ASTM A213/A213M TP316L Tube, A213 TP316L(UNS S31603) Seamless Stainless Steel Tube

ASTM A213/ A213M TP316L(UNS S31603) Seamless Stainless Steel Tube/ Pipe, which is kind of seamless ferritic- austenitic stainless tube and heat exchanger austenitic stainless tube for building boiler and heat exchanger.

ASTM A213/ A213M

Standard Specification for Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Superheater, and Heat-Exchanger Tubes

Heat Treatment: 

Pickled, Quenched, Tempered, Annealed, Solid Solution…( Optional if not provided in rules)

ASTM A213 Seamless Tube Sizes And Dimensions

The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to this specification are 1/8 inch [3.2 mm] in inside diameter to 5 inch [127 mm] in outside diameter and 0.015 to 0.500 in. [0.4 to 12.7 mm].

Custom outside diameter and wall thickness are listed as below, tubing having other diameters may be furnished, provided such tubes comply with all other requirements of this specification.

A213 TP316L Tubes Size availability:

15.8, 16.0, 19.05, 22, 25, 28, 38.1, 57, 60.3, 76.2, 88.9, 101.6 mm

Wall Thickness of A213 TP316L Tubes

WT: 0.889, 1.245, 1.651, 2.0, 2.11, 2.769, 3.404mm etc;

ASTM A213 TP316L Stainless Steel Pipes Chemical Composition

ASTM A213 TP316L Stainless Steel Pipes Mechanical Properties

ASTM A213 Wall Thickness Tolerances

ASTM A213 specifies Minimum wall thickness, namely, there is no mill under tolerance, only overtolerance, unless specified as average wall thickness is required, permissible variations from the specified average wall thickness shall be +/-10 % of the specified average wall thickness for cold-formed tubes.

Seamless tubing furnished to this specification shall conform to the requirements of Specification ASTM A1016/A1016M, including any supplementary requirements.

ASTM A213 Testing Requirement

Each tube shall be subjected to the nondestructive electric test or hydrostatic test, Manufacturer Material Test Certification as per EN 10204 3.1 should be provided.

• Tensile property, Elongation
• Hardness testing, Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers hardness
• Flattening testing
• Flaring testing
• Hydrostatic or Nondestructive test
• Intergranular Corrosion Test – ASTM A262/E (option)

ASTM Referenced Standards.

A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular- lar Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels.

A941 Terminology Relating to Steel, Stainless Steel, Related Alloys, and Ferroalloys.

A1016/A 1016M Specification for General Requirements for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stain-less Steel Tubes.

E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size.

ASTM A213 TP/316/TP316L PIPE SPECIFICATION