APPENDIX E3

TUBE PROPERTIES
Ervin L. Geiger
Engineering Supervisor
Bechtel Power Corporation
Frederick, Maryland

E.31

TABLE E3.1

Weights of Tubing, Pound per Foot Length

Wall thickness, in.

E.32

OD,
in.

0.050

0.095

0.150

0.200

0.250

0.300

0.360

0.400

0.460

0.500

0.500
0.750
1.000
1.250
1.500

0.2403
0.3738
0.5073
0.6408
0.7743

0.4109
0.6646
0.9182
1.172
1.426

0.5607
0.9612
1.362
1.762
2.163

1.175
1.709
2.243
2.777

1.335
2.003
2.670
3.338

2.243
3.044
3.845

2.461
3.422
4.383

3.631
4.699

5.109

5.340

1.750
2.000
2.250
2.500
2.750

0.9078
1.041
1.175
1.308
1.442

1.679
1.933
2.186
2.440
2.694

2.563
2.964
3.364
3.765
4.165

3.311
3.845
4.379
4.913
5.447

4.005
4.673
5.340
6.008
6.675

4.646
5.447
6.248
7.049
7.850

5.344
6.305
7.267
8.228
9.189

5.767
6.835
7.903
8.971
10.04

6.338
7.566
8.794
10.02
11.25

3.000
3.250
3.500
3.750
4.000

1.575
1.709
1.842
1.976
2.109

2.947
3.201
3.455
3.708
3.962

4.566
4.966
5.367
5.767
6.168

5.981
6.515
7.049
7.583
8.117

7.343
8.010
8.678
9.345
10.01

8.651
9.452
10.25
11.05
11.85

10.15
11.11
12.07
13.03
14.00

11.11
12.18
13.24
14.31
15.38

4.250
4.500
4.750

2.243
2.376
2.510

4.216
4.469
4.723

6.568
6.969
7.369

8.651
9.185
9.719

10.68
11.35
12.02

12.66
13.46
14.26

14.96
15.92
16.88

16.45
17.52
18.58

0.625

0.750

0.875

1.000

1.125

6.675
8.010
9.345
10.68
12.02

7.509
9.178
10.85
12.52
14.18

10.01
12.02
14.02
16.02

15.19
17.52

18.69

12.48
13.71
14.93
16.16
17.39

13.35
14.69
16.02
17.36
18.69

15.85
17.52
19.19
20.86
22.53

18.02
20.03
22.03
24.03
26.03

19.86
22.19
24.53
26.87
29.20

21.36
24.03
26.70
29.37
32.04

31.54
34.54

18.62
19.85
21.08

20.03
21.36
22.70

24.20
25.87
27.53

28.04
30.04
32.04

31.54
33.88
36.21

34.71
37.38
40.05

37.55
40.55
43.55

1.250

46.73

TABLE E3.1

Weights of Tubing, Pound per Foot Length (Continued)

Wall thickness, in.

E.33

OD,
in.

0.050

0.095

0.150

0.200

0.250

0.300

0.360

0.400

0.460

0.500

0.625

0.750

0.875

1.000

1.125

1.250

5.000
5.250

2.643
....

4.977
5.230

7.770
8.170

10.25
10.79

12.68
13.35

15.06
15.86

17.84
18.80

19.65
20.72

22.30
23.53

24.03
25.37

29.20
30.87

34.04
36.05

38.55
40.88

42.72
45.39

46.56
49.56

50.06
53.40

5.500
5.750
6.000
6.250
6.500

....
....
....
....
....

5.484
5.738
5.991
6.245
....

8.571
8.971
9.372
9.772
10.17

11.32
11.85
12.39
12.92
13.46

14.02
14.69
15.35
16.02
16.69

16.66
17.46
18.26
19.06
19.86

19.76
20.72
21.68
22.65
23.61

21.79
22.86
23.92
24.99
26.06

24.76
25.99
27.22
28.45
29.67

26.70
28.04
29.37
30.71
32.04

32.54
34.21
35.88
37.55
39.22

38.05
40.05
42.05
44.06
46.06

43.22
45.56
47.89
50.23
52.57

48.06
50.73
53.40
56.07
58.74

52.57
55.57
58.57
61.58
64.58

56.74
60.08
63.41
66.75
70.09

6.750
7.000
7.250
7.500
7.750

....
....
....
....
....

....
....
....
....
....

10.57
10.97
11.37
....
....

13.99
14.52
15.06
15.59
16.13

17.36
18.02
18.69
19.36
20.03

20.67
21.47
22.27
23.07
23.87

24.57
25.53
26.49
27.45
28.41

27.13
28.20
29.26
30.33
31.40

30.90
32.13
33.36
34.59
35.81

33.38
34.71
36.05
37.38
38.72

40.88
42.55
44.22
45.89
47.56

48.06
50.06
52.07
54.07
56.07

54.90
57.24
59.57
61.91
64.25

61.41
64.08
66.75
69.42
72.09

67.58
70.59
73.59
76.60
79.60

73.43
76.76
80.10
83.44
86.78

8.000
8.250
8.500
8.750
9.000

....
....
....
....
....

....
....
....
....
....

....
....
....
....
....

16.66
17.19
17.73
....
....

20.69
21.36
22.03
22.70
23.36

24.67
25.47
26.27
27.07
27.87

29.37
30.34
31.30
32.26
33.22

32.47
33.54
34.60
35.67
36.74

37.04
38.27
39.50
40.73
41.96

40.05
41.39
42.72
44.06
45.39

49.23
50.90
52.57
54.23
55.90

58.07
60.08
62.08
64.08
66.08

66.58
68.92
71.26
73.59
75.93

74.76
77.43
80.10
82.77
85.44

82.60
85.61
88.61
91.61
94.62

90.11
93.45
96.79
100.1
103.5

9.250
9.500
9.750
10.000

....
....
....
....

....
....
....
....

....
....
....
....

....
....
....
....

24.03
24.70
25.37
26.03

28.68
29.48
30.28
31.08

34.18
35.14
36.10
37.06

37.81
38.88
39.94
41.01

43.18
44.41
45.64
46.87

46.73
48.06
49.40
50.73

57.57
59.24
60.91
62.58

68.09
70.09
72.09
74.09

78.26
80.60
82.94
85.27

88.11
90.78
93.45
96.12

97.62
100.6
103.6
106.6

106.8
110.1
113.5
116.8

TABLE E3.2

Diameter and Wall-Thickness Tolerances for Seamless Hot-Finished Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel (AISI)*
Wall thickness tolerance, %
OD tolerance

E.34

Specified size,
OD, in.
Under 3 . . .
35, excl. .
58, excl. .
810, incl.
810, incl.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

0.109 in.
and under

Over 0.109
to 0.172 in., incl.

Over 0.172
to 0.203 in., incl.

Over
0.203 in.

Ratio of wall
thickness to OD

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

All wall thicknesses

All wall thicknesses
All wall thicknesses
5% and over
Under 5%

0.023
0.031
0.047
0.047
0.063

0.023
0.031
0.047
0.047
0.063

16.5
16.5
...
...
...

16.5
16.5
...
...
...

15
15
..
..
..

15
15
..
..
..

14
14
14
..
..

14
14
14
..
..

12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5

12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5
12.5

* The common range of sizes of hot-finished tubes is 1 to and including 10 in outside diameter with wall
thickness not less than 0.095 in (no. 13 BWG) or 3 percent or more of the outside diameter. For sizes under 1 or
over 10 in outside diameter, the tolerances are commonly negotiated between the purchaser and producer.
Source: Steel Products Manual.

TABLE E3.3

Diameter and Wall-Thickness Tolerances for Seamless Cold-Worked Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel (AISI)1
Unannealed or
finish-annealed
OD, in.

Size, OD,
in.

E.35

, excl.2,3. . . . . . .
1, excl.2,3,4,5 . . . . .
13, excl.2,3,4,5 . . . .
35, excl.4,5 . . . . .
58, excl.5, wall. . . .
less than 5% OD
58, excl., wall . . . .
from 5 to 7.5% OD
58, excl.4, wall. . . .
over 7.5% OD
810, incl.5, wall . . .
less than 5% OD
810, incl., wall. . . .
from 5 to 75% OD
810, incl.4, wall . . .
over 7.5% OD

Soft annealed or
normalized

ID, in.

OD, in.

Quenched and
tempered

ID, in.

OD, in.

ID, in.

Wall thickness
all conditions,
%

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

Over

Under

.
.
.
.
.

0.004
0.005
0.010
0.015
0.030

0
0
0
0
0.030

....
0
0
0.005
0.035

....
0.005
0.010
0.015
0.035

0.006
0.008
0.015
0.023
0.060

0.002
0.002
0.005
0.007
0.060

....
0.002
0.005
0.015
0.070

....
0.008
0.015
0.025
0.070

0.010
0.015
0.030
0.045
....

0.010
0.015
0.030
0.045
....

....
0.015
0.030
0.045
....

....
0.015
0.030
0.045
....

15
10
10
10
10

15
10
10
10
10

..

0.020

0.020

0.025

0.025

0.040

0.040

0.050

0.050

....

....

....

....

10

10

..

0.030

0.015

0.030

0.045

0.015

0.037

0.053

....

....

....

....

10

10

..

0.045

0.045

0.050

0.050

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

10

10

..

0.035

0.035

0.040

0.040

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

10

10

..

0.045

0.015

0.040

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

....

10

10

.
.
.
.
.

1
For tolerances closer than those indicated, availability and applicable tolerances for tubing less than in OD or larger than 10-in. OD, the producer
should be consulted.
2
For those tubes with inside diameter less than in (or less than in when the wall thickness is more than 20 percent of the outside diameter), which
are not commonly drawn over a mandrel, note4 is not applicable. Unless otherwise agreed upon by the purchaser and producer, the wall thickness may vary
15 percent over and under that specified, and the inside diameter is governed by the outside diameter and wall-thickness tolerances shown.
3
For tubes with inside diameter less than in (or less than in when the wall thickness is more than 20 percent of the outside diameter), which can
be produced by the rod or bar mandrel process, the tolerances are as shown in the above table except that the wall-thickness tolerances are 10 percent over
and under the specified wall thickness.
4
Many tubes with inside diameter less than 50 percent of outside diameter, with wall thickness more than 25 percent of outside diameter, with wall
thickness over 1 in or weighing more than 90 lb/ft are difficult to draw over a mandrel. Unless otherwise agreed upon by the purchaser and producer the
inside diameter may vary over or under by an amount equal to 10 percent of the wall thickness and the wall thickness may vary 12 percent over and under
that specified.
5
Tubing have a wall thickness less than 3 percent of the outside diameter cannot be straightened properly without a certain amount of distortion.
Consequently, such tubes, while having an average outside diameter and inside diameter within the tolerances shown in the above table, require an ovality
tolerance of 0.5 percent over and under nominal outside diameter, this being in addition to the tolerances indicated in the above table.
Source: AISI Steel Products Manual.