ASTM A213 / ASME SA213 TP444 Stainless Steel Seamless Tube for Heat Exchanger Application
ASTM A213/ASME SA213 Standard Specification for Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Superheater, and Heat-Exchanger Tubes. YUHONG GROUP is specialized manufacturer of ASTM A213 TP304L, ASME SA213 TP304 TP304L TP304H TP316L TP316Ti TP321 TP317L TP347 TP347H Stainless Steel Heat Exchanger Tubesare used in Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger with all types of process industries. We offer the market’s widest selection of stainless steel grades and has extensive experience of manufacturing heat exchanger tubes.
ASTM A213/ASME SA213 Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes are finished in accordance with customer needs regarding dimensional and wall thickness specifications as well as heat treatment for more demanding applications. In general ASTM A213 stainless steel seamless tube is manufactured in sizes from 1/2” to 8”NB according to current standards ASTM, API, and ASME.
ASTM A213 / ASME SA213 Heat Exchanger Tube Main Testing Terms and Procedure
1. Heat Treatment and Solution Annealing / Bright Annealing
2. Cutting to required length and deburring;
3. Chemical Composition Analysis Test With 100% PMI and One tube from each heat by Direct Reading Spectrometer
4. Visual Test and Endoscope Test for Surface Quality Test
5. 100% Hydrostatic Test and 100% Eddy Current Test
6. Ultrasonic Test subject to the MPS (Material Purchase Specification)
7. Mechanical Tests includes Tension Test, Flattening Test, Flaring Test, Hardness Test
8. Impact Test subject to Standard request
9. Grain Size Test and Intergranular Corrosion Test
10. Ultrasoic measuring of Wall Thickness.
Tubes End: Tubes are supplied with Plain end, Bevel end, Square cut under request, and deburring.
ASTM A213 TP444 Chemical Element Composition Content
Component | C | Si | Mn | P | S | Cr | Mo | N | More |
Max | - | - | - | - | - | 17.5 | 1.75 | - | Ni+Cu≤1.00;Ti+Nb:0.20+4(C+N) ~ 0.80 |
Min | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 19.5 | 2.5 | 0.035 |
ASTM A213 TP444 Stainless Steel Seamless Tube Heat Exchanger Tube Mechanical Properties
Tensile strength σb, Mpa | yield point σs, Mpa | elongation or elongation after fracture δ, % | Hardness HBW |
≥415 | ≥275 | ≥20 | ≤217 |
ASTM A213 TP444 stainless steel seamless tube has become an ultra-pure ferritic stainless steel pipe with excellent performance due to its excellent immunity to chloride stress corrosion cracking (Cl-SCC), top resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion, low thermal expansion and other excellent physical properties and affordable cost performance. This also makes ASTM A213 TP444 stainless steel seamless tube widely used in water treatment systems, heat exchangers, seawater desalination equipment and other industrial fields in chlorine-containing medium working environment. At the same time, during the use of ASTM A213 TP444 stainless steel seamless tube, the working temperature must be strictly controlled to avoid the brittle range of 370-540°C, and the standard process must be strictly followed during welding and cold processing.
ASTM A213 TP444 Stainless Steel Seamless Tube Application:
Nuclear Industries
Chemical Industry
Petro-Chemical industry
HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning), refrigeration
Food and Beverages
Power Generation
Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers