ASTM A632-04(2009)
(Specification)Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Service
Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Service
ABSTRACT
The specification covers grades of stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting and low or high-temperature service. The tubes shall be cold finished and shall be made by the seamless or welded process. All material shall be furnished in the heat-treated condition. The heat-treatment procedure shall consist of heating the material and quenching in water or rapidly cooling by other means. Tension tests, flaring tests, hydrostatic tests, air underwater pressure tests, and nondestructive electric tests shall be performed in accordance to the specified requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers grades of stainless steel tubing in sizes under ½ down to 0.050 in. (12.7 to 1.27 mm) in outside diameter and wall thicknesses less than 0.065 in. down to 0.005 in. (1.65 to 0.13 mm) for general corrosion-resisting and low- or high-temperature service, as designated in Table 1.
Note 1—The grades of austenitic stainless steel tubing furnished in accordance with this specification have been found suitable for low-temperature service down to −325°F (−200°C) in which Charpy notched-bar impact values of 15 ft·lbf (20 J), minimum, are required and these grades need not be impact tested.
1.2 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and, when desired, shall be so stated in the order.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
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Designation:A632 −04(Reapproved 2009)
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing
(Small-Diameter) for General Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A632; 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.
1. Scope 3. Ordering Information
1.1 This specification covers grades of stainless steel tubing 3.1 Orders for product under this specification should in-
insizesunder ⁄2downto0.050in.(12.7to1.27mm)inoutside clude the following, as required, to describe the desired
diameterandwallthicknesseslessthan0.065in.downto0.005 material adequately:
in. (1.65 to 0.13 mm) for general corrosion-resisting and low- 3.1.1 Quantity (feet or number of lengths),
or high-temperature service, as designated in Table 1. 3.1.2 Name of product (seamless or welded tubes),
3.1.3 Grade (see Table 1),
NOTE 1—The grades of austenitic stainless steel tubing furnished in
3.1.4 Size (only two of the following: outside diameter,
accordance with this specification have been found suitable for low-
inside diameter, and average wall),
temperature service down to −325°F (−200°C) in which Charpy notched-
bar impact values of 15 ft·lbf (20 J), minimum, are required and these
3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
grades need not be impact tested.
3.1.6 Optional requirements (check analysis, see Section 7;
1.2 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and, hydrostatic, air underwater pressure test, or nondestructive
when desired, shall be so stated in the order. electric test, see Section 13),
3.1.7 Test report required,
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
3.1.9 Special requirements or any supplementary require-
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
ments selected, or both.
and are not considered standard.
4. General Requirements
2. Referenced Documents
4.1 Tubing furnished under this specification shall conform
2.1 ASTM Standards:
to the applicable requirements of the current edition of Speci-
A262Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular
fication E165, unless otherwise provided herein.
Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
A380Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of
5. Manufacture
Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems
E165Practice for Liquid Penetrant Examination for General
5.1 Manufacture—Thetubesshallbecoldfinishedandshall
Industry
be made by the seamless or welded process.
E527Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
5.2 Heat Treatment—All material shall be furnished in the
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
heat-treated condition. The heat-treatment procedure shall
2.2 SAE Standard:
consist of heating the material to a minimum temperature of
SAE J1086Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
1800°F (980°C) and quenching in water or rapidly cooling by
(UNS)
other means.
This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel, 6. Chemical Composition
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
6.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as to
A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2009. Published February 2010. Originally chemical composition as specified in Table 1.
approved in 1969. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as A632 – 04. DOI:
10.1520/A0632-04R09.
7. Product Analysis
For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
7.1 When specified on the purchase order, an analysis of
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
either one billet or one length of flat-rolled stock or one tube
the ASTM website.
shall be made from each heat. The chemical composition thus
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A632−04 (2009)
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Composition, %
Grade TP 304 TP 304L TP 310 TP 316 TP 316L TP 317 TP 321 TP 347 TP 348
Element
UNS
S30400 S30403 S31000 S31600 S31603 S31700 S32100 S34700 S34800
A
Designation
Carbon, max 0.08 0.030 0.15 0.08 0.030 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
Manganese max 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Phosphorus, max 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045
Sulfur, max 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030
B
Silicon, max 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
C
Nickel 8.0–11.0 8.0–13.0 19.0–22.0 11.0–14.0 10.0–15.0 11.0–14.0 9.0–13.0 9.0–13.0 9.0–13.0
Chromium 18.0–20.0 18.0–20.0 24.0–26.0 16.0–18.0 16.0–18.0 18.0–20.0 17.0–20.0 17.0–20.0 17.0–20.0
Molybdenum . . . 2.00–3.00 2.00–3.00 3.00–4.00 . . .
D
Titanium . . . . . . . .
EE
Columbium + tantalum . . . . . . .
Tantalum, max . . . . . . . . 0.10
A
New designation established in accordance with Practice E527 and SAE J 1086, Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS).
B
For seamless TP316L tubes, the silicon maximum shall be 1.00 %.
C
For welded TP 316 tubes, the nickel range shall be 10.0–14.0 %.
D
Grade TP 321 shall have a titanium content of not less than five times the carbon content and not more than 0.60 %.
E
Grades TP 347 and TP 348 shall have a columbium plus tantalum content of not less than ten times the carbon content and not more than 1.0 %.
TABLE 3 Permissible Variations in Dimensions
7.2 If the analysis made in accordance with 7.1 does not
Wall,
conform to the specified requirements, an analysis of each
Outside Inside plus
billet or length of flat-rolled stock or tube from the same heat
Outside Diameter Range Diameter, Diameter, and
may be made and all billets, stock, or tubes thus conforming to
in. (mm) in. (mm) minus, %
the requirements shall be accepted so far as chemical compo-
Up to, but not including ⁄32 +0.002 (0.05) +0.000 10
sition is concerned.
(0.094) in. (2.38 mm) −0.000 −0.002 (0.05)
⁄32 (0.094) in. (2.38 mm) but +0.003 (0.08) +0.000 10
8. Mechanical Properties
−0.000 −0.003 (0.08)
not including ⁄16 (0.188)
8.1 Tensile Requirements—The material shall conform to
in. (4.76 mm)
the requirements as to tensile properties specified in Table 2.
3 1
⁄16 to, but not including, ⁄2 +0.004 (0.10) +0.000 10
These mechanical properties apply to tubing ⁄8 in. (3.2 mm) (0.500) in. (12.70 mm) −0.000 −0.004 (0.10)
and larger in outside diameter by 0.015 in. (0.38 mm) in wall
thickness and heavier. Smaller sizes are available meeting the
11.2 One tension test shall be made on a specimen for lots
minimum tensile strength specified in Table 2; however, yield
of not more than 50 tubes. Tension tests shall be made on
strength is not generally determined on such sizes, and the
specimens from two tubes for lots of more than 50 tubes (see
minimum elongation shall be 25%.
Note 3).
9. Permissible Variations in Dimensions
NOTE2—Forflaringrequirements,thetermlotappliestoalltubesofthe
same nominal size and wall thickness that are produced from the same
9.1 Variations in diameter and wall thickness from those
heat of steel and subjected to the same finishing treatment in a continuous
specified shall not exceed the amounts specified in Table 3.
furnace; when final heat treatment is in a batch-type furnace, the
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