ASTM A589/A589M-06

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Designation:A589/A589M −06
StandardSpecification for
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Seamless and Welded Carbon Steel Water-Well Pipe
This standard is issued under the fixed designationA589/A589M; 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 Department of Defense.
1. Scope* A751Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi-
cal Analysis of Steel Products
1.1 Thisspecificationcoversfourspecifictypesofplainend
A865Specification for Threaded Couplings, Steel, Black or
or threaded and coupled carbon steel pipe for use in water
Zinc-Coated(Galvanized)WeldedorSeamless,forUsein
wells.
Steel Pipe Joints
1.2 Each type of water well pipe shall conform to the
2.2 API Standard:
following methods of manufacture and grade as specified on
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5LSpecification for Line Pipe
the purchase order:
1.2.1 Type I, Drive Pipe—Seamless or electric-resistance-
3. Terminology
welded, Grades A and B.
1.2.2 Type II, Water-Well Reamed and Drifted Pipe—
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
Seamless or electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B, or 3.1.1 defect—animperfectionofsufficientsizeormagnitude
furnace-butt welded.
to be cause for rejection.
1.2.3 Type III, Driven Well Pipe—Seamless or electric-
3.1.2 imperfection—any discontinuity or irregularity found
resistance-welded, Grades A and B, or furnace-butt welded.
in the pipe.
1.2.4 Type IV, Water-Well Casing Pipe—Seamless or
electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B, or furnace-butt
4. Ordering Information
welded.
4.1 Orders for material to this specification should include
1.3 The values stated in either inch-pound units or in SI
the following, as required to describe the desired material
units are to be regarded separately as standard.Within the text,
adequately:
the SI units are shown in brackets. The values in each system
4.1.1 Quantity (feet or number of lengths),
are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system is to be used
4.1.2 Name of material or type number (see 1.2),
independently of the other. Combining values from the two
4.1.3 Method of manufacture (furnace-butt welded,
systems may result in nonconformance with the standard.
seamless, or electric-resistance-welded),
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) and
4.1.4 Grade (A or B for seamless or electric-resistance
DN (Nominal Diameter) have been substituted in this standard for such
welded),
traditional terms as “nominal diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
4.1.5 Finish (black or galvanized),
2. Referenced Documents 4.1.6 Dimensions (NPS or outside diameter and wall
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thickness,orboth,forTypesI,II,andIII.Outsidediameterand
2.1 ASTM Standards:
wall thickness for Type IV),
A53/A53MSpecification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-
4.1.7 End finish (plain end or threaded and coupled),
Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
4.1.8 Coupling class for Type III (standard pipe, line pipe,
A370Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
or reamed and drifted pipe coupling),
of Steel Products
4.1.9 Coupling make-up (hand tight or power tight),
1 4.1.10 Length (required random range length or special
This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
lengths),
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products.
4.1.11 Specification designation, and
Current edition approved March 1, 2006. Published April 2006. Originally
4.1.12 Special requirements.
approved in 1968. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as A589–96(2001).
DOI: 10.1520/A0589_A0589M-06.
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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A589/A589M−06
5. Materials and Manufacture 9.2 The test specimen taken across the weld shall show a
tensile strength not less than the minimum tensile strength
5.1 The steel for both seamless and welded pipe shall be
specifiedforthegradeofpipeordered.Thistestisnotrequired
made by one of the following processes: open-hearth, electric-
for pipe under 8 in. [DN 200] in outside diameter.
furnace, or basic-oxygen.
5.2 Steel may be cast in ingots or may be
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