STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS

FERRITIC ALLOY-STEEL PIPE FOR HIGH-

TEMPERATURE SERVICE
SA-335 /SA-335M

(Identical with ASTM Specification A 335 /A 335M-95a.)

1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents

1.1 This specification covers nominal (average) wall 2.1 ASTM Standards:
seamless alloy-steel pipe intended for high-temperature A 450 /A 450M Specification for General Requirements
service. Pipe ordered to this specification shall be for Carbon Ferritic Alloy, and Austenitic Alloy Steel
suitable for bending, flanging (vanstoning), and similar Tube
forming operations, and for fusion welding. Selection A 530 /A 530M Specification for General Requirements
will depend upon design, service conditions, mechanical for Specialized Carbon and Alloy Steel Pipe
properties, and high-temperature characteristics. E 213 Practice for Ultrasonic Examination of Metal Pipe
and Tubing
1.2 Several grades of ferritic steels (Note 1) are E 309 Practice for Eddy-Current Examination of Steel
covered. Their compositions are given in Table 1. Tubular Products Using Magnetic Saturation
E 381 Method of Macroetch Testing, Inspection, and
NOTE 1 — Ferritic steels in this specification are defined as low- Rating Steel Products, Comprising Bars, Billets,
and intermediate-alloy steels containing up to and including 10%
chromium. Blooms, and Forgings
E 527 Practice for Numbering Alloys and Metals (UNS)
1.3 Supplementary requirements (S1 to S7) of an E 570 Practice for Flux Leakage Examination of Ferro-
optional nature are provided. These supplementary re- magnetic Steel Tubular Products
quirements call for additional tests to be made, and
when desired, shall be so stated in the order together 2.2 Other Documents:
with the number of such tests required. SNT-TC-1A Recommended Practice for Nondestructive
Personnel Qualification and Certification
1.4 The values stated in either inch-pound units or SAE J 1086 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys
SI units are to be regarded separately as standard. (UNS)
Within the text, the SI units are shown in brackets. The
values stated in each system are not exact equivalents;
therefore, each system must be used independently of
the other. Combining values from the two systems may
result in noncomformace with the specification. The
inch-pound units shall apply unless the “M” designation 3. General Requirements
of this specification is specified in the order. 3.1 Material furnished to this specification shall con-
form to the applicable requirements of the current
NOTE 2 — The dimensionless designator NPS (nominal pipe size)
has been substituted in this standard for such traditional terms as edition of Specification A 530 /A 530M, unless other-
“nominal diameter,” “size,” and “nominal size.” wise provided herein.

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4. Ordering Information ture; consequently, the purchaser should advise the manufacturer if
the service temperature is to be over 1100°F [600°C].
4.1 Orders for material under this specification should
include the following, as required, to describe the 5.3.2 Pipe of Grades P1, P2, and P12, either hot
desired material adequately: finished or cold drawn, may be given a final heat
4.1.1 Quantity (feet, centimetres, or number of treatment at 1200°F [650°C] to 1300°F [705°C] instead
lengths), of heat treatments specified in 5.3.1.

4.1.2 Name of material (seamless alloy steel pipe), 5.3.3 All pipe of Grades P5c shall be given a
final heat treatment in the range from 1325°F [715°C]
4.1.3 Grade (Table 1), to 1375°F [745°C].
4.1.4 Manufacture (hot-finished or cold-drawn), NOTE 4 — Certain of the ferritic steels covered by this specification
will harden if cooled rapidly from above their critical temperature.
4.1.5 Size (NPS or outside diameter and schedule Some will air harden, that is, become hardened to an undesirable
number or average wall thickness), degree when cooled in air from high temperatures. Therefore, opera-
tions involving heating such steels above their critical temperatures,
4.1.6 Length (specific or random), such as welding, flanging, and hot bending, should be followed by
suitable heat treatment.
4.1.7 End finish (Ends Section of Specification A
530 /A 530M),
5.3.4 Grade T92 shall be normalized at 1900°F
4.1.8 Optional requirements (Sections 7, 10, and [1040°C] minimum and tempered at 1350°F [730°C]
11, of this specification. See the Sections on Hydrostatic minimum is a final heat treatment.
Test Requirements and Permissible Variation in Weight
for Seamless Pipe in Specification A 530 /A 530 M), 5.4 Except when Supplementary Requirement S7 is
specified by the purchaser, Grade P91 shall be normal-
4.1.9 Test report required (Certification Section of ized at 1900°F [1040°C] minimum, and tempered at
Specification A 530 /A 530M), 1350°F [730°C] minimum as a final heat treatment.
Alternatively, liquid quenching and tempering is allowed
4.1.10 Specification designation, and
for thicknesses above 3 in. when mutually agreed upon
4.1.11 Special requirements or any supplementary between the manufacturer and the purchaser. In this
requirements selected, or both. case the pipe shall be quenched from 1900°F [1040°C]
minimum and tempered at 1350°F [730°C] minimum
as final heat treatment.
5. Materials and Manufacture
5.1 Pipe may be either hot finished or cold drawn
with the finishing treatment as required in 5.3. 6. Chemical Composition
5.2 Grade P2 and P12 — The steel shall be made 6.1 The steel shall conform to the requirements as
by coarse-grain melting practice. Specific limits, if any, to chemical composition prescribed in Table 1.
on grain size or deoxidation practice shall be a matter
of agreement between the manufacturer and purchaser.
5.3 Heat Treatment: 7. Product Analysis

5.3.1 All pipe of grades shown in Table 1 except 7.1 At the request of the purchaser, an analysis of two
P5c, P91, and P92, and as provided in 5.3.2, shall be pipes from each lot shall be made by the manufacturer. A
reheated and furnished in the full-annealed, isothermal lot (Note 5) of pipe shall consist of the following:
annealed, or normalized and tempered condition. If
NPS Designator
furnished in the normalized and tempered condition,
Under 2 400 or fraction thereof
the minimum tempering temperature for Grades P5,
2 to 5 200 or fraction thereof
P5b, P9, P21, and P22 shall be 1250°F [675°C], the 6 and over 100 or fraction thereof
minimum tempering temperature for Grades P1, P2,
P11, P12, and P15 shall be 1200°F [650°C].
NOTE 3 — It is recommended that the temperature for tempering NOTE 5 — A lot shall consist of the number of lengths specified
should be at least 100°F [50°C] above the intended service tempera- in 7.1 of the same size and wall thickness from any one heat of steel.

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Example: A335/A 335M Pipe P-11 NPS 12 Sch 40 15.1.5.1 Pipe or tube,
Specification Number ASTM A 335/A 335M 15.1.5.2 Part number,
Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P
Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-11 15.1.5.3 Ultrasonic inspection, if required,
NPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.375 15.1.5.4 If shear wave test is to be conducted
in two opposite circumferential directions, and
15.1.4.2
15.1.5.5 Level of preservation and packing re-
Specification Number . . . . . . ASTM A 335/A 335M quired.
Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T
Grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-11
Outside Diameter . . . . . . . . . 0.250
Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.035
16. Keywords
15.1.5 Ordering Information — Orders for material 16.1 alloy steel pipe; high temperature service; seam-
under this specification shall include the following in less steel pipe; steel pipe; temperature service applica-
addition to the requirements of Section 3: tions, high

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TABLE 1
CHEMICAL REQUIREMENTS

Composition, %
UNS
Designation Phosphorus, Sulfur,
Grade [Note (1)] Carbon Manganese max max Silicon Chromium Molybdenum Others
P1 K11522 0.10–0.20 0.30–0.80 0.025 0.025 0.10–0.50 ... 0.44–0.65 ...
P2 K11547 0.10–0.20 0.30–0.61 0.025 0.025 0.10–0.30 0.50–0.81 0.44–0.65 ...
P5 K41545 0.15 max 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 0.50 max 4.00–6.00 0.45–0.65 ...
P5b K51545 0.15 max 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 1.00–2.00 4.00–6.00 0.45–0.65 ...
P5c K41245 0.12 max 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 0.50 max 4.00–6.00 0.45–0.65 . . . [Note (2)]
P9 S50400 0.15 max 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 0.25–1.00 8.00–10.00 0.90–1.10 ...
P11 K11597 0.05–0.15 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 0.50–1.00 1.00–1.50 0.44–0.65 ...
P12 K11562 0.05–0.15 0.30–0.61 0.025 0.025 0.50 max 0.80–1.25 0.44–0.65 ...
P15 K11578 0.05–0.15 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 1.15–1.65 ... 0.44–0.65 ...
P21 K31545 0.05–0.15 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 0.50 max 2.65–3.35 0.80–1.06 ...
P22 K21590 0.05–0.15 0.30–0.60 0.025 0.025 0.50 max 1.90–2.60 0.87–1.13 ...
P91 K91560 0.08–0.12 0.30–0.60 0.020 0.010 0.20–0.50 8.00–9.50 0.85–1.05 V 0.18–0.25
N 0.030–0.070
Ni 0.40 max
Al 0.04 max
Cb 0.06–0.10
T92 K92460 0.07–0.13 0.30–0.60 0.020 0.010 0.50 max 8.50–9.50 0.30–0.60 V 0.15–0.25
N 0.03–0.07
Ni 0.40 max
Al 0.04 max
Cb 0.04–0.09
W 1.5–2.00
B 0.001–0.006
NOTES:
(1) New designation established in accordance with Practice E 527 and SAE J1086, Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys (UNS).
(2) Grade P5c shall have a titanium content of not less than 4 times the carbon content and not more than 0.70%; or a columbium content of
8 to 10 times the carbon content.

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