American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2006. Published October 2006. Originally approved in 1963. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as A 498 – 04. 3 p. This specification covers external helical, integral
finned, seamless or welded low-carbon steel tubes for use in tubular heat exchangers, surface condensers, evaporators, superheaters, and similar heat-transfer apparatus in unfinned end diameters up to 2 in. (50.8 mm), inclusive.