1.1 This specification2 covers a group of requirements which, with the exceptions of
6.3 and Sections 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, are mandatory requirements to the following ASTM tubular product specifications:3 Title of Specification ASTM DesignationA Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and CarbonManganese Steel Boiler Tubes A178/A178M Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel HeatExchanger and Condenser Tubes A179/A179M Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure Service A192/A192M Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes A210/A210M Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel HeatExchanger and Condenser Tubes A214/A214M Seamless and Electric-Welded Low-Alloy Steel Tubes A423/A423M Specification for Seamless and Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger Tubes with Integral Fins A498/A498M Seamless Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes A556/A556M Seamless, Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Tubing for Hydraulic System Service A822/A822M A These designations refer to the latest issue of the respective specifications.
1.2 One or more of Sections
6.3, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22.1, 24, and 25 apply when the product specification or purchase order has a requirement for the test or analysis described by these sections.
1.3 In case of conflict between a requirement of the product specification and a requirement of this general requirement specification only the requirement of the product specification need be satisfied.
1.4 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M” designation (SI) of the product specification is specified in the order.
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
ASTM A450/A450M-21 Referenced Document
ASTM A1047/A1047M Standard Test Method for Pneumatic Leak Testing of Tubing*, 2023-09-01 Update
ASTM A1058 Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products—Metric*, 2024-04-21 Update
ASTM A178/A178M Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel and Carbon-Manganese Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
ASTM A179/A179M Standard Specification for Seamless Cold-Drawn Low-Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
ASTM A192/A192M Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure Service
ASTM A210/A210M Standard Specification for Seamless Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
ASTM A214/A214M Standard Specification for Electric-Resistance-Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
ASTM A370 Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
ASTM A423/A423M Standard Specification for Seamless and Electric-Welded Low-Alloy Steel Tubes
ASTM A498/A498M Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Carbon Steel Heat-Exchanger Tubes with Integral Fins*, 2023-03-01 Update
ASTM A530/A530M Standard Specification for General Requirements for Specialized Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe
ASTM A556/A556M Standard Specification for Seamless Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes
ASTM A700 Standard Practices for Packaging, Marking, and Loading Methods for Steel Products for Domestic Shipment
ASTM A751 Standard Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
ASTM A822/A822M Standard Specification for Seamless Cold-Drawn Carbon Steel Tubing for Hydraulic System Service
ASTM A941 Standard Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys*, 2024-03-01 Update
ASTM D3951 Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging
ASTM E213 Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of Metal Pipe and Tubing
ASTM E273 Standard Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of the Weld Zone of Welded Pipe and Tubing
ASTM E309 Standard Practice for Eddy-Current Examination of Steel Tubular Products Using Magnetic Saturation
ASTM E426 Standard Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Examination of Seamless and Welded Tubular Products, Austenitic Stainless Steel and Similar Alloys
ASTM E570 Standard Practice for Flux Leakage Examination of Ferromagnetic Steel Tubular Products
ASTM E92 Standard Test Method for Vickers Hardness of Metallic Materials
SAE AMS2806 IDENTIFICATION Bars, Wire, Mechanical Tubing, and Extrusions Carbon and Alloy Steels and Heat and Corrosion Resistant Steels and Alloys
ASTM A450/A450M-21 history
2023ASTM A450/A450M-23 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2021ASTM A450/A450M-21 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2018ASTM A450/A450M-18a Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2018ASTM A450/A450M-18 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2015ASTM A450/A450M-15 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2010ASTM A450/A450M-10 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2009ASTM A450/A450M-09 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2007ASTM A450/A450M-07 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Tubes
2004ASTM A450/A450M-04a Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
2004ASTM A450/A450M-04 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
2003ASTM A450/A450M-03 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
2002ASTM A450/A450M-02 Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
1996ASTM A450/A450M-96a(2001) Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes
1996ASTM A450/A450M-96a Standard Specification for General Requirements for Carbon, Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel Tubes