ASTM A269/A269M-24

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: A269/A269M − 24
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for
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General Service
This standard is issued under the fixed designation A269/A269M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This specification covers grades of nominal-wall- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
thickness, stainless steel tubing for general corrosion-resisting A262 Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular
and low- or high-temperature service, as designated in Table 1. Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels
A480/A480M Specification for General Requirements for
1.2 The tubing sizes and thicknesses usually furnished to
Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
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this specification are ⁄4 in. [6.4 mm] in inside diameter and
Sheet, and Strip
larger and 0.020 in. [0.51 mm] in nominal wall-thickness and
A632 Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic
heavier.
Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Ser-
1.3 Mechanical property requirements do not apply to
vice
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tubing smaller than ⁄8 in. [3.2 mm] in inside diameter or 0.015
A1016/A1016M Specification for General Requirements for
in. [0.38 mm] in thickness.
Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stainless
Steel Tubes
NOTE 1—Additional testing requirements may apply for use in ASME
B31.3 applications. E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
1.4 Optional supplementary requirements are provided and,
2.2 ASME Piping Code:
when one or more of these are desired, each shall be so stated
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ASME B31.3 Process Piping
in the order.
2.3 Other Standard:
1.5 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
SAE J1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
are to be regarded separately as standard. Within the text, SI
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(UNS)
units are shown in brackets. The values stated in each system
may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be
3. Ordering Information
used independently of the other. Combining values from the
3.1 Orders for material under this specification should
two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
include the following, as required, to describe the desired
The inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M” designation of
material adequately:
this specification is specified in the order.
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
1.6 This international standard was developed in accor-
3.1.2 Name of material (seamless or welded tubes),
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
3.1.3 Grade (Table 1),
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and nominal wall thickness),
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, the ASTM website.
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Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee Available from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME
A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products. International Headquarters, Two Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5990, http://
Current edition approved March 1, 2024. Published March 2024. Originally www.asme.org.
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approved in 1944. Last previous edition approved in 2022 as A269/A269M – 22. Available from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 400 Commonwealth
DOI: 10.1520/A0269_A0269M-24. Dr., Warrendale, PA 15096-0001, http://www.sae.org.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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TABLE 1 Chemical Requirements %
Composition, %
Grade TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
. . . . . .
201 201LN 304 304L 304LN 316 316L 316LN . . . 317 321 347 348 XM-10 XM-11 XM-15 XM-19
UNS
S20100 S20153 S30400 S30403 S30416 S30453 S31600 31603 S31653 S31655 S31700 S31730 S32100 S34700 S34800 S21900 S21904 S38100 S2091
...