This covers seamless stainless steel tubing for use in mechanical applications where corrosion-resistant or high-temperature strength is needed. The steel cast in ingots or may be strand cast. When steel of different grades is sequentially strand cast, identification of the resultant transition material is required. The tubes shall be made by a seamless process and by either cold working or hot working as specified. Seamless stainless steel tubing is a tubular product made without a welded seam.

It is usually manufactured by hot working steel and then cold finishing the hot-worked tubing to produce the desired shape, dimensions and properties All austenitic tubes shall be furnished in the annealed condition. An analysis of each heat of steel shall be made to determine the percentages of the elements specified. If secondary melting processes are employed, the heat analysis shall be obtained from one remelted ingot or the product of one remelted ingot of each primary melt.

This specification covers seamless stainless steel tube for use in mechanical applications where corrosion-resistant or high-temperature strength is needed. This specification covers seamless cold-finished mechanical tubing and seamless hot-finished mechanical tubing in sizes up to 12¾ in. [325 mm] in outside nominal diameter with wall thicknesses as required.

Tubes shall be furnished in one of the following shapes, as specified by the purchaser: round, square, rectangular, or special. Optional supplementary requirements are provided and when desired, shall be stated in the order.

The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in square brackets. The values stated in each system are not exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other.

2. Referenced Documents
A1016/A1016M Specification for General Requirements for Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stainless Steel Tubes
ASTM A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
E59 Practice for Sampling Steel and Iron for Determination of Chemical Composition
MIL-STD-129 Marking for Shipment and Storage
MIL-STD-163 Steel Mill Products Preparation for Shipment and Storage
Fed. Std. No. 123 Marking for Shipments (Civil Agencies)

Index Terms
austenitic stainless steel; mechanical tubing; seamless steel tube; stainless steel tube; steel tube; Corrosive service applications--tube (steel); High-temperature service applications--steel tube; Mechanical tubing--specifications; Seamless steel tube--specifications; Stainless steel pipe--specifications; ICS Number Code 23.040.10; 23.040.40; ICS Number Code 23.040.10; 23.040.40