ASTM A269-08

Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service

ABSTRACT
This specification covers nominal-wall-thickness, seamless and welded austenitic steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting and low- or high-temperature service. All material shall be furnished in the heat-treated condition. The steel shall conform to the chemical composition requirements. Different mechanical test requirements that includes, flaring test, flange test, hardness test, and reverse flattening test are presented. Also, each tube shall be subjected to the non-destructive electric test or the hydrostatic test. Finally the hardness requirements for different grades of tubes are highlighted.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers grades of nominal-wall-thickness, stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting and low- or high-temperature service, as designated in Table 1.  
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to this specification are ¼ in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter and larger and 0.020 in. (0.51 mm) in nominal wall-thickness and heavier.  
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to tubing smaller than 1/8 in. (3.2 mm) in inside diameter or 0.015 in. (0.38 mm) in thickness.
Note 1—Additional testing requirements may apply for use in ASME B31.3 applications.  
1.4 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and, when one or more of these are desired, each shall be so stated in the order.  
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2008
• ICS: 23.040.10 - Iron and steel pipes
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.10 - Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A269-07a - Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Replaced By: ASTM A269-10 - Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2010
• Referred By: ASTM B677-23 - Standard Specification for Nickel-Iron-Chromium-Molybdenum, Iron-Nickel-Chromium-Molybdenum-Copper, and Nickel-Iron-Chromium-Molybdenum-Nitrogen Seamless Pipe and Tube
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D1066-18e1 - Standard Practice for Sampling Steam
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F1899-14a(2019) - Standard Specification for Food Waste Pulper Without Waterpress Assembly
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F1718-01(2019) - Standard Specification for Rotary Positive Displacement Distillate Fuel Pumps
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D3930-08(2023) - Standard Specification for Adhesives for Wood-Based Materials for Construction of Manufactured Homes
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM E1137/E1137M-08(2020) - Standard Specification for Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometers
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F3226/F3226M-19 - Standard Specification for Metallic Press-Connect Fittings for Piping and Tubing Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F2181-20 - Standard Specification for Wrought Seamless Stainless Steel Tubing for Surgical Implants
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F1150-22 - Standard Specification for Commercial Food Waste Pulper and Waterpress Assembly
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F1047-17(2023) - Standard Specification for Frying and Braising Pans, Tilting Type
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F1217-17(2023) - Standard Specification for Cooker, Steam
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM F3215-22 - Standard Specification for Food Waste Dehydrators
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D3370-18 - Standard Practices for Sampling Water from Flowing Process Streams
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A269 – 08
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for
1
General Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A269; 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* Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
Sheet, and Strip
1.1 This specification covers grades of nominal-wall-
A632 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic
thickness, stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting
Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Ser-
and low- or high-temperature service, as designated inTable 1.
vice
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to
A1016/A1016M Specification for General Requirements
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this specification are ⁄4 in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter and
for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stain-
larger and 0.020 in. (0.51 mm) in nominal wall-thickness and
less Steel Tubes
heavier.
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
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tubing smaller than ⁄8 in. (3.2 mm) in inside diameter or 0.015
2.2 ASME Piping Code:
in. (0.38 mm) in thickness.
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ASME B31.3 Process Piping
NOTE 1—Additional testing requirements may apply for use in AS-
2.3 Other Standard:
ME B31.3 applications.
SAE J1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
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1.4 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and,
(UNS)
when one or more of these are desired, each shall be so stated
3. Ordering Information
in the order.
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
as the standard.
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
material adequately:
2. Referenced Documents
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.2 Name of material (seamless or welded tubes),
A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular
3.1.3 Grade (Table 1),
Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall thickness),
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
of Steel Products
3.1.6 Optional requirements (heat treatment, see Section 6;
A480/A480M Specification for General Requirements for
hydrostatic or nondestructive electric test, see Section 10),
3.1.7 Test report required (see Section on Inspection of
Specification A1016/A1016M),
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved March 1, 2008. Published April 2008. Originally
approved in 1944. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as A269 – 07a. DOI:
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10.1520/A0269-08. Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
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the ASTM website. Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, http://www.sae.org.
*ASummary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements %
Composition, %
Grade
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
201 201LN 304 304L 304LN 316 316L 316LN 317 321 347 348 XM-10 XM-11 XM-15 XM-19
UNS
S20100 S20153 S30400 S30403 S30453 S31600 31603 S31653 S31700 S32100 S34700 S34800 S21900 S21904 S38100 S20910
A
Designation
Carbon 0.15 0.03 0.08 0.035 0.035 0.08 0.035 0.035 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.08 0.06
B B B B
max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max max
Manganese, 5.5– 6.4– 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.00– 8.00– 2.00 4.0–
C
max 7.5 7.5 10.00 10.00 6.0
Phosphorus, 0.060 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.030 0.045
max.
Sulfur, max. 0.030 0.015 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030
C
Silicon 1.00 0.75 1.00 1.
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Designation:A269–07a Designation: A 269 – 08
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for
1
General Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 269; 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*
1.1 This specification covers grades of nominal-wall-thickness, stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting and low-
or high-temperature service, as designated in Table 1.
1
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to this specification are ⁄4 in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter and larger and
0.020 in. (0.51 mm) in nominal wall-thickness and heavier.
1
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to tubing smaller than ⁄8 in. (3.2 mm) in inside diameter or 0.015 in. (0.38
mm) in thickness.
NOTE 1—Additional testing requirements may apply for use in ASME B31.3 applications.
1.4 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and, when one or more of these are desired, each shall be so stated in
the order.
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
A 480/A 480M Specification for General Requirements for Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and
Strip
A 632 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Service
A 1016/A 1016M Specification for General Requirements for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stainless Steel
Tubes
E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)
2.2 ASME Piping Code:
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ASME B31.3 Process Piping
2.3 Other Standard:
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SAE J1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
3. Ordering Information
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should include the following, as required, to describe the desired material
adequately:
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
3.1.2 Name of material (seamless or welded tubes),
3.1.3 Grade (Table 1),
3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall thickness),
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeA01.10
on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved Sept.March 1, 2007.2008. Published October 2007.April 2008. Originally approved in 1944. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as
A 269 – 07a.
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. ForAnnualBookofASTMStandards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME International Headquarters, Three Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990, http://
www.asme.org.
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Available from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, http://www.sae.org.
*ASummary 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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3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
3.1.6 Optional requirements (heat treatment, see Section 6; hydrostatic or nondestructive electric test, see Section 10),
3.1.7 Test report required (see Section on Inspection of Specification A 1016/A 1016M),
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements %
Composition, %
TP
Grade
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP XM-19
... ...
201 201LN 304 304L 304LN 316 316L 316LN 317 321 347 348 XM-10 XM-11 XM-15 TP
XM-29
UNS S20910
S20100 S20153 S30400 S30403 S30453 S31600 31603 S31653 S31700 S32100 S34700 S34800 S21900 S21904 S38100 S31254 S3172
A
Designation S24000
Carbon 0.15 0.03 0.08 0.035 0.035 0.08 0.035 0.035 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.020 0.035
B B B B
max max max max max max max m
...