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269
Standard
Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic
Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
Overview
1.1 This specification covers grades
of nominal-wall-thickness, stainless steel tubing
for general corrosion-resisting and low- or high-temperature
service.
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses
usually furnished to this specification are 0.252
in. (6.4 mm) in inside diameter and larger and 0.020
in. (0.51 mm) in nominal wall-thickness and heavier.
1.3 Mechanical property requirements
do not apply to tubing smaller than 1/8 in. (3.2
mm) in inside diameter or 0.015 in. (0.38 mm) in
thickness.
1.4 Optional supplementary requirements
are provided and, when one or more of these are
desired, each shall be so stated in the order.
1.5
The values stated in inch-pound units are
to be regarded as the standard.