Designation:F2905/F2905M−13StandardSpecificationforBlackCrosslinkedPolyethylene(PEX)LinePipe,FittingsandJointsForOilandGasProducingApplications1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2905/F2905M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversoutsidediametercontrolled,pressurerated,blackmetric-sizedandIPS-sizedcrosslinkedpolyethylene(PEX)pipe,fittingsandjoints,madeinpipedimensionratiosrangingfrom6to17.Includedarerequire-mentsandtestmethodsformaterial,workmanship,dimensions,burstpressure,hydrostaticsustainedpressure,stabilizerfunctionality,bent-pipehydrostaticpressure,degreeofcrosslinking,andchemicalresistance.Requirementsforpipeandfittingsmarkingsarealsogiven.Thepipe,fittingsandjointscoveredbythisspecificationareintendedforpressureornon-pressureoilandgasproducingapplicationstoconveyfluidssuchasoil,dryorwetgas,gasgathering,multiphasefluids,andnon-potableoilfieldwater.Thisspecificationdoesnotcoverpipeforgasdistributionapplications.1.2Thetextofthisspecificationreferencesnotes,footnotes,andappendixes,whichprovideexplanatorymaterial.Thesenotesandfootnotes(excludingthoseintablesandfigures)shallnotbeconsideredasrequirementsofthespecification.1.3Units—ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.NOTE1—Metricsized(SIunits)pipeshouldonlybejoinedwithcorrespondingmetricsizedfittings,andinchsizedpipeshouldonlybejoinedwithcorrespondinginchsizedfittings.Inchsizedfittingsshouldnotbeusedformetricsizedpipe,andmetricsizedfittingsshouldnotbeusedforIPSinchsizedpipe.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcer...
