ASTM A53
Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
Published by ASTM International (ASTM)
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The 2 editions the CFR requires
Different parts name different editions; each applies where its part says so. Newest first.
ASTM A53/A53M-12, approved March 1, 2012
As the CFR lists it: “ASTM A53/A53M-12, Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless, approved March 1, 2012 (“ASTM A53/A53M”)”
ASTM A53/A53M-06a, 2006
As the CFR lists it: “ASTM A 53/A 53M-06a (ASTM A 53) Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless, 2006”
- Listed in 49 CFR 171.7(v)(3); required by49 CFR 173.5b ↗
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