Seamless aluminum tube ASTM-B234 Grade 5052

ASTM-B234 is standard Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes for Condensers and Heat Exchangers. ASTM B234 Grade 5052 is typical material Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes for Condensers.

1. ASTM-B234 Scope

1.1 This specification 2 covers aluminum-alloy drawn seamless round tube in straight lengths designated as shown in Table 2, for use in surface condensers, evaporators and heat exchangers.

2. ASTM-B234 Referenced Documents

2.1 The following documents of the issue in effect on date of material purchase form a part of this specification to the extent referenced herein:

2.2 ASTM Standards:  

B210 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes

B210M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Drawn Seamless Tubes (Metric)

B221 Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles, and Tubes

B221M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Bars, Rods, Wire, Profiles, and Tubes (Metric)

B241/B241M Specification for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Seamless Pipe and Seamless Extruded Tube

B429/B429M Specification for Aluminum-Alloy Extruded Structural Pipe and Tube

B557 Test Methods for Tension Testing Wrought and Cast Aluminum- and Magnesium-Alloy Products

B660 Practices for Packaging/Packing of Aluminum and Magnesium Products

B666/B666M Practice for Identification Marking ofAluminum and Magnesium Products

B881 Terminology Relating toAluminum- and Magnesium Alloy Products

B918 Practice for Heat Treatment of Wrought Aluminum Alloys

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E34 Test Methods for Chemical Analysis ofAluminum and Aluminum-Base Alloys

E215 Practice for Standardizing Equipment for Electromagnetic Examination of Seamless Aluminum-Alloy Tube

E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)

E607 Test Method for Atomic Emission Spectrometric Analysis Aluminum Alloys by the Point to Plane Technique Nitrogen Atmosphere

E716 Practices for Sampling and Sample Preparation of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys for Determination of Chemical Composition by Spectrochemical Analysis

E1251 Test Method for Analysis of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys by Atomic Emission Spectrometry

2.3 ANSI Standards:

H35.1 Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for Aluminum

H35.2 Dimensional Tolerances forAluminum Mill Products

4. ASTM-B234 Ordering Information

4.1 Orders for material to this specification shall include the following information:

4.1.1 This specification designation (which includes the number, the year, and the revision letter, if applicable),

4.1.2 Quantity in pieces or pounds,

4.1.3 Alloy,

4.1.4 Temper,

4.1.5 Outside or inside diameter, wall thickness, and length,

4.1.6 For alloy Alclad 3003, state clad inside or outside

4.2 Additionally, orders for material to this specification shall include the following information when required by the purchaser:

4.2.1 Whether heat treatment in accordance with Practice B918 is required,

4.2.2 Whether cut ends of tube are to be deburred,

4.2.3 Whether inspection or witness of inspection and tests by the purchaser’s representative is required prior to material shipment,

4.2.5 Whether marking for identification is required, and

4.2.6 Whether Practices B660 applies and, if so, the level of preservation, packaging, and packing required .

5. ASTM-B234 Manufacture

5.1 The tube shall be produced by drawing an extruded tube made from hollow extrusion ingot (cast in hollow form or pierced) and extruded by use of the die and mandrel method.

Below is a typical inquiry as per ASTM-B234 Graed 5052

Heat Exchanger & Condenser Tube, Aluminum-Alloy Seamless, Solid Drawn, Metric, Mat: In Acc. With ASTM-B234 Graed 5052 Testing, Tolerance, Etc. To Astm-B234 To Be Shipped In Seaworty Boxes Minimum Wall Thickness 38 mm Od, W/T 18 Bwg, Length 3290 Mm, Temper H34, To Be Shipped In Seaworty Boxes

Heat Exchanger & Condenser Tube, Aluminum-Alloy Seamless, Solid Drawn, Metric Mat: In Acc. With Astm-B234 Grade 5052, Testing, Tolerance, Etc To Astm-B234 Minimum Wall Thickness

38 Mm Od,   W/T 18 Bwg,     Length 4100 Mm. Temper H34 38 Mm Od,   W/T 18 Bwg,     Length 4960 Mm. Temper H34, To Be Shipped In Seaworty Boxes

ASTM-B234 Graed 5052