ASTM A530/A530M-03

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Designation: A 530/A 530M – 03
Standard Specification for
General Requirements for Specialized Carbon and Alloy
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Steel Pipe
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 530/A 530M; 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*
Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe, Electric-Fusion-Welded A 691
for High-Pressure Service at High Temperatures
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1.1 This specification covers a group of requirements
Centrifugally Cast Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel A 872
which, with the exceptions of Section 5.3, Section 13, Section
Pipe for Corrosive Environments
20, and Section 21, are mandatory requirements to the ASTM
A
These designations refer to the latest issue of the respective specifications.
pipe product specifications noted below unless the product
1.6 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
specification specifies different requirements, in which case the
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
requirement of the product specification shall prevail.
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
1.2 Sections 5.3 or 20 are mandatory if the product speci-
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
fication has a requirement for product analysis or flattening
be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
tests.
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
1.3 Section 21 is mandatory if the product specification has
cation. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M”
a hydrostatic test requirement without defining the test param-
designation (SI) of the product specification is specified in the
eters.
order.
1.4 Section 13 is for information only.
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has
1.5 In case of conflict between a requirement of the product
been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as “nominal
specification and a requirement of this general requirement
diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
specification, only the requirement of the product specification
need be satisfied.
2. Referenced Documents
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Title of Specification ASTM Designation
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature A 106 A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
Service
of Steel Products
Metal-Arc-Welded Steel Pipe for Use With High- A 381
A 450/A 450M Specification for General Requirements for
Pressure Transmission Systems
Centrifugally Cast Ferritic Alloy Steel Pipe for High- A 426 Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
Temperature Service
A 700 Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading
Centrifugally Cast Austenitic Steel Pipe for High- A 451
Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
Temperature Service
Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for Atmospheric and A 524
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
Lower Temperatures
Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
Centrifugally Cast Iron-Chromium-Nickel High-Alloy A 608
A 941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Re-
Tubing for Pressure Application at High
Temperatures
lated Alloys, and Ferroalloys
Centrifugally Cast Carbon Steel Pipe for High- A 660
D 3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging
Temperature Service
E 29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to
Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for Atmospheric A 671
and Lower Temperatures
Determine Conformance with Specifications
Electric-Fusion-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure A 672
2.2 ANSI Standards:
Service at Moderate Temperatures
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B 36.10 Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
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Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2003. Published October 2003. Originally Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 1965. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A 530/A 530M – 02. the ASTM website.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications see related Specifi- Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd St., 13th
cation SA-530 in Section II of that Code. Floor, New York, NY 10036.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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