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ASTM B163 - 11e1


ASTM B163 - 11e1 Standard Specification for Seamless Nickel and Nickel Alloy Condenser and Heat-Exchanger Tubes


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Abstract

This specification covers seamless tubes of nickel and nickel alloy for use in condenser and heat-exchanger service. This covers outside diameter and average wall, or outside diameter and minimum wall tube. Tube shall be furnished in the alloys and conditions defined by this specification. The material shall conform to the composition limits of nickel, copper, molybdenum, iron, manganese, carbon, silicon, chromium, aluminium, titanium, phosphorus, cerium, zirconium, yttrium, born, cobalt, columblum, tungsten, and nitrogen specified. Tensile strength, yield strength, elongation, and Rockwell hardness of the material shall conform to the required mechanical properties set by this specification. Test methods such as chemical analysis, tension, rounding procedure, Rockwell hardness, grain size and hardness conversion shall be performed.

This abstract is a brief summary of the referenced standard. It is informational only and not an official part of the standard; the full text of the standard itself must be referred to for its use and application. ASTM does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents of this abstract are accurate, complete or up to date.

1. Scope

1.1 This specification2 covers seamless tubes of nickel and nickel alloys, as shown in Table 1, for use in condenser and heat-exchanger service.

TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements A

 

Composition,%

N02200

N02201

N04400

N06025

N06045

N06600

N06601

N06603

N06686

N06690

Nickel

99.0 minB

99.0 minB

63.0 minB

remainderB

45.0 minB

72.0 minB

58.0–63.0

remainderB

remainderB

58.0 minB

Copper

0.25

0.25

28.0–34.0

0.1

0.3

0.5

1.0

0.5

...

0.5

Molybdenum

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

15.0–17.0

...

Iron

0.40

0.40

2.5

8.0–11.0

21.0–25.0

6.0–10.0

remainderB

8.0–11.0

5.0

7.0–11.0

Manganese

0.35

0.35

2.0

0.15

1.0

1.0

1.0

0.15

0.75

0.5

Carbon

0.15

0.02

0.3

0.15–0.25

0.05–0.12

0.15

0.10

0.20–0.40

0.010

0.05

Silicon

0.35

0.35

0.5

0.5

2.5–3.0

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.08

0.5

Sulfur

0.01

0.01

0.024

0.010

0.010

0.015

0.015

0.010

0.02

0.015

Chromium

...

...

...

24.0–26.0

26.0–29.0

14.0–17.0

21.0–25.0

24.0–26.0

19.0–23.0

27.0–31.0

Aluminum

...

...

...

1.8–2.4

...

...

1.0–1.7

2.4–3.0

...

...

Titanium

...

...

...

0.1–0.2

...

...

...

0.01–0.25

0.02–0.25

...

Phosphorus

...

...

...

0.020

0.020

...

...

0.02

0.04

...

Cerium

...

...

...

...

0.03–0.09

...

...

...

...

...

Zirconium

...

...

...

0.01–0.10

...

...

...

0.01–0.10

...

...

Yttrium

...

...

...

0.05–0.12

...

...

...

0.01–0.15

...

...

Boron

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

Cobalt

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

Columbium
(Nb)

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

Tungsten

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

3.0–4.4

...

Nitrogen

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...

A Maximum unless range or minimum is given. Where ellipses (...) appear in this table, there is no requirement and analysis for the element need not be determined or reported.
B Element shall be determined arithmetically by difference.
TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements A (continued)

 

 

N06696

N06845

N08120

N08800

N08801

N08810

N08811

N08825

Nickel

remainderB

44.0–50.0

35.0–39.0

30.0–35.0

30.0–34.0

30.0–35.0

30.0–35.0

38.0–46.0

Copper

1.5–3.0

2.0–4.0

0.50

0.75

0.50

0.75

0.75

1.5–3.0

Molybdenum

1.0–3.0

5.0–7.0

2.50

B829 Specification for General Requirements for Nickel and Nickel Alloys Seamless Pipe and Tube

B880 Specification for General Requirements for Chemical Check Analysis Limits for Nickel, Nickel Alloys and Cobalt Alloys

E8 Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials

E18 Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E76 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Nickel-Copper Alloys

E112 Test Methods for Determining Average Grain Size

E140 Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, and Scleroscope Hardness

E1473 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Nickel, Cobalt, and High-Temperature Alloys

Military Standard

MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage

Federal Standards

Fed.Std.No.182 Continuous Identification Marking of Nickel and Nickel-Base Alloys



Keywords

seamless tube; UNS N02200; UNS N02201; UNS N04400; UNS N06025; UNS N06045; UNS N06600; UNS N06601; UNS N06603; UNS N06686; UNS N06690; UNS N06696; UNS N06845; UNS N08120; UNS N08800; UNS N08801; UNS N08810; UNS N08811; UNS N08825; ICS Number Code 8825; 23.040.15 (Non-ferrous metal pipes); 77.150.40 (Nickel and chromium products)



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DOI: 10.1520/B0163-11E01

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