Designation: A789/A789M −24
Standard Specification for
Seamless and Welded Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel
Tubing for General Service
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This standard is issued under the fixed designation A789/A789M; 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*
1.1 This specification
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covers grades of average wall
thickness, or, if specified on the order, minimum wall
thickness, of stainless steel tubing for services requiring
general corrosion resistance, with particular emphasis on
resistance to stress corrosion cracking. These steels are suscep-
tible to embrittlement if used for prolonged periods at elevated
temperatures.
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
values from the two systems may result in non-conformance
with the standard. Within the text, the SI units are shown in
brackets. The inch-pound units shall apply unless the M
designation of this specification is specified in the order.
1.3 This international standard was developed in accor-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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A480/A480M Specification for General Requirements for
Flat-Rolled Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate,
Sheet, and Strip
A1016/A1016M Specification for General Requirements for
Ferritic Alloy Steel, Austenitic Alloy Steel, and Stainless
Steel Tubes
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the
Unified Numbering System (UNS)
2.2 SAE Standard:
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SAE J 1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
(UNS)
3. Ordering Information
3.1 Orders for product under this specification should in-
clude the following, as required, to describe the desired
material adequately:
3.1.1 Quantity (feet, metres, or number of lengths),
3.1.2 Name of product (seamless or welded tubes),
3.1.3 Grade (see Table 1),
3.1.4 Size (outside diameter and average wall thickness,
unless minimum wall thickness is specified),
3.1.5 Length (specific or random),
3.1.6 Optional requirements (for product analysis, see Sec-
tion 8; for hydrostatic or nondestructive electric test, see
Section 10),
3.1.7 Test report required (see the Inspection section of
Specification A1016/A1016M),
3.1.8 Specification designation, and
3.1.9 Special requirements.
4. General Requirements
4.1 Product furnished under this specification shall conform
to the applicable requirements of Specification A1016/
A1016M, unless otherwise provided herein.
5. Manufacture
5.1 The tubes shall be made by the seamless or welded
process with no filler metal added.
6. Heat Treatment
6.1 All tubes shall be furnished in the heat-treated condition
in accordance with the procedures shown in Table 2. For
seamless tubes, as an alternate to final heat treatment in a
continuous furnace or batch-type furnace, immediately follow-
ing hot forming while the temperature of the tubes is not less
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel,
Stainless Steel and Related Alloys and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products.
Current edition approved March 1, 2024. Published March 2024. Originally
approved in 1981. Last previous edition approved in 2022 as A789/A789M – 22.
DOI: 10.1520/A0789_A0789M-24.
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For ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code applications, see related Specifi-
cation SA–789 in Section II of that Code.
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*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard
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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.
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