ASTM A269-01

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

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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 .
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--When the impact test criterion for a low-temperature service would be 15 ft-lbf (20 J) energy absorption or 15 mils lateral expansion, some of the austenitic stainless steel grades covered by this specification are accepted by certain pressure vessel or piping codes without the necessity of making the actual test. For example, Grades 304, 304L, and 347 are accepted by the ASME Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII Division 1, and by ANSI B31.3, for service at temperatures as low as 425oF (254oC) without qualification by impact tests. Other AISI stainless steel grades are usually accepted for service temperatures as low as 325oF (198oC) without impact testing. Impact testing may, under certain circumstances, be required. For example, materials with chromium or nickel content outside the AISI ranges, and for material with carbon content exceeding 0.10 %, are required to be impact tested under the rules of ASME Section VIII Division 1 when services temperatures are lower than 50oF (46oC).
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: 09-Mar-2001
• ICS: 77.140.75 - Steel pipes and tubes for specific use
• Technical Committee: A01 - Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys
• Drafting Committee: A01.10 - Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM A269-00 - Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM A269-02 - Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
• Effective Date: 10-Aug-2002
• Referred By: ASTM F3215-22 - Standard Specification for Food Waste Dehydrators
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1899-14a(2019) - Standard Specification for Food Waste Pulper Without Waterpress Assembly
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM E1137/E1137M-08(2020) - Standard Specification for Industrial Platinum Resistance Thermometers
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F2181-20 - Standard Specification for Wrought Seamless Stainless Steel Tubing for Surgical Implants
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D3930-08(2023) - Standard Specification for Adhesives for Wood-Based Materials for Construction of Manufactured Homes
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F3226/F3226M-19 - Standard Specification for Metallic Press-Connect Fittings for Piping and Tubing Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D1066-18e1 - Standard Practice for Sampling Steam
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM A1012-10(2021) - Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Ferritic, Austenitic and Duplex Alloy Steel Condenser and Heat Exchanger Tubes With Integral Fins
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1217-17(2023) - Standard Specification for Cooker, Steam
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D3370-18 - Standard Practices for Sampling Water from Flowing Process Streams
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1150-22 - Standard Specification for Commercial Food Waste Pulper and Waterpress Assembly
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1047-17(2023) - Standard Specification for Frying and Braising Pans, Tilting Type
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001
• Referred By: ASTM F1718-01(2019) - Standard Specification for Rotary Positive Displacement Distillate Fuel Pumps
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

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An American National Standard
Designation: A 269 – 01
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for
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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.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (ϵ) 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 A370 TestMethodsandDefinitionsforMechanicalTesting
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of Steel Products
1.1 This specification covers grades of nominal-wall-
A450/A450M Specification for General Requirements for
thickness, stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting
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Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
andlow-orhigh-temperatureservice,asdesignatedinTable1.
A480/A480M Specification for General Requirements for
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to
Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
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this specification are ⁄4 in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter and
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Sheet, and Strip
larger and 0.020 in. (0.51 mm) in nominal wall-thickness and
A632 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic
heavier.
Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Ser-
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to
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vice
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tubing smaller than ⁄8 in. (3.2 mm) in inside diameter or 0.015
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E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
in. (0.38 mm) in thickness.
2.2 ANSI Standard:
NOTE 1—When the impact test criterion for a low-temperature service 4
B31.3 Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping
would be 15 ft·lbf (20 J) energy absorption or 15 mils lateral expansion,
2.3 ASME Pressure Vessel Code:
some of the austenitic stainless steel grades covered by this specification
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Section VIII Division 1, Pressure Vessels
are accepted by certain pressure vessel or piping codes without the
2.4 Other Standard:
necessity of making the actual test. For example, Grades 304, 304L, and
347 are accepted by the ASME Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII SAE J1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
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Division 1, and by ANSI B31.3, for service at temperatures as low as
(UNS)
−425°F (−254°C) without qualification by impact tests. Other AISI
stainless steel grades are usually accepted for service temperatures as low
3. Ordering Information
as −325°F (−198°C) without impact testing. Impact testing may, under
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
certaincircumstances,berequired.Forexample,materialswithchromium
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
or nickel content outside the AISI ranges, and for material with carbon
material adequately:
contentexceeding0.10%,arerequiredtobeimpacttestedundertherules
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
of ASME Section VIII Division 1 when services temperatures are lower
than −50°F (−46°C).
3.1.2 Name of material (seamless or welded tubes),
3.1.3 Grade (Table 1),
1.4 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and,
3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall thickness),
when one or more of these are desired, each shall be so stated
3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
in the order.
3.1.6 Optional requirements (heat treatment, see Section 6;
1.5 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
hydrostatic or nondestructive electric test, see Section 10),
as the standard.
3.1.7 Test report required (see Section on Inspection of
2. Referenced Documents
Specification A450/A450MA450/A450M),
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
2.1 ASTM Standards:
3.1.9 Special requirements and any supplementary require-
A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
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ments selected.
lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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This specification is under the jurisdiction ofASTM CommitteeA01 on Steel, Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd St., 13th
Stainless Steel, and RelatedAlloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products. Available from ASME International, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY
Current edition approved Mar. 10, 2001. Published May 2001. Originally 10016-5990.
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published as A269–44T. Last previous edition A269–00. Available from Society of Automotive Engineers, 400 Commonwealth Drive,
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03. Warrendale, PA 15096.
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