ASTM A312/A312M-04

Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers seamless, straight-seam welded, and heavily cold worked welded austenitic stainless steel pipe intended for high-temperature and general corrosive service.
Note 1—When the impact test criterion for a low-temperature service would be 15 ftlbf [20 J] energy absorption or 15 mils [0.38 mm] 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 TP304, TP304L, and TP347 are accepted by the ASME Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII Division 1, and by the Chemical Plant and Refinery Piping Code, ANSI B31.3, for service at temperatures as low as 425F [250C] without qualification by impact tests. Other AISI stainless steel grades are usually accepted for service temperatures as low as 325F [200C] 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 service temperatures are lower than 50F [45C].
1.2 Grades TP304H, TP309H, TP309HCb, TP310H, TP310HCb, TP316H, TP321H, TP347H, and TP348H are modifications of Grades TP304, TP309Cb, TP309S, TP310Cb, TP310S, TP316, TP321, TP347, and TP348, and are intended for service at temperatures where creep and stress rupture properties are important.
1.3 Optional supplementary requirements are provided for pipe where a greater degree of testing is desired. These supplementary requirements call for additional tests to be made and, when desired, it is permitted to specify in the order one or more of these supplementary requirements.
1.4 lists the standardized dimensions of welded and seamless stainless steel pipe as shown in ANSI B36.19. These dimensions are also applicable to heavily cold worked pipe. Pipe having other dimensions is permitted to be ordered and furnished provided such pipe complies with all other requirements of this specification.
1.5 Grades TP321 and TP321H have lower strength requirements for pipe manufactured by the seamless process in nominal wall thicknesses greater than 3/8 in. [9.5 mm].
1.6 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the "M" designation of this specification is specified in the order.
Note 2—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as "nominal diameter," "size," and "nominal size."

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 29-Feb-2004
• 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 A312/A312M-03 - Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Replaced By: ASTM A312/A312M-04a - Standard Specification for Seamless, Welded, and Heavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
• Effective Date: 01-May-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2929-17(2021) - Standard Specification for Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing of 0.070 in. Wall and Fittings for Radiant Heating Systems up to 75 psig
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2896-23 - Standard Specification for Reinforced Polyethylene Composite Pipe For The Transport Of Oil And Gas And Hazardous Liquids
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM A999/A999M-23 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM C852/C852M-17(2022) - Standard Guide for Design Criteria for Plutonium Gloveboxes
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM A733-16(2022) - Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe Nipples
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2854-21 - Standard Specification for Push-Fit Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Mechanical Fittings for Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2015-00(2019) - Standard Specification for Lap Joint Flange Pipe End Applications
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1545-15a(2021) - Standard Specification for Plastic-Lined Ferrous Metal Pipe, Fittings, and Flanges
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1197-19 - Standard Specification for Sliding Watertight Door Control Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1807-23 - Standard Specification for Metal Insert Fittings Utilizing a Copper Crimp Ring, or Alternate Stainless Steel Clamps, for SDR9 Cross-linked Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing and SDR9 Polyethylene of Raised Temperature (PE-RT) Tubing
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1333-91(2019) - Standard Specification for Construction of Fire and Foam Station Cabinets
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F2080-23 - Standard Specification for Cold-Expansion Fittings with Metal Compression-Sleeves for Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Pipe and SDR9 Polyethylene of Raised Temperature (PE-RT) Pipe
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004
• Referred By: ASTM F1076-19 - Standard Practice for Expanded Welded and Silver Brazed Socket Joints for Pipe and Tube
• Effective Date: 01-Mar-2004

Standards Content (Sample)

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Used in USDOE-NE standards
Designation: A 312/A 312M – 04
Standard Specification for
Seamless, Welded, and Heavily Cold Worked Austenitic
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Stainless Steel Pipes
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A 312/A 312M; 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* pipe. Pipe having other dimensions is permitted to be ordered
2 and furnished provided such pipe complies with all other
1.1 This specification covers seamless, straight-seam
requirements of this specification.
welded, and heavily cold worked welded austenitic stainless
1.5 Grades TP321 and TP321H have lower strength require-
steel pipe intended for high-temperature and general corrosive
ments for pipe manufactured by the seamless process in
service.
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nominal wall thicknesses greater than ⁄8 in. [9.5 mm].
NOTE 1—When the impact test criterion for a low-temperature service
1.6 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SI units
would be 15 ft·lbf [20 J] energy absorption or 15 mils [0.38 mm] lateral
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the
expansion, some of the austenitic stainless steel grades covered by this
SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each
specification are accepted by certain pressure vessel or piping codes
system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must
without the necessity of making the actual test. For example, Grades
TP304, TP304L, and TP347 are accepted by the ASME Pressure Vessel be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
Code, Section VIII Division 1, and by the Chemical Plant and Refinery
two systems may result in nonconformance with the specifi-
Piping Code, ANSI B31.3, for service at temperatures as low as −425°F
cation. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M”
[−250°C] without qualification by impact tests. Other AISI stainless steel
designation of this specification is specified in the order.
grades are usually accepted for service temperatures as low as −325°F
[−200°C] without impact testing. Impact testing may, under certain
NOTE 2—The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size) has
circumstances, be required. For example, materials with chromium or
been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as “nominal
nickel content outside the AISI ranges, and for material with carbon
diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.”
content exceeding 0.10 %, are required to be impact tested under the rules
2. Referenced Documents
of ASME Section VIII Division 1 when service temperatures are lower
than −50°F [−45°C]. 3
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.2 Grades TP304H, TP309H, TP309HCb, TP310H, A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
TP310HCb, TP316H, TP321H, TP347H, and TP348H are
lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
modifications of Grades TP304, TP309Cb, TP309S, TP310Cb, A 370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing
TP310S, TP316, TP321, TP347, and TP348, and are intended
of Steel Products
for service at temperatures where creep and stress rupture A 941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Re-
properties are important.
lated Alloys, and Ferroalloys
1.3 Optional supplementary requirements are provided for A 999/A 999M Specification for General Requirements for
pipe where a greater degree of testing is desired. These
Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe
supplementary requirements call for additional tests to be made A 1016/A 1016M Specification ofr General Requirements
and, when desired, it is permitted to specify in the order one or
for Ferritiic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and
more of these supplementary requirements. Stainless Steel Tubes
1.4 Table X1.1 lists the standardized dimensions of welded
E 112 Test Methods for Determining the Average Grain
and seamless stainless steel pipe as shown in ANSI B36.19. Size
These dimensions are also applicable to heavily cold worked
E 381 Method of Macroetch Testing Steel Bars, Billets,
Blooms, and Forgings
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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.
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approved in 1948. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A 312/A 312M – 03. contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Used in USDOE-NE standards
Designation:A312/A312M–03 Designation: A 312/A 312M – 04
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel
PipesSeamless, Welded, and Heavily Cold Worked
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Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationA312/A312M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyear
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 Department of Defense.
1. Scope*
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1.1 This specification covers seamless, straight-seam welded, and heavily cold worked welded austenitic stainless steel pipe
intended for high-temperature and general corrosive service.
NOTE 1—When the impact test criterion for a low-temperature service would be 15 ft·lbf [20 J] energy absorption or 15 mils [0.38 mm] 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 TP304, TP304L, and TP347 are accepted by the ASME Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII
Division 1, and by the Chemical Plant and Refinery Piping Code, ANSI B31.3, for service at temperatures as low as −425°F [−250°C] without
qualification by impact tests. OtherAISI stainless steel grades are usually accepted for service temperatures as low as −325°F [−200°C] without impact
testing. Impact testing may, under certain circumstances, be required. For example, materials with chromium or nickel content outside theAISI ranges,
and for material with carbon content exceeding 0.10 %, are required to be impact tested under the rules ofASME Section VIII Division 1 when service
temperatures are lower than −50°F [−45°C].
1.2 Grades TP304H, TP309H, TP309HCb, TP310H, TP310HCb, TP316H, TP321H, TP347H, and TP348H are modifications
of Grades TP304, TP309Cb, TP309S, TP310Cb, TP310S, TP316, TP321, TP347, and TP348, and are intended for high-
temperature service. service at temperatures where creep and stress rupture properties are important.
1.3 Optional supplementary requirements are provided for pipe where a greater degree of testing is desired. These
supplementary requirements call for additional tests to be made and, when desired, it is permitted to specify in the order one or
more of these may be specified in the order. supplementary requirements.
1.4 Table X1.1 lists the standardized dimensions of welded and seamless stainless steel pipe as shown inANSI B36.19. These
dimensions are also applicable to heavily cold worked pipe. Pipe having other dimensions may is permitted to be ordered and
furnished provided such pipe complies with all other requirements of this specification.
1.5 Grades TP321 and TP321H have lower strength requirements for pipe manufactured by the seamless process in nominal
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wall thicknesses greater than ⁄8 in. [9.5 mm].
1.6 Thevaluesstatedineitherinch-poundunitsorSIunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Withinthetext,theSIunits
are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used
independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in nonconformance with the specification. The
inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M” designation of this specification is specified in the order.
NOTE 2—ThedimensionlessdesignatorNPS(nominalpipesize)hasbeensubstitutedinthisstandardforsuchtraditionaltermsas“nominaldiameter,”
“size,” and “nominal size.”
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
A941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys
A999/A999M Specification for General Requirements for Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeA01onSteel,StainlessSteelandRelatedAlloysandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeA01.10
on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2003. Published October 2003. Originally aaproved in 1948. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as A312/A312M–02.
Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published April 2004. Originally approved in 1948. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as A312/A312M–03.
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