ASTM A523-96(2001)

Standard Specification for Plain End Seamless and Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Pipe-Type Cable Circuits

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers seamless and electric-resistance-welded steel pipe used as conduit for the installation of high-pressure pipe-type electrical cables in NPS 4 to NPS 12, inclusive, with nominal (average) wall thicknesses 0.219 to 0.562 in., depending on size. Pipe having other dimensions (Note 2) may be furnished, provided such pipe complies with all other requirements of this specification.  
Note 1—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as "nominal diameter," "size," and "nominal size."
Note 2—A comprehensive listing of standardized pipe dimensions is contained in ANSI B36.10.
1.2 Pipe ordered under this specification is suitable for welding and for forming operations involving flaring, belling, and bending.  
1.3 Pipe for this purpose shall be furnished in Grade A or Grade B as specified in the purchase order. Grade A is more suitable for forming operations involving bending, flaring, or belling and this grade is normally preferred. This provision is not intended to prohibit the cold bending, flaring, or belling of Grade B pipe.  
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard.
1.5 The following hazard caveat applies to the test method portion, Section 20, of this specification:  This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, 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 limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-1996
• 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 A523-96 - Standard Specification for Plain End Seamless and Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Pipe-Type Cable Circuits
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-1996
• Replaced By: ASTM A523-96(2005) - Standard Specification for Plain End Seamless and Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel Pipe for High-Pressure Pipe-Type Cable Circuits
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: A 523 – 96 (Reapproved 2001)
Standard Specification for
Plain End Seamless and Electric-Resistance-Welded Steel
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Pipe for High-Pressure Pipe-Type Cable Circuits
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A523; 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 (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope A370 TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTesting
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of Steel Products
1.1 This specification covers seamless and electric-
A 751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for
resistance-weldedsteelpipeusedasconduitfortheinstallation
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Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
of high-pressure pipe-type electrical cables in NPS 4 to NPS
E59 Method of Sampling Steel and Iron for Determination
12,inclusive,withnominal(average)wallthicknesses0.219to
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of Chemical Composition
0.562 in., depending on size. Pipe having other dimensions
2.2 ANSI Standard:
(Note 2) may be furnished, provided such pipe complies with
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B36.10 Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
all other requirements of this specification.
NOTE 1—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has 3. Ordering Information
been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as “nominal
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
NOTE 2—A comprehensive listing of standardized pipe dimensions is
material adequately:
contained in ANSI B36.10.
3.1.1 Quantity (feet or number of lengths),
1.2 Pipe ordered under this specification is suitable for
3.1.2 Name of material (steel pipe),
welding and for forming operations involving flaring, belling,
3.1.3 Method of manufacture (seamless or electric-
and bending.
resistance-welded),
1.3 Pipe for this purpose shall be furnished in Grade A or
3.1.4 Grade (Table 1),
Grade B as specified in the purchase order. Grade A is more
3.1.5 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall thickness or
suitable for forming operations involving bending, flaring, or
weight per foot),
belling and this grade is normally preferred. This provision is
3.1.6 Length when other than specified in Section 13,
not intended to prohibit the cold bending, flaring, or belling of
3.1.7 End finish (Section 16),
Grade B pipe.
3.1.8 Skelp for tension tests, if permitted 20.2,
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
3.1.9 When mill applied coating is required (Section 10),
as the standard.
and
1.5 The following hazard caveat applies to the test method
3.1.10 ASTM specification number.
portion, Section 20, of this specification: This standard does
not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any,
4. Process
associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthis
4.1 Thesteelshallbemadebyoneormoreofthefollowing
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices
processes: open-hearth, basic-oxygen, or electric-furnace.
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior
4.2 Steel may be cast in ingots or may be strand cast.When
to use.
steels of different grades are sequentially strand cast, identifi-
cation of the resultant transition material is required. The
2. Referenced Documents
producer shall remove the transition material by any estab-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
lished procedure that positively separates the grades.
5. Chemical Composition
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel,
5.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as to
StainlessSteel,andRelatedAlloys,andisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommittee
A01.09 on Carbon Steel Tubular Products. chemical composition prescribed in Table 2 and the chemical
Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1996. Published November 1997. Originally
published as A523–64. Last previous edition A523–93.
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This specification was initiated by the IEEE Insulated Conductors Committee in Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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recognition of the need for a specification embodying the special requirements of Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.05.
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pipeforhigh-voltageelectricalcircuits.ItwaspreparedforacceptanceasanASTM Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd St., 13th
specification by a task group of Subcommittee A01.09 of ASTM Committee A-1. Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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A 523 – 96 (2001)
TABLE 1 Tensile Requirements
7. Product Analysis
Grade A Grade B
7.1 Whenspecifiedinthepurchaseorder,aproductanalysis
Tensile strength, min, ksi (MPa) 48 (330) 60 (415)
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