RE: Low Temp Materials

From: <Bruce>
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 11:54:00 EDT


this was very recently, although perhaps indirectly, addressed, although not as a result of this inquiry by Bahaa. The temperature might not be considered "cryogenic", but it is low enough that CS loses its toughness, and should be used only if expertly considered. Stainless steel, copper and aluminum all work well. Much is driven by materials availability, contractor familiarity with installation and fabrication, and cost.

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P.S. As an aside, I'm never quite sure what Kg/cm2 really is. I've heard of Kg force, but figured it must be a construct of some American or British who doesn't want to deal with metrication, or who wants to be able to argue that there is no benefit to metric units. Kg is a mass unit. Psi is known to be "pounds force" per square inch. I'm one American who prefers metric. Even the horrid unit of Pa/cm2 makes *some* sense. Now that I've vented, I'll say no more about units.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 9:11 AM To: <a href="/group/PipingDesign/post?postID=mne2odGATlYsfBz0jHr6X0uE1fjCZIzr7bOdIjgO_kxyKZvUbeKYflwJ-YqrgXg9Bm4GzHrAnQzUbuC6O0BsU-PYrt0">PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com</a> Subject: [PipingDesign] Low Temp Materials

From the webmaster inbox:

"dear..my name is Bahaa,i was asking if u could help me to find that:--

     what is the relation between the temperature and the pressure and the material of the pipe.. that if we got an application deals with very low temperature (i.e. -70 c ) and a pressure of 60Kg/cm2..what is the best material with wall thickness used .....?
and if you could notify me with a name of a book ,that will be very generous from you.....
waiting for your answer......" Received on Thu Oct 04 11:54:00 2001

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