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Description / Abstract:
This specification2 covers seamless and straight-seam
welded austenitic steel pipe intended for high-temperature and
general corrosive service.
NOTE I-When the impact test criterion for a lowtemperature
service would be 15 ft ·Ibf (20 J) energy absorption or 15 mils
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 304. 304L, and 347 are accepted by the
ASME Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII Division I. and by the
Chemical Plant and Refinery Piping Code. ANSI B31.3, for service at
temperatures as low as -425°F (-254"C) without qualification by
impact tests. Other AISI stainless steel grades are usually
accepted for service temperatures as low as - 325°F (-198"C)
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 I when service
temperatures are lower than -50"F (-46°C).
Grades TP304H, TP304N, TP316H, TP316N, TP321H, TP347H, and
TP348H are modifications of Grades TP304, TP316, TP32 I , TP34 7,
and TP348, and are intended for high temperature service.
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, one or more of these may be specified in the order.
Table X 1.1 of this specification lists the dimensions of welded
and seamless stainless steel pipe as shown in ANSI B36.19. Pipe
having other dimensions may be furnished provided such pipe
complies with all other requirements of this
specification.
The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the
standard.
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."
2 For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
applications see related Specification SA-312 in Section II of that
Code.