ASTM A53/A53M-12

Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless

ABSTRACT
This specification covers seamless and welded black and hot-dipped galvanized steel pipe in NPS 1/8 to NPS 26. The steel categorized in this standard must be open-hearth, basic-oxygen or electric-furnace processed and must have the following chemical requirements: carbon, manganese, phosphorus, sulfur, copper, nickel, chromium, molybdenum, and vanadium. The tubing shall undergo a seamless or welding process. Tension, bend, and flattening tests shall be performed to make sure that it must adhere to the mechanical properties of the standard. The hydrostatic test shall be applied, without leakage through the weld seam or the pipe body. Nondestructive electric test shall be made to make sure that the full volume of the pipe must be in accordance with the standard. The purchaser shall have the right to perform any of the inspections and tests set forth in this specification where deemed necessary to ensure that the pipe conforms to the specified requirements.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers seamless and welded black and hot-dipped galvanized steel pipe in NPS 1/8 to NPS 26 [DN 6 to DN 650] (Note 1), inclusive, with nominal wall thickness (Note 2) as given in Table X2.2 and Table X2.3. It shall be permissible to furnish pipe having other dimensions provided that such pipe complies with all other requirements of this specification. Supplementary requirements of an optional nature are provided and shall apply only when specified by the purchaser.
Note 1—The dimensionless designators NPS (nominal pipe size) [DN (diameter nominal)] have been substituted in this specification for such traditional terms as “nominal diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
Note 2—The term nominal wall thickness has been assigned for the purpose of convenient designation, existing in name only, and is used to distinguish it from the actual wall thickness, which may vary over or under the nominal wall thickness.
1.2 This specification covers the following types and grades:  
1.2.1 Type F—Furnace-butt-welded, continuous welded Grade A,  
1.2.2 Type E—Electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B, and  
1.2.3 Type S—Seamless, Grades A and B.
Note 3—See Appendix X1 for definitions of types of pipe.  
1.3 Pipe ordered under this specification is intended for mechanical and pressure applications and is also acceptable for ordinary uses in steam, water, gas, and air lines. It is suitable for welding, and suitable for forming operations involving coiling, bending, and flanging, subject to the following qualifications:  
1.3.1 Type F is not intended for flanging.  
1.3.2 If Type S or Type E is required for close coiling or cold bending, Grade A is the preferred grade; however, this is not intended to prohibit the cold bending of Grade B pipe.
1.3.3 Type E is furnished either nonexpanded or cold expanded at the option of the manufacturer.  
1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Sections 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15 of this specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.
1.6 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes, or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain any mandatory requirements.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2012
• ICS: 23.040.10 - Iron and steel pipes
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.09 - Carbon Steel Tubular Products

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A53/A53M-10 - Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F1476-07(2019) - Standard Specification for Performance of Gasketed Mechanical Couplings for Use in Piping Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F1333-91(2019) - Standard Specification for Construction of Fire and Foam Station Cabinets
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM F1548-01(2023) - Standard Specification for Performance of Fittings for Use with Gasketed Mechanical Couplings Used in Piping Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM C1617-19 - Standard Practice for Quantitative Accelerated Laboratory Evaluation of Extraction Solutions Containing Ions Leached from Thermal Insulation on Aqueous Corrosion of Metals
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
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• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012
• Referred By: ASTM A694/A694M-16(2022) - Standard Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Forgings for Pipe Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High-Pressure Transmission Service
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2012

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:A53/A53M −12
Standard Specification for
Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and
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Seamless
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A53/A53M; 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 U.S. Department of Defense.
1. Scope* 1.3.2 If Type S or Type E is required for close coiling or
2 cold bending, GradeAis the preferred grade; however, this is
1.1 This specification covers seamless and welded black
not intended to prohibit the cold bending of Grade B pipe.
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andhot-dippedgalvanizedsteelpipeinNPS ⁄8toNPS26[DN
1.3.3 Type E is furnished either nonexpanded or cold
6 to DN 650] (Note 1), inclusive, with nominal wall thickness
expanded at the option of the manufacturer.
(Note 2) as given in Table X2.2 and Table X2.3. It shall be
permissible to furnish pipe having other dimensions provided 1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
that such pipe complies with all other requirements of this are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
specification. Supplementary requirements of an optional na- each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
ture are provided and shall apply only when specified by the system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
purchaser. values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
with the standard.
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designators NPS (nominal pipe size) [DN
(diameter nominal)] have been substituted in this specification for such 1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
traditional terms as “nominal diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
test method portion, Sections 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15 of this
NOTE 2—The term nominal wall thickness has been assigned for the
specification: This standard does not purport to address all of
purpose of convenient designation, existing in name only, and is used to
the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
distinguish it from the actual wall thickness, which may vary over or
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
under the nominal wall thickness.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.2 This specification covers the following types and
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
grades:
1.6 Thetextofthisspecificationcontainsnotesorfootnotes,
1.2.1 Type F—Furnace-butt-welded, continuous welded
or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
Grade A,
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain
1.2.2 Type E—Electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B,
any mandatory requirements.
and
1.2.3 Type S—Seamless, Grades A and B.
2. Referenced Documents
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NOTE 3—See Appendix X1 for definitions of types of pipe.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
A90/A90MTest Method for Weight [Mass] of Coating on
1.3 Pipe ordered under this specification is intended for
Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
mechanicalandpressureapplicationsandisalsoacceptablefor
A370Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
ordinary uses in steam, water, gas, and air lines. It is suitable
of Steel Products
for welding, and suitable for forming operations involving
A530/A530MSpecification for General Requirements for
coiling, bending, and flanging, subject to the following quali-
Specialized Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe
fications:
A700Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Meth-
1.3.1 Type F is not intended for flanging.
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ods for Steel Products for Shipment (Withdrawn 2014)
A751Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemi-
cal Analysis of Steel Products
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
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A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products. For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Current edition approved March 1, 2012. Published April 2012. Originally contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
approved in 1915. Last previous edition approved in 2010 as A53/A53M–10. DOI: Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
10.1520/A0053_A0053M-12. the ASTM website.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specifi- The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced on
cation SA-53 in Section II of that code. www.astm.org.
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Designation:A53/A53M–10 Designation: A53/A53M – 12
Standard Specification for
Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and
1
Seamless
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A53/A53M; 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 seamless and welded black and hot-dipped galvanized steel pipe in NPS ⁄8 to NPS 26 [DN 6 to
DN 650] (Note 1), inclusive, with nominal wall thickness (Note 2) as given in Table X2.2 and Table X2.3. It shall be permissible
to furnish pipe having other dimensions provided that such pipe complies with all other requirements of this specification.
Supplementary requirements of an optional nature are provided and shall apply only when specified by the purchaser.
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designators NPS (nominal pipe size) [DN (diameter nominal)] have been substituted in this specification for such
traditional terms as “nominal diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
NOTE 2—Thetermnominalwallthicknesshasbeenassignedforthepurposeofconvenientdesignation,existinginnameonly,andisusedtodistinguish
it from the actual wall thickness, which may vary over or under the nominal wall thickness.
1.2 This specification covers the following types and grades:
1.2.1 Type F—Furnace-butt-welded, continuous welded Grade A,
1.2.2 Type E—Electric-resistance-welded, Grades A and B, and
1.2.3 Type S—Seamless, Grades A and B.
NOTE 3—See Appendix X1 for definitions of types of pipe.
1.3 Pipeorderedunderthisspecificationisintendedformechanicalandpressureapplicationsandisalsoacceptableforordinary
uses in steam, water, gas, and air lines. It is suitable for welding, and suitable for forming operations involving coiling, bending,
and flanging, subject to the following qualifications:
1.3.1 Type F is not intended for flanging.
1.3.2 If Type S or Type E is required for close coiling or cold bending, Grade A is the preferred grade; however, this is not
intended to prohibit the cold bending of Grade B pipe.
1.3.3 Type E is furnished either nonexpanded or cold expanded at the option of the manufacturer.
1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each
system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.5 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Sections 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, and 15 of this
specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of
regulatory requirements prior to use.
1.6 The text of this specification contains notes or footnotes, or both, that provide explanatory material. Such notes and
footnotes, excluding those in tables and figures, do not contain any mandatory requirements.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A90/A90M Test Method for Weight [Mass] of Coating on Iron and Steel Articles with Zinc or Zinc-Alloy Coatings
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
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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 Oct.March 1, 2010.2012. Published November 2010.April 2012. Originally approved in 1915. Last previous edition approved in 20072010 as
A53/A53M–107. DOI: 10.1520/A0053_A0053M-102.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specification SA-53 in Section II of that code.
3
For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.
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