RECOMMENDED MAX WORKING PRESSURE FOR

IMPULSE TUBES (NOT PIPES) AND COPPER TUBES

(METAL * TEMPERATURES AND EXCEEDING 100 DEG F
(a) COPPER TUBES (ASTM B-75)
TUBE WALL
THICKNESS
(INCHES)
TUBE O.D.(in)
1/8
1/4
3/8
1/2
3/4

0.028

0.035

0.049

0.065

0.083

0.095

0.109

WORKING PRESSURE (P.S.I.G.)

3,198
4,056
1,464
1,890
2,784
1,206
1,746
898
1,272
822

3,750
2,412
1,740
1116

2,292
1,452

1,686

1,968

0.065

0.083

0.095

0.109

9,781
6,291
4,538
2,910

5,978
3,787

4,397

5,133

(b) CARBON - STEEL TUBING (ASTM A - 179)

TUBE WALL
THICKNESS
(INCHES)
0.028
0.035
0.049
TUBE O.D.(in)
WORKING PRESSURE (P.S.I.G.)
1/8
8,348
10,572
1/4
3,818
4,229
7,261
3/8
3,145
4,554
1/2
2,316
3,317
3/4
2,144