ASTM A450/A450M-04

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Designation:A450/A450M–03 Designation: A 450/A 450M – 04
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and
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Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA 450/A 450M; 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*
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1.1 This specification covers a group of requirements which, with the exceptions of 5.3 and Sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
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23, and 24, are mandatory requirements to the following ASTM tubular product specifications:
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Title of Specification ASTM Designation
Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon A 178/A 178M
Manganese Steel Boiler Tubes
Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel Heat- A 179/A 179M
Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure A 192/A 192M
Service
Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Super- A 210/A 210M
heater Tubes
Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat- A 214/A 214M
Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
Seamless and Electric-Welded Low-Alloy Steel Tubes A 423/A 423M
Electric-Resistance-Welded Coiled Steel Tubing for A 539
Gas and Fuel Oil Lines
Seamless Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Feedwater Heater A 556/A 556M
Tubes
Seamless, Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Tubing for Hy- A 822
draulic System Service
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These designations refer to the latest issue of the respective specifications.
1.2 One or more of Sections 5.3, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 21.1, 23, and 24 apply when the product specification or purchase order
has a requirement for the test or analysis described by these sections.
1.3 In case of conflict between a requirement of the product specification and a requirement of this general requirement
specification only the requirement of the product specification need be satisfied.
1.4 Thevaluesstatedineitherinch-poundunitsorSIunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Withinthetext,theSIunits
are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used
independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification. The
inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M” designation (SI) of the product specification is specified in the order.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A 178/A 178M Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-Manganese Steel Boiler and Super-
heater Tubes
A 179/A 179M Specification for Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
A 192/A 192M Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure Service
A 210/A 210M Specification for Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
A 214/A 214M Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.09
on Carbon Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2003. Published October 2003. Originally approved in 1961. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A450/A450M–02.
Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published April 2004. Originally approved in 1961. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 450/A 450M – 03.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specification SA-450 in Section II of that Code.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vols 01.01 and 01.04.
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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