Astm 269
Astm 269
Astm 269
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Manganese, 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.00– 8.00– 2.00 4.0– 11.5– 1.00 2.00
maxC 10.00 10.00 6.0 14.5
Phosphorus, 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.030 0.045 0.060 0.030 0.045
max.
Sulfur, max. 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.030 0.015 0.030
SiliconC 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50– 1.00 1.00 0.80 1.00
2.50
Nickel 8.0– 8.0– 8.0– 10.0– 10.0– 10.0– 11.0– 9.0– 9.0– 9.0– 5.5– 5.5– 17.5– 11.5– 2.3– 17.5– 13.5–
11.0 12.0 11.0 14.0 15.0 13.0 15.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 7.5 7.5 18.5 13.5 3.7 18.5 17.5
2
Chromium 18.0– 18.0– 18.0– 16.0– 16.0– 16.0– 18.0– 17.0– 17.0– 17.0– 19.0– 19.0– 17.0– 20.5– 17.0– 19.5– 18.0–
20.0 20.0 20.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 20.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 21.5 21.5 19.0 23.5 19.0 20.5 20.0
Molybdenum ... ... ... 2.00– 2.00– 2.00– 3.0– ... ... ... ... ... ... 1.50– ... 6.0– 4.0–
Titanium ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
E
Columbium ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 3 C ... ... ... 0.10– ... ... ...
min 0.30
1.10
max
Tantalum, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
max
NitrogenF ... ... 0.10– ... ... 0.10– ... ... ... ... 0.15– 0.15– ... 0.20– 0.20– 0.18– 0.20
0.16 0.16 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.22 max
Vanadium ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.10– ... ...
0.30
Copper ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0.50– ...
1.00
Others ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Co 0.20 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
max
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TABLE 1 Continued
Composition, %
Grade
3
Titanium ... ... ... ... 0.15– ... ... ...
0.60
Columbium ... ... 0.10 ... ... ... ... ...
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A 269 – 04
3.1.9 Special requirements and any supplementary require- 7. Chemical Composition
ments selected. 7.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as to
chemical composition as prescribed in Table 1.
4. General Requirements
4.1 Material furnished under this specification shall con- 8. Product Analysis
form to the applicable requirements of the current edition of 8.1 An analysis of either one billet or one length of
Specification A 1016/A 1016M, unless otherwise provided flat-rolled stock or one tube shall be made from each heat. The
herein. chemical composition thus determined shall conform to the
requirements specified.
5. Manufacture 8.2 A product analysis tolerance of Table number A1.1 in
5.1 The tubes shall be made by the seamless or welded Specification A 480/A 480M shall apply. The product analysis
process. tolerance is not applicable to the carbon content for material
5.2 At the manufacturer’s option, tubing may be furnished with a specified maximum carbon of .04 % or less.
either hot finished or cold finished. 8.3 If the original test for product analysis fails, retests of
two additional billets, lengths of flat-rolled stock, or tubes shall
6. Heat Treatment be made. Both retests for the elements in question shall meet
the requirements of the specification; otherwise all remaining
6.1 All material shall be furnished in the heat-treated
material in the heat or lot shall be rejected or, at the option of
condition. Except as provided in 6.2, the heat-treatment pro-
the producer, each billet, length of flat-rolled stock, or tube
cedure shall, except for S31254 and S32654 (see 6.3), S24565
may be individually tested for acceptance. Billets, lengths of
(see 6.4), N08367 (see 6.8), N08904 (see 6.5) and N08926 (see
flat-rolled stock, or tubes which do not meet the requirements
6.7), consist of heating the material to a minimum temperature
of the specification shall be rejected.
of 1900°F (1040°C) and quenching in water or rapidly cooling
by other means. Alternatively, for seamless tubes, immediately 9. Mechanical Tests Required
following hot forming while the temperature of the tubes is not
9.1 Flaring Test (Seamless Tubes)— One test shall be made
less than the specified minimum solution treatment tempera-
on specimens from one end of one tube from each lot (Note 2)
ture, tubes may be individually quenched in water or rapidly
of finished tubes.
cooled by other means.
6.2 Controlled structural or special service characteristics NOTE 2—The term lot applies to all tubes prior to cutting to length of
shall be specified as a guide for the most suitable heat the same nominal size and wall thickness which are produced from the
treatment. If the final heat treatment is at a temperature under same heat of steel. When final heat treatment is in a batch-type furnace, a
heat-treatment lot shall include only those tubes of the same size and from
1900°F and is so specified on the order, each tube shall be the same heat which are heat treated in the same furnace charge. When the
stenciled with the final heat treatment temperature in degrees final heat treatment is in a continuous furnace or when the heat-treated
Fahrenheit after the suffix “HT”. condition is obtained directly by quenching after hot forming, the number
6.3 S31254 and S32654 shall be heat-treated to a minimum of tubes of the same size and from the same heat in a heat-treatment lot
temperature of 2100°F (1150°C) followed by quenching in shall be determined from the size of the tubes as prescribed in Table 2.
water or rapidly cooling by other means. 9.2 Flange Test (Welded Tubes)—One test shall be made on
6.4 S24565 shall be heat-treated in the range 2050°F specimens from one end of one tube from each lot (Note 2) of
(1120°C) to 2140°F (1170°C) followed by quenching in water finished tubes.
or rapidly cooling by other means. 9.3 Hardness Test—Brinell or Rockwell hardness determi-
6.5 N08904 shall be heat treated to a minimum temperature nation shall be made on specimens from two tubes from each
of 2000°F (1100°C) followed by quenching in water or rapidly lot. The term lot applies to all tubes prior to cutting, of the same
cooling by other means. nominal diameter and wall thickness that are produced from
6.6 A solution annealing temperature above 1950°F the same heat of steel. When final heat treatment is in a
(1065°C) may impair the resistance to intergranular corrosion batch-type furnace, a lot shall include only those tubes of the
after subsequent exposure to sensitizing conditions in TP321, same size and the same heat which are heat treated in the same
TP347, and TP348. When specified by the purchaser, a lower
temperature stabilization or re-solution anneal shall be used
TABLE 2 Number of Tubes in a Lot Heat Treated by the
subsequent to the initial high temperature solution anneal (see Continuous Process or by Direct Quench After Hot Forming
Supplementary Requirement S3).
Size of Tube Size of Lot
6.7 N08926 shall be heat-treated to a minimum temperature
2 in. and over in outside diameter and not more than 50
of 2010°F (1100°C) followed by quenching in water or rapidly 0.200 in. tubes
cooling by other means. (5.08 mm) and over in wall thickness
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6.8 UNS N08367 should be solution annealed from 2025°F Less than 2 in. but over 1 in. in outside not more than 75
diameter tubes
(1107°C) minimum followed by rapid quenching. or over 1 in. in outside diameter and
6.9 Solution annealing of S35045 shall consist of heating under
the material to a temperature of 2000°F (1093°C) minimum for 0.200 in. (5.08 mm) in wall thickness
1 in. or less in outside diameter not more than 125
an appropriate time, followed by cooling in still air or at a tubes
faster rate.
furnace charge. When the final heat treatment is in a continuous T scale or 91 on the 15 T scale. Tubes made from all other
furnace or when the heat-treated condition is obtained directly grades shall not exceed 74 on the 30 T scale or 88 on the 15 T
by quenching after hot forming, a lot shall include all tubes of scale.
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the same size and heat, heat treated in the same furnace at the 11.3 The hardness test shall not be required on tubes smaller
same temperature, time at heat, and furnace speed, or all tubes than 1⁄4 in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter or tubes having a wall
of the same size and heat, hot formed and quenched in the same thickness thinner than 0.020 in. (0.51 mm) (see A2.4 of
production run. Methods and Definitions A 370). Smaller or thinner tubes
9.4 When more than one heat is involved, the flaring, should be tension tested only, in accordance with Specification
flanging, and hardness test requirements shall apply to each A 632.
heat.
9.5 Reverse Flattening Test—For welded tubes, one reverse 12. Permissible Variations in Dimensions
flattening test shall be made on a specimen from each 1500 ft 12.1 Variations in outside diameter, wall thickness, and
(460 m) of finished tubing. Coiled tubing greater than 1500 ft length, from those specified, shall not exceed the amounts
(450 m) in length shall be sampled at both ends. A coil must be prescribed in Table 3.
continuous without any circumferential butt welds. 12.2 The permissible variations in outside diameter given in
Table 3 are not sufficient to provide for ovality in thin-walled
10. Hydrostatic or Nondestructive Electric Test
tubes, as defined in the Table. In such tubes, the maximum and
10.1 Each tube shall be subjected to the nondestructive minimum diameters at any cross section shall deviate from the
electric test or the hydrostatic test. The type of test to be used nominal diameter by no more than twice the permissible
shall be at the option of the manufacturer, unless otherwise variation in outside diameter given in Table 3; however, the
specified in the purchase order. mean diameter at that cross section must still be within the
given permissible variation.
11. Hardness Requirements
11.1 Grades TPXM-29, S24565, N08367, and N08926 13. Surface Condition
tubes shall have a hardness number not exceeding 256 HB/270
13.1 The tubes shall be pickled free of scale. When bright
HV or 100 HRB. Grades TPXM-10, TPXM-11, and TPXM-19
annealing is used, pickling is not necessary.
tubes shall have a hardness number not exceeding 269 HB/285
HV or 25 HRC. S31254 shall have a hardness number not
14. Product Marking
exceeding 220 HB/230 HV or 96 HRB. S32654 shall have a
hardness number not exceeding 250 HB/263 HV or 100 HRB. 14.1 In addition to the marking prescribed in Specification
Tubes made from all other grades shall have a hardness number A 1016/A 1016M, the marking shall include whether the tub-
not exceeding 192 HB/200 HV or 90 HRB. ing is seamless or welded and the final heat-treatment tempera-
11.2 For tubing less than 0.065 in. (1.65 mm) in wall ture in degrees Fahrenheit after the suffix “HT” if the final heat
thickness, it is permissible to use the Rockwell superficial treatment temperature is under 1900°F (1040°C).
hardness test or the Vickers hardness test. When the Vickers 14.2 When the Nondestructive Electric Test is performed,
test is used, the values of 11.1 will apply. The superficial each length of tubing shall be marked with the letters “NDE,”
hardness number for Grade TPXM-29 tubes shall not exceed and the certification, when required, shall also indicate this test.
80 on the 30 T scale or 92 on the 15 T scale. The hardness
number for Grades TPXM-10, TPXM-11, and TPXM-19 tubes 15. Keywords
shall not exceed 46 on the 30 N scale or 73 on the 15 N scale. 15.1 austenitic stainless steel; seamless steel tube; stainless
The hardness number for S31254 shall not exceed 79 on the 30 steel tube; steel tube; welded steel tube
SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
The following supplementary requirements shall apply only when specified by the purchaser in the
inquiry, contract, or order.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Committee A01 has identified the selected changes to this specification since the last issue, A 269 – 02a, that
may impact the use of this specification. (Approved March 1, 2004)
(1) Removed detailed ASME requirements in Note 1 to avoid (2) Updated AISI reference to ASME.
confusion.
Committee A01 has identified the selected changes to this specification since the last issue, A 269 – 02, that may impact the
use of this specification. (Approved December 10, 2002)
(1) Added new alloy UNS S35045 to Table 1. (2) Added new paragraph 6.9.
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