FIG.

9-25
Characteristics of Tubing
Tube
O.D.

Tube
O.D.

in.

mm

4
4
4
1
4

6.35
6.35
6.35
6.35

8
8
8
3
8

Transverse
Metal Area

Sq. Meter
Internal
Surface
Per Meter
Length

Weight
Per Meter
Length
Steel
kg*

Tube
I.D.

Moment
of
Inertia

Section
Modules

Radius
of
Gyration

Sq. Cm.

Sq. Meter
External
Surface
Per Meter
Length

mm

cm4

cm3

mm

0.711
0.559
0.457
0.406

0.1910
0.2148
0.2323
0.2406

0.0199
0.0199
0.0199
0.0199

0.0155
0.0164
0.0171
0.0174

0.098
0.080
0.067
0.060

4.93
5.23
5.44
5.54

0.0050
0.0042
0.0037
0.0033

0.0161
0.0136
0.0116
0.0107

2.009
2.057
2.090
2.106

69
77
84
87

1.289
1.214
1.168
1.147

0.1258
0.1019
0.8452
0.0761

18
20
22
24

1.245
0.889
0.711
0.559

0.3890
0.4716
0.5155
0.5548

0.0299
0.0299
0.0299
0.0299

0.0221
0.0243
0.0255
0.0264

0.254
0.189
0.155
0.124

7.04
7.75
8.10
8.41

0.0283
0.0229
0.0191
0.0158

0.0590
0.0475
0.0410
0.0328

2.962
3.068
3.127
3.175

140
170
185
200

1.354
1.230
1.176
1.133

0.3239
0.2413
0.1968
0.1574

12.7
12.7
12.7
12.7

16
18
20
22

1.651
1.245
0.889
0.711

0.6935
0.8187
0.9368
0.9987

0.0399
0.0399
0.0399
0.0399

0.0295
0.0321
0.0343
0.0360

0.449
0.351
0.259
0.210

9.40
10.21
10.92
11.28

0.0874
0.0749
0.0583
0.0499

0.1409
0.1163
0.0918
0.0787

3.950
4.074
4.188
4.247

250
295
337
359

1.351
1.244
1.163
1.126

0.5729
0.4477
0.3297
0.2677

8
8
8
5
8
5
8
5
8
5
8
5
8
5
8

15.88
15.88
15.88
15.88
15.88
15.88
15.88
15.88
15.88

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

2.769
2.413
2.108
1.829
1.651
1.473
1.245
1.067
0.889

0.8394
0.9587
1.0677
1.1723
1.2413
1.3129
1.4071
1.4832
1.5606

0.0499
0.0499
0.0499
0.0499
0.0499
0.0499
0.0499
0.0499
0.0499

0.0325
0.0347
0.0366
0.0384
0.0395
0.0406
0.0421
0.0432
0.0443

0.894
0.801
0.716
0.634
0.579
0.524
0.449
0.390
0.329

10.34
11.05
11.66
12.22
12.57
12.93
13.39
13.74
14.10

0.2539
0.2373
0.2206
0.2040
0.1873
0.1748
0.1540
0.1374
0.1165

0.3228
0.2999
0.2786
0.2556
0.2376
0.2196
0.1950
0.1721
0.1491

4.737
4.836
4.925
5.009
5.062
5.118
5.192
5.250
5.309

302
345
384
422
447
472
506
534
562

1.536
1.437
1.362
1.299
1.263
1.228
1.186
1.155
1.126

1.1419
1.0194
0.9097
0.8065
0.7355
0.6645
0.5742
0.4968
0.4194

4
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
3
4

19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05
19.05

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20

3.404
3.048
2.769
2.413
2.108
1.829
1.651
1.473
1.245
0.889

1.1774
1.3181
1.4342
1.5890
1.7284
1.8606
1.9477
2.0368
2.1542
2.3432

0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598
0.0598

0.0385
0.0407
0.0425
0.0447
0.0466
0.0484
0.0495
0.0506
0.0520
0.0543

1.240
1.202
1.112
0.990
0.881
0.777
0.708
0.638
0.546
0.399

12.24
12.95
13.51
14.22
14.83
15.39
15.75
16.10
16.56
17.27

0.5369
0.5078
0.4828
0.4454
0.4079
0.3704
0.3455
0.3163
0.2789
0.2081

0.5637
0.5342
0.5064
0.4670
0.4293
0.3900
0.3622
0.3327
0.2917
0.2196

5.662
5.758
5.839
5.944
6.035
6.124
6.180
6.236
6.309
6.429

424
474
516
572
622
670
701
733
775
843

1.556
1.471
1.410
1.339
1.284
1.238
1.210
1.183
1.150
1.103

1.6710
1.5355
1.4129
1.2581
1.1226
0.9871
0.9032
0.8129
0.6968
0.5097

8
8
8
7
8
7
8
7
8
7
8
7
8
7
8
7
8

22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23
22.23

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20

4.191
3.404
3.048
2.769
2.413
2.108
1.829
1.651
1.245
0.889

1.8671
2.0432
2.1871
2.3774
2.5471
2.7077
2.8123
2.9193
3.0593
3.2839

0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698
0.0698

0.0484
0.0507
0.0524
0.0547
0.0566
0.0583
0.0594
0.0606
0.0620
0.0642

1.580
1.442
1.329
1.179
1.046
0.920
0.838
0.754
0.644
0.467

15.42
16.13
16.69
17.40
18.01
18.57
18.92
19.28
19.74
20.45

0.9199
0.8658
0.8158
0.7492
0.6826
0.6160
0.5702
0.5203
0.4537
0.3413

0.8276
0.7784
0.7358
0.6735
0.6129
0.5522
0.5113
0.4670
0.4080
0.3064

6.761
6.866
6.949
7.056
7.150
7.239
7.297
7.356
7.429
7.549

672
735
787
855
917
974
1012
1050
1101
1182

1.442
1.378
1.332
1.277
1.234
1.197
1.174
1.153
1.126
1.087

2.0129
1.8387
1.6903
1.5032
1.3355
1.1742
1.0645
0.9613
0.8194
0.5935

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.4

8
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
18
20

4.191
3.404
3.048
2.769
2.413
2.108
1.829
1.651
1.245
0.889

2.2748
2.7148
2.9264
3.0987
3.3245
3.5245
3.7129
3.8355
4.1226
4.3826

0.0798
0.0798
0.0798
0.0798
0.0798
0.0798
0.0798
0.0498
0.0798
0.0798

0.0535
0.0584
0.0607
0.0624
0.0646
0.0665
0.0683
0.0694
0.0720
0.0742

2.192
1.847
1.680
1.545
1.368
1.211
1.063
0.967
0.741
0.537

17.02
18.59
19.30
19.86
20.57
21.18
21.74
22.10
22.91
23.62

1.6316
1.4568
1.3611
1.2778
1.1655
1.0531
0.9449
0.8741
0.6909
0.5161

1.2848
1.1471
1.0717
1.0078
0.9160
0.8308
0.7456
0.6866
0.5441
0.4048

7.643
7.869
7.976
8.062
8.171
8.268
8.359
8.418
8.555
8.672

819
977
1053
1115
1196
1268
1336
1380
1483
1577

1.493
1.366
1.316
1.279
1.235
1.199
1.168
1.149
1.109
1.075

2.7935
2.3548
2.1419
1.9677
1.7419
1.5419
1.3548
1.2323
0.9419
0.6839

114
114
114
114
114
114
114
114
114
114

31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75
31.75

7
8
10
11
12
13
14
16
18
20

4.572
4.191
3.404
3.048
2.769
2.413
2.108
1.651
1.245
0.889

4.0135
4.2890
4.8864
5.1690
5.3968
5.6935
5.9542
6.3561
6.7245
7.0555

0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997
0.0997

0.0710
0.0734
0.0784
0.0806
0.0824
0.0846
0.0865
0.0894
0.0919
0.0942

3.064
2.848
2.380
2.158
1.979
1.746
1.542
1.226
0.936
0.677

22.61
23.37
24.94
25.65
26.21
26.92
27.53
28.45
29.26
29.97

3.7045
3.5255
3.0885
2.8637
2.6722
2.4100
2.1686
1.7732
1.3902
1.0281

2.3352
2.2205
1.9452
1.8026
1.6830
1.5175
1.3651
1.1176
0.8751
0.6473

9.743
9.855
10.094
10.206
10.292
10.406
10.505
10.658
10.795
10.914

1444
1543
1758
1860
1942
2049
2143
2287
2420
2539

1.404
1.359
1.273
1.238
1.211
1.179
1.153
1.116
1.085
1.059

3.9032
3.6258
3.0323
2.7484
2.5226
2.2258
1.9613
1.5613
1.1935
0.8645

112
112
112
112

33.1
33.1
33.1
33.2

10
12
14
16

3.404
2.769
2.108
1.651

7.6910
8.3277
9.0174
9.5103

0.1197
0.1197
0.1197
0.1197

0.0983
0.1023
0.1064
0.1093

2.912
2.412
1.871
1.484

31.29
32.56
33.88
34.80

5.6358
4.8242
3.8751
3.1467

2.9595
2.5318
2.0336
1.6518

12.327
12.530
12.746
12.901

2768
2997
3245
3422

1.218
1.170
1.124
1.095

3.7097
3.0710
2.3806
1.8903

2
2
2
2

50.8
50.8
50.8
50.8

11
12
13
14

3.048
2.769
2.413
2.108

15.6955
16.0909
16.6000
17.0432

0.1596
0.1596
0.1596
0.1596

0.1405
0.1422
0.1444
0.1463

3.589
3.280
2.880
2.531

44.70
45.26
45.97
46.58

13.0864
12.0874
10.7638
9.5734

5.1521
4.7588
4.2377
3.7690

16.916
17.010
17.130
17.231

5648
5790
5973
6133

1.136
1.122
1.105
1.091

4.5742
4.1806
3.6710
3.2258

Thickness

Internal
area

mm
22
24
26
27

9.53
9.53
9.53
9.53

2
2
2
1
2

1
1

3
3

7
7

B.W.G.
Gauge

Constant
C**

O.D.
I.D.

Sq. Cm.

*Weights are based on low carbon steel with a density of 7850 kg/m3. For other metals multiply by the following factors:
Aluminum
Titanium
A.I.S.I. 400 Series Stainless Steels
A.I.S.I. 300 Series Stainless Steels
** Liquid Velocity =

 Kg Per (Tube Hour)

(C) (Rel. Den. of Liquid)

0.35
0.58
0.99
1.02

Aluminum Bronze
Aluminum Brass
Nickel-Chrome-Iron
Admiralty

in meters per sec (Rel. Den. of Water at 15.6C = 1.0)

9-17

1.04
1.06
1.07
1.09

Nickel
Nickel-Copper
Copper and Cupro-Nickels

1.13
1.12
1.14

Derived from TEMA data