology
1.1 This specification covers four specific types of plain end 3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
or threaded and coupled carbon steel pipe for use in water 3.1.1 defect—an imperfection of sufficient size or magni-
wells. tude to be cause for rejection.
3.1.2 imperfection—any discontinuity or irregularity found
1.2 Each type of water well pipe shall conform to the
following methods of manufacture and grade as specified on in the pipe.
the purchase order:
4. Ordering Information
1.2.1 Type I, Drive Pipe—Seamless or electric-resistance-
welded, Grades A and B.
4.1 Orders for material to this specification should include
1.2.2 Type II, Water-Well Reamed and Drifted Pipe— the following, as required to describe the desired material
Seamless or electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B, or
adequately:
furnace-butt welded. 4.1.1 Quantity (feet or number of lengths),
1.2.3 Type III, Driven Well Pipe—Seamless or electric- 4.1.2 Name of material or type number (see 1.2),
resistance-welded, Grades A and B, or furnace-butt welded. 4.1.3 Method of manufacture (furnace-butt welded, seam-
1.2.4 Type IV, Water-Well Casing Pipe—Seamless or less, or electric-resistance-welded),
electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B, or furnace-butt 4.1.4 Grade (A or B for seamless or electric-resistance
welded. welded),
4.1.5 Finish (black or galvanized),
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as the standard. 4.1.6 Dimensions (NPS or outside diameter and wall thick-
ness, or both, for Types I, II, and III. Outside diameter and wall
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has
thickness for Type IV),
been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as “nominal
4.1.7 End finish (plain end or threaded and coupled),
diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
4.1.8 Coupling class for Type III (standard pipe, line pipe,
or reamed and drifted pipe coupling),
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.9 Coupling make-up (hand tight or power tight),
2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.1.10 Length (required random range length or special
A 53 Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped,
2 lengths),
Zinc-Coated Welded and Seamless
4.1.11 Specification designation, and
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
4.1.12 Special requirements.
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of Steel Products
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
5. Materials and Manufacture
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
5.1 The steel for both seamless and welded pipe shall be
A 865 Specification for Threaded Couplings, Steel, Black
made by one of the following processes: open-hearth, electric-
or Zinc Coated (Galvanized), Welded or Seamless, for Use
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furnace, or basic-oxygen.
in Steel Pipe Joints
5.2 Steel may be cast in ingots or may be strand cast. When
2.2 API Standard:
4 steels of different grades are sequentially strand cast, identifi-
5L Specification for Line Pipe
cation of the resultant transition material is required. The
producer shall remove the transition material by any estab-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A-1 on Steel, lished procedure that positively separates the grades.
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products.
6. Chemical Composition
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1996. Published October 1997. Originally
published as A 589 – 68. Last previous edition A 589 – 95a.
6.1 The steel shall conform to the following requirements as
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
to chemical composition:
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Phosphorus, max, % 0.050
Available from American Petroleum Institute, Division of Production, 300
Sulfur, max, % 0.060
Corrigan Tower Building, Dallas, TX 75201.
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A 589
TABLE 1 Tensile Requirements
7. Heat Analysis
Butt Welded Grade A Grade B
7.1 An analysis of each heat of steel shall be made by the
Tensile strength, min, 48 000 (330) 48 000 (330) 60 000 (415)
manufacturer to determine the percentage of the elements
psi (MPa)
specified in 6.1. When requested by the purchaser, the chemical
Yield str
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