ASME B36.19M - SS Pipe
ASME B36.19M - SS Pipe
ASME B36.19M - SS Pipe
19M-2018
[Revisi on of ASME B36.1 9M -2004 (R201 5 )]
Stainless Steel
Pipe
A N A M E R I C A N N A T I O N A L S TA N D A R D
ASME B36.19M-2018
[Revision of ASME B36.19M-2004 (R2015)]
Stainless Steel
Pipe
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CONTENTS
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Committee Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Correspondence With the B32 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3 Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
4 Wall Thickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
5 Weights/Masses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
6 Permissible Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
7 Pipe Threads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
8 Wall-Thickness Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table
2-1 Dimensions of Welded and Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe and Nominal Weights (Masses) of Steel Pipe,
Plain End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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FOREWORD
This Standard for corrosion-resistant piping, designated categorically as stainless, is based on the same principles that
formed the background for the development of ASME B36.10M, Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe, and reference
is made to this source of information.
The more recent development ofthe highly alloyed stainless steels has brought about a minor conflict with convention.
With these newer materials, the need for standards is just as great and the present types ofthreads are just as satisfactory,
but the basic cost of the metal is much higher and the art of fusion welding has developed concurrently. The character of
stainless steel permits the design of thin-wall piping systems without fear of early failure due to corrosion, and the use of
fusion welding to join such piping has eliminated the necessity of threading it. For these reasons, the wall-thickness
dimensions shown under Schedule 10S have been developed, based on the conventional formula, but then modified to
correspond to the nearest Birmingham Wire Gage (B.W.G.) number.
Following publication of the 1949 edition, a demand developed for a still lighter wall pipe. A Schedule 5S was deter-
mined cooperatively by representatives of chemical companies, processing industries, and manufacturers of welding
fittings. This was endorsed by the American Standards Association (ASA) Chemical Industry Correlating Committee and
the Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry. The new schedule was included in the
revised standard that was approved by ASA [now American National Standards Institute (ANSI)] on April 7, 1952.
In 1956, it was recommended that the wall thickness of 12 in. 5S be lessened, and a new revision of the standard was
issued shortly after its approval by ASA on February 27, 1957. In this fourth edition, dimensions were expanded beyond
12 in. pipe size by inclusion of, and reference to, ASTM Specification A409. This revision was approved by ASA on October
29, 1965.
The B36 Standards Committee membership was asked in March 1970 for recommendations as to what action should be
taken on ANSI B36.19-1965 since, according to ANSI procedures, this Standard was due for revision or affirmation. The
B36 Standards Committee recommended reaffirmation. This action was approved by the Secretariat and by ANSI on May
26, 1971.
In 1975, the B36 Standards Committee undertook a review ofthe standard, considering its acceptability and usefulness.
The results were favorable; some editorial refinements and updating were proposed, along with the incorporation of
factors for conversion to SI (metric) units. The revision was approved by the Standards Committee, the Secretariat, and
subsequently ANSI on October 4, 1976.
The standard was revised in 1984 to include SI (metric) dimensions. The outside diameters and wall thicknesses were
converted to millimeters by multiplying the inch dimensions by 25.4. Outside diameters larger than 16 in. were rounded
to the nearest 1 mm, and outside diameters 16 in. and smaller were rounded to the nearest 0.1 mm. Wall thicknesses were
rounded to the nearest 0.01 mm. These converted and rounded SI dimensions were added. A formula to calculate the SI
plain end mass, kg/m, using SI diameters and thicknesses, was added, and the calculations were added. These changes in
the standard were approved by the Standards Committee, the Sponsor, and ANSI, and it was designated an American
National Standard on October 7, 1985.
The text of the standard was revised in the 2004 edition to conform to the format and content, as appropriate, of ASME
B36.10M-2004. A new table was added, combining the information in the previous tables into a single table. Also, the
roster ofthe disbanded B36 Committee was replaced by the roster ofthe B32 Committee. The 2004 edition was approved
as an American National Standard on June 23, 2004.
The 2018 edition revises some ofthe outside diameters and plain end masses in Table 2-1 (formerly Table 1). A number
ofeditorial revisions have also been made to Table 2-1 and sections 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7. The 2018 edition was approved as an
American National Standard on August 13, 2018.
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ASME B36.19M-2018
1 SCOPE 5 WEIGHTS/MASSES
This Standard covers the standardization ofdimensions The nominal weights (masses) 1 of steel pipe are calcu-
of welded and seamless wrought stainless steel pipe for lated values and are tabulated in Table 2-1.
high or low temperatures and pressures. (a) The nominal plain end weight, in pounds per foot, is
The word pipe is used, as distinguished from tube, to calculated using the following formula:
apply to tubular products of dimensions commonly
used for pipeline and piping systems.
Wpe = 1 0.69( D t) t
where
2 SIZE D = outside diameter to the nearest 0.001 in. (the
The size of all pipe in Table 2-1 is identified by the symbol D is used for O.D. only in mathematical
dimensionless designator nominal pipe size (NPS) equations or formulas)
[diamètre nominal (DN)] . Pipes NPS 12 (DN 300) and t = specified wall thickness, rounded to the nearest
smaller have outside diameters numerically larger than 0.001 in.
their corresponding sizes. I n contrast, the outside Wpe = nominal plain end weight, rounded to the
diameters of tubes are numerically identical to the size nearest 0.01 lb/ft
number for all sizes.
The manufacture of pipe NPS 1 ∕8 (DN 6) to NPS 12 (DN (b) The nominal plain end mass, in kilograms per
3 00) , inclusive, is based on a standardized outside meter, is calculated using the following formula:
diameter (O.D.) . This O.D. was originally selected so Mpe = 0.0246615( D t) t
that pipe with a standard O.D. and having a wall thickness
that was typical of the period would have an inside where
diameter (I.D.) approximately equal to the nominal D = outside diameter to the nearest 0.1 mm for
size. Although there is no such relation between the outside diameters that are 16 in. (406.4 mm)
existing standard thicknesses — O.D. and nominal size and smaller, and 1.0 mm for outside diameters
— these nominal sizes and standard O.D.s continue in larger than 16 in. (406.4 mm) (the symbol D is
use as “standard.” used for O.D. only in mathematical equations or
The manufacture of pipe NPS 14 (DN 350) and larger formulas)
proceeds on the basis of an O.D. corresponding to the Mpe = nominal plain end mass, rounded to the nearest
nominal size. 0.01 kg/m
t = specified wall thickness, rounded to the nearest
3 MATERIALS 0.01 mm
The dimensional standards for pipe described here are
for products covered in ASTM specifications. 6 PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS
Variations in dimensions differ depending upon the
4 WALL THICKNESS method of manufacture employed in making the pipe
The nominal wall thicknesses are given in Table 2-1. The to the various specifications available. Permissible varia-
wall thicknesses for NPS 14 to NPS 22, inclusive (DN 350 to tions for dimensions are indicated in each specification.
DN 550, inclusive), of Schedule 10S; NPS 12 (DN 300) of
Schedule 40S; and NPS 10 and NPS 12 (DN 250 and DN 7 PIPE THREADS
300) of Schedule 80S are not the same as those of ASME Unless otherwise specified, the threads ofthreaded pipe
B36.10M, Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe. The shall conform to ASME B1.20.1, Pipe Threads, General
suffix “S” in the schedule number is used to differentiate Purpose (Inch).
B 3 6.1 9 M pipe from B3 6.1 0 M pipe. ASM E B3 6.1 0 M Schedules 5S and 10S wall thicknesses do not permit
includes other pipe thicknesses that are also commercially threading in accordance with ASME B1.20.1.
available with stainless steel material.
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The different grades ofstainless steel have different specific densities
and hence their weights (masses) may be less than or greater than the
values listed in Table 2-1 would indicate [see Table 2-1, General Note (e)].
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8 WALL-THICKNESS SELECTION Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, ASME B31 Code for
When the selection ofwall thickness depends primarily Pressure Piping, or other similar code, whichever
upon capacity to resist internal pressure under given governs the construction. A thickness shall be selected
conditions, the designer shall compute the exact value from the schedules of nominal thickness contained in
of wall thickness suitable for conditions for which the Table 2-1 to suit the value computed to fulfill the condi-
pipe is required, as prescribed in detail in the ASME tions for which the pipe is desired.
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Table 2-1 Dimensions of Welded and Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe and Nominal Weights (Masses)
of Steel Pipe, Plain End
Plain End
Schedule Outside Diameter, Wall Thickness, Weight (Mass),
NPS (DN) No. in. (mm) in. (mm) lb/ft (kg/m)
1
∕8 (6) 5S 0 .40 5 (1 0 .3 ) … [Note (1 ) ] …
1
∕8 (6) 10S 0 .40 5 (1 0 .3 ) 0.0 49 (1 .2 4) [Note (1 ) ] 0.1 9 (0 .2 8)
1
∕8 (6) 40 S 0 .40 5 (1 0 .3 ) 0.0 68 (1 .73 ) 0.2 4 (0 .3 7)
1
∕8 (6) 80 S 0 .40 5 (1 0 .3 ) 0.0 95 (2 .41 ) 0.3 1 (0 .47)
1
∕4 (8) 5S 0 .5 40 (1 3 .7) … [Note (1 ) ] …
1
∕4 (8) 10S 0 .5 40 (1 3 .7) 0.0 65 (1 .65 ) [Note (1 ) ] 0.3 3 (0 .49)
1
∕4 (8) 40 S 0 .5 40 (1 3 .7) 0.0 88 (2 .2 4) 0.43 (0 .63 )
1
∕4 (8) 80 S 0 .5 40 (1 3 .7) 0.1 1 9 (3 .02 ) 0.5 4 (0 .80)
3
∕8 (1 0 ) 5S 0.675 (1 7.1 ) … [Note (1 ) ] …
3
∕8 (1 0 ) 10S 0.675 (1 7.1 ) 0 .065 (1 .65 ) [Note (1 ) ] 0 .42 (0 .63 )
3
∕8 (1 0 ) 40 S 0.675 (1 7.1 ) 0 .09 1 (2 .3 1 ) 0 .5 7 (0 .84)
3
∕8 (1 0 ) 80 S 0.675 (1 7.1 ) 0 .1 2 6 (3 .2 0) 0 .74 (1 .1 0 )
1
∕2 (1 5 ) 5S 0.840 (2 1 .3 ) 0 .065 (1 .65 ) [Note (1 ) ] 0 .5 4 (0 .80 )
1
∕2 (1 5 ) 10S 0.840 (2 1 .3 ) 0 .083 (2 .1 1 ) [Note (1 ) ] 0 .67 (1 .00 )
1
∕2 (1 5 ) 40 S 0.840 (2 1 .3 ) 0 .1 0 9 (2 .77) 0 .85 (1 .2 7)
1
∕2 (1 5 ) 80 S 0.840 (2 1 .3 ) 0 .1 47 (3 .73 ) 1 .09 (1 .62 )
3
∕4 (2 0 ) 5S 1 .0 5 0 (2 6.7) 0 .065 (1 .65 ) [Note (1 ) ] 0 .68 (1 .02 )
3
∕4 (2 0 ) 10S 1 .0 5 0 (2 6.7) 0 .083 (2 .1 1 ) [Note (1 ) ] 0 .86 (1 .2 8)
3
∕4 (2 0 ) 40 S 1 .0 5 0 (2 6.7) 0 .1 1 3 (2 .87) 1 .1 3 (1 .69 )
3
∕4 (2 0 ) 80 S 1 .0 5 0 (2 6.7) 0 .1 5 4 (3 .9 1 ) 1 .48 (2 .2 0 )
1 (2 5 ) 40 S 1 .3 1 5 (3 3 .4) 0 .1 3 3 (3 .3 8) 1 .68 (2 .5 0 )
1 (2 5 ) 80 S 1 .3 1 5 (3 3 .4) 0 .1 79 (4.5 5 ) 2 .1 7 (3 .2 4)
1
1 ∕4 (3 2 ) 5S 1 .660 (42 .2 ) 0.0 65 (1 .65 ) [Note (1 ) ] 1 .1 1 (1 .65 )
1
1 ∕4 (3 2 ) 10S 1 .660 (42 .2 ) 0.1 09 (2 .77) [Note (1 ) ] 1 .81 (2 .69)
1
1 ∕4 (3 2 ) 40 S 1 .660 (42 .2 ) 0.1 40 (3 .5 6) 2 .2 7 (3 .3 9)
1
1 ∕4 (3 2 ) 80 S 1 .660 (42 .2 ) 0.1 91 (4.85 ) 3 .0 0 (4.47)
1
1 ∕2 (40 ) 5S 1 .90 0 (48.3 ) 0.0 65 (1 .65 ) [Note (1 ) ] 1 .2 8 (1 .9 0)
1
1 ∕2 (40 ) 10S 1 .90 0 (48.3 ) 0.1 09 (2 .77) [Note (1 ) ] 2 .0 9 (3 .1 1 )
1
1 ∕2 (40 ) 40 S 1 .90 0 (48.3 ) 0.1 45 (3 .68) 2 .72 (4.0 5 )
1
1 ∕2 (40 ) 80 S 1 .90 0 (48.3 ) 0.2 00 (5 .08) 3 .63 (5 .41 )
1
2 ∕2 (65 ) 5S 2 .875 (73 ) 0.0 83 (2 .1 1 ) [Note (1 ) ] 2 .48 (3 .69)
1
2 ∕2 (65 ) 10S 2 .875 (73 ) 0.1 2 0 (3 .05 ) [Note (1 ) ] 3 .5 3 (5 .2 6)
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Table 2-1 Dimensions of Welded and Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe and Nominal Weights (Masses)
of Steel Pipe, Plain End (Cont d)
’
Plain End
Schedule Outside Diameter, Wall Thickness, Weight (Mass),
NPS (DN) No. in. (mm) in. (mm) lb/ft (kg/m)
2 1 ∕2 (65) 40S 2.875 (73) 0.203 (5.16) 5.80 (8.63)
2 1 ∕2 (65) 80S 2.875 (73) 0.276 (7.01) 7.67 (11.41)
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Table 2-1 Dimensions of Welded and Seamless Stainless Steel Pipe and Nominal Weights (Masses)
of Steel Pipe, Plain End (Cont d) ’
Plain End
Schedule Outside Diameter, Wall Thickness, Weight (Mass),
NPS (DN) No. in. (mm) in. (mm) lb/ft (kg/m)
14 (350) 80S 14.000 (355.6) 0.500 (12.70) [Note (2)] 72.16 (107.40)
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B32/B36 AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PRODUCT
SIZES
B32.5-1977 (R2010) Preferred Metric Sizes for Tubular Metal Products Other Than Pipe
B32.100-2016 Preferred Metric Sizes for Flat, Round, Square, Rectangular, and Hexagonal Metal Products
B36.10M-2018 Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
B36.19M-2018 Stainless Steel Pipe
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