Designation:B210−12UsedinUSNRC-NDTstandardsStandardSpecificationforAluminumandAluminum-AlloyDrawnSeamlessTubes1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationB210;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisspecification2coversaluminumandaluminum-alloydrawnseamlesstubesinstraightlengthsandcoilsforgeneralpurposeandpressureapplicationsinalloys(Note2),tempers,andthicknessesshowninTable2.Coiledtubesaregenerallyavailableonlyasroundtubeswithawallthicknessnotexceeding0.083in.andonlyinnonheat-treatablealloys.1.2AlloyandtemperdesignationsareinaccordancewithANSIH35.1/H35.1(M).TheequivalentUnifiedNumberingSystemalloydesignationsarethoseofTable1precededbyA9,forexample,A91100foraluminumdesignation1100inaccor-dancewithPracticeE527.NOTE1—SeeSpecificationB483/B483Mforaluminum-alloydrawntubesforgeneralpurposeapplications;SpecificationB234foraluminum-alloydrawnseamlesstubesforcondensersandheatexchangers;andSpecificationB241/B241Mforaluminum-alloyseamlesspipeandseam-lessextrudedtube.NOTE2—Throughoutthisspecification,useofthetermalloyinthegeneralsenseincludesaluminumaswellasaluminumalloy.1.3AcompletemetriccompaniontoSpecificationB210hasbeendeveloped—SpecificationB210M;therefore,nometricequivalentsarepresentedinthisspecification.1.4Foracceptancecriteriaforinclusionofnewaluminumandaluminumalloysinthisspecification,seeAnnexA2.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1Thefollowingdocumentsoftheissueineffectondateofmaterialpurchaseformapartofthisspecificationtotheextentreferencedherein:2.2ASTMStandards:3B234SpecificationforAluminumandAluminum-...
