ASTM A530/A530M-04a

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Designation: A530/A530M – 04a
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Specialized Carbon and Alloy
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Steel Pipe
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA530/A530M; 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 (´) 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*
Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for Atmospheric A671
and Lower Temperatures
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1.1 This specification covers a group of requirements
Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure A672
which, with the exceptions of Section 5.3, Section 13, Section Service at Moderate Temperatures
Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe, Electric-Fusion-Welded A691
20, and Section 21, are mandatory requirements to the ASTM
for High-Pressure Service at High Temperatures
pipe product specifications noted below unless the product
Centrifugally Cast Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel A872
specification specifies different requirements, in which case the
Pipe for Corrosive Environments
requirement of the product specification shall prevail.
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These designations refer to the latest issue of the respective specifications.
1.2 Sections 5.3 or 20 are mandatory if the product speci-
1.6 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
fication has a requirement for product analysis or flattening
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
tests.
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
1.3 Section 21 is mandatory if the product specification has
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
a hydrostatic test requirement without defining the test param-
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
eters.
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
1.4 Section 13 is for information only.
cation. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M”
1.5 In case of conflict between a requirement of the product
designation (SI) of the product specification is specified in the
specification and a requirement of this general requirement
order.
specification, only the requirement of the product specification
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has
need be satisfied.
been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as “nominal
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Title of Specification ASTM Designation
diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature A106
2. Referenced Documents
Service
Metal-Arc-Welded Steel Pipe for Use With High- A381 3
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Pressure Transmission Systems
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
Centrifugally Cast Ferritic Alloy Steel Pipe for High- A426
Temperature Service
of Steel Products
Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Pipe for High- A451
A450/A450M Specification for General Requirements for
Temperature Service
Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for Atmospheric and A524
Lower Temperatures
A700 PracticesforPackaging,Marking,andLoadingMeth-
Centrifugally Cast Iron-Chromium-Nickel High-Alloy A608
ods for Steel Products for Shipment
Tubing for Pressure Application at High
A751 Test Methods, Practices, andTerminology for Chemi-
Temperatures
Centrifugally Cast Carbon Steel Pipe for High- A660
cal Analysis of Steel Products
Temperature Service
A941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Re-
lated Alloys, and Ferroalloys
D3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2004. Published October 2004. Originally
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approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as A530/A530M – 04. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
DOI: 10.1520/A0530_A0530M-04A. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
cation SA-530 in Section II of that Code. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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