Designation: A 632 02a

Standard Specication for

Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing
(Small-Diameter) for General Service
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This standard is issued under the xed designation A 632; 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.
1. Scope *
1.1 This specication covers grades of stainless steel tubing
in sizes under
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2 down to 0.050 in. (12.7 to 1.27 mm) in outside
diameter and wall thicknesses less than 0.065 in. down to 0.005
in. (1.65 to 0.13 mm) for general corrosion-resisting and low-
or high-temperature service, as designated in Table 1.
NOTE 1The grades of austenitic stainless steel tubing furnished in
accordance with this specication have been found suitable for low-
temperature service down to 325F (200C) in which Charpy notched-
bar impact values of 15 ftlbf (20 J), minimum, are required and these
grades need not be impact tested.
1.2 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and,
when desired, shall be so stated in the order.
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
as the standard.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
A 262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranu-
lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
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A 1016/A 1016M Specication for General Requirements
for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stain-
less Steel Tubes
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E 165 Test Method for Liquid Penetrant Examination
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E 527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS)
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2.2 SAE Standard:
SAE J 1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
(UNS)
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3. Ordering Information
3.1 Orders for product under this specication should in-
clude the following, as required, to describe the desired
material adequately:
3.1.1 Quantity (feet or number of lengths),
3.1.2 Name of product (seamless or welded tubes),
3.1.3 Grade (see Table 1),
3.1.4 Size (only two of the following: outside diameter,
inside diameter, and average wall),
3.1.5 Length (specic or random),
3.1.6 Optional requirements (check analysis, see Section 7;
hydrostatic, air underwater pressure test, or nondestructive
electric test, see Section 13),
3.1.7 Test report required,
3.1.8 Specication designation, and
3.1.9 Special requirements or any supplementary require-
ments selected, or both.
4. General Requirements
4.1 Tubing furnished under this specication shall conform
to the applicable requirements of the current edition of Speci-
cation A 1016/A 1016M, unless otherwise provided herein.
5. Manufacture
5.1 ManufactureThe tubes shall be cold nished and shall
be made by the seamless or welded process.
5.2 Heat TreatmentAll material shall be furnished in the
heat-treated condition. The heat-treatment procedure shall
consist of heating the material to a minimum temperature of
1800F (980C) and quenching in water or rapidly cooling by
other means.
6. Chemical Composition
6.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as to
chemical composition as specied in Table 1.
7. Product Analysis
7.1 When specied on the purchase order, an analysis of
either one billet or one length of at-rolled stock or one tube
shall be made from each heat. The chemical composition thus
determined shall conform to the specied requirements.
7.2 If the analysis made in accordance with 7.1 does not
conform to the specied requirements, an analysis of each
billet or length of at-rolled stock or tube from the same heat
may be made and all billets, stock, or tubes thus conforming to
the requirements shall be accepted so far as chemical compo-
sition is concerned.
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This specication 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 Sept. 10, 2002. Published November 2002. Originally
published as A 632 69. Last previous edition A 632 02.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.03.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 01.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.03.
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Available from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth
Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.
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8. Mechanical Properties
8.1 Tensile RequirementsThe material shall conform to
the requirements as to tensile properties specied in Table 2.
These mechanical properties apply to tubing
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8 in. (3.2 mm)
and larger in outside diameter by 0.015 in. (0.38 mm) in wall
thickness and heavier. Smaller sizes are available meeting the
minimum tensile strength specied in Table 2; however, yield
strength is not generally determined on such sizes, and the
minimum elongation shall be 25 %.
9. Permissible Variations in Dimensions
9.1 Variations in diameter and wall thickness from those
specied shall not exceed the amounts specied in Table 3.
10. Surface Condition
10.1 The tubes shall be pickled free of scale. When bright
annealing is used, pickling is not required.
11. Number of Tests
11.1 For each lot of 100 nished tubes or fraction thereof,
two tubes shall be selected at random for the aring test (see
Note 2).
11.2 One tension test shall be made on a specimen for lots
of not more than 50 tubes. Tension tests shall be made on
specimens from two tubes for lots of more than 50 tubes (see
Note 3).
NOTE 2For aring requirements, the term lot applies to all tubes of
the same nominal size and wall thickness that are produced from the same
heat of steel and subjected to the same nishing treatment in a continuous
furnace; when nal heat treatment is in a batch-type furnace, the lot shall
include only those tubes that are heat treated in the same furnace charge.
NOTE 3For tensile requirements, the term lot applies to all tubes prior
to cutting, of the same nominal diameter and wall thickness that are
produced from the same heat of steel. When nal heat treatment is in a
batch-type furnace, a lot shall include only those tubes of the same size
and the same heat that are heat treated in the same furnace charge. When
the nal heat treatment is in a continuous furnace, a lot shall include all
tubes of the same size and heat, heat treated in the same furnace at the
same temperature, time at heat and furnace speed.
11.3 When more than one heat is involved, the test require-
ments prescribed in 12.1 shall apply to each heat.
11.4 Each tube shall be subjected to a pressure test or the
nondestructive test described in Section 13.
12. Flaring Test
12.1 Flaring TestA section of tube approximately 4 in.
(101.6 mm) in length shall stand being ared with a tool having
a 60 included angle until the tube at the mouth of the are has
been expanded to the following percentages without cracking
or showing aws:
Ratio of Inside Diameter
to Outside Diameter
Minimum Expansion of
Inside Diameter, %
0.9 21
0.8 22
0.7 25
0.6 30
0.5 39
0.4 51
0.3 68
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements
Element
Composition, %
Grade TP 304 TP 304L TP 310 TP 316 TP 316L TP 317 TP 321 TP 347 TP 348
UNS
Designation
A
S30400 S30403 S31000 S31600 S31603 S31700 S32100 S34700 S34800
Carbon, max 0.08 0.030 0.15 0.08 0.030 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08
Manganese max 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Phosphorus, max 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045
Sulfur, max 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030
Silicon, max 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
B
0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75
Nickel 8.011.0 8.013.0 19.022.0 11.014.0
C
10.015.0 11.014.0 9.013.0 9.013.0 9.013.0
Chromium 18.020.0 18.020.0 24.026.0 16.018.0 16.018.0 18.020.0 17.020.0 17.020.0 17.020.0
Molybdenum ... ... ... 2.003.00 2.003.00 3.004.00 ... ... ...
Titanium ... ... ... ... ... ...
D
... ...
Columbium + tantalum ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
E E
Tantalum, max ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.10
A
New designation established in accordance with Practice E 527 and SAE J 1086, Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS).
B
For seamless TP316L tubes, the silicon maximum shall be 1.00 %.
C
For welded TP 316 tubes, the nickel range shall be 10.014.0 %.
D
Grade TP 321 shall have a titanium content of not less than ve times the carbon content and not more than 0.60 %.
E
Grades TP 347 and TP 348 shall have a columbium plus tantalum content of not less than ten times the carbon content and not more than 1.0 %.
TABLE 2 Tensile Requirements
Tensile strength, min, ksi (MPa) 75
A
(515)
A
Yield strength, min, ksi (MPa) 30
A,B
(205)
A,B
Elongation in 2 in. or 50 mm, min, % 35
B
A
Grades TP 304L and TP 316L shall have a minimum tensile strength of 70 ksi
(485 MPa) and a minimum yield strength of 25 ksi (170 MPa).
B
Yield strength is not generally determined on tubing sizes smaller than
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8 in.
(3.2 mm) in outside diameter or thinner than 0.015 in. (0.38 mm) wall, so yield
strength is not required on such sizes. Also, the minimum elongation required on
these smaller or thinner sizes is 25 %.
TABLE 3 Permissible Variations in Dimensions
Outside Diameter Range
Outside
Diameter,
in. (mm)
Inside
Diameter,
in. (mm)
Wall,
plus
and
minus, %
Up to, but not including
3
32
(0.094) in. (2.38 mm)
+0.002 (0.05)
0.000
+0.000
0.002 (0.05)
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32 (0.094) in. (2.38 mm) but
not including
3
16(0.188)
in. (4.76 mm)
+0.003 (0.08)
0.000
+0.000
0.003 (0.08)
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16 to, but not including,
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2
(0.500) in. (12.70 mm)
+0.004 (0.10)
0.000
+0.000
0.004 (0.10)
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NOTE 4These are tests shall not be required on sizes under 0.093 in.
(2.38 mm) in inside diameter.
13. Hydrostatic, Air Underwater Pressure Test, or
Nondestructive Electric Test
13.1 Each tube shall be subjected to the hydrostatic test, air
underwater pressure test, or nondestructive electric test. The
type of test to be used shall be at the option of the manufac-
turer, unless otherwise specied in the purchase order.
13.2 Hydrostatic Test:
Each tube shall be subjected to a hydrostatic test at a test
pressure not exceeding 1000 psi (6.89 Mpa).
13.3 Air Underwater Pressure Test:
Each tube shall be subjected to an air underwater pressure
test, at a test pressure as given by the following equation or 500
psi (3.4 Mpa), whichever is less:
P 5 2St / D (1)
where:
P = air pressure, psi or MPa
S = allowable ber stress of 16,000 psi (110.3 MPa),
t = specied wall thickness, in. or mm, and
D = specied outside diameter, in. or mm.
13.4 Nondestructive Electric Test:
13.5 Each tube shall be subjected to a nondestructive
electric test that is capable of detecting imperfections with a
depth exceeding 10 % of the wall thickness or 0.002 in. (0.05
mm), whichever is greater. Testing will not be required on sizes
under 0.125 in. (3.18 mm) in outside diameter. However, at the
option of the purchaser, tubing to be drawn to a diameter under
0.125 in. may be tested while in the range from 0.156 in. (3.97
mm) to 0.125 in. outside diameter, and any defects that are
found shall be culled out before any further reductions are
made.
14. Keywords
14.1 austenitic stainless steel; seamless tube; small diam-
eter; stainless steel tube; steel tube; welded steel tube
SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
The following supplementary requirements shall apply only when specied by the purchaser in the
inquiry, contract, or order.
S1. Dye Penetrant Inspection
S1.1 Each tube shall be submitted to a visible dye or
uorescent dye penetrant examination. The procedure for this
specication shall conform to Test Method E 165. The type
penetrant and the acceptance level shall be agreed upon
between the purchaser and manufacturer.
S2. Embrittlement Test
S2.1 Tubing shall be capable of meeting the intergranular
corrosion test specied in Practice E of Practices A 262 in the
as-shipped condition. Stabilized and low-carbon grades shall
be capable of meeting the requirements of this test in the
sensitized condition (1 h at 1240F [675C]).
S3. Cleanliness
S3.1 When specied, tubing shall be supplied thermocouple
clean on the inside surface. Thermocouple clean is dened as
being free of all drawing compounds, carbon, dirt, dust, visible
surface oxides, scale, and other contaminants.
S3.1.1 Verify the freedom from inside visible surface oxides
and scale by cutting two short lengths of tubing as specimens
and longitudinally sectioning both. Pickle one of the specimens
and then wash both. Visually, without magnication, compare
the pickled and unpickled specimens to conrm that neither
exhibits surface oxides or scale on their inside surfaces.
S3.1.2 Verify cleanliness and freedom from contaminants,
such as drawing compounds, carbon, dirt, and dust, by passing
a solvent-saturated swatch of lint-free yarn or cloth, or a felt
plug through the tube. Isopropyl alcohol, methanol, ethanol,
denatured alcohol, or acetone followed by alcohol are accept-
able solvents. Because acetone leaves a residual lm, cleaning
with acetone alone is not acceptable. While a heavy discolora-
tion of the swatch or plug is unacceptable, a light discoloration
is acceptable unless particles of grit or metallic akes are
visually detectable without the use of magnication.
S3.2 After cleaning, the tubing shall be capped or otherwise
protected to ensure cleanliness upon arrival at its destination.
The producer and purchaser shall agree on the method of
protection.
S4. Unstraightened Tubes
S4.1 When the purchaser species tubes unstraightened
after nal heat treatment (such as coils), the minimum yield
strength of Table 2 shall be reduced by 5 ksi.
S4.2 On the certication, and wherever the grade designa-
tion for unstraightened tubing appears, it shall be identied
with the suffix letter U (for example, 304-U, 321-U, and so
forth.).
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES
This section identies the location of changes to this specication that have been incorporated since the last
issue, A 632 02.
(1) Reference to Specication A 1016/A 1016M has been
added.
(2) References to Test Methods and Denitions A 370, Termi-
nology A 941, and Test Methods A 751 have been deleted from
Section 2 and throughout the standard.
(3) Section 12 was renamed from Manipulation Test to
Flaring Test.
(4) Section on Terminology was deleted.
(5) Section on General Requirements was added.
(6) Paragraphs 7.1 and 7.2 were revised.
(7) Sections on Retests, Retreatment, Test Specimens and Test
Methods, Inspection, Rejection, Certication, and Product
Marking were deleted.
(8) Section 13 was revised.
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