Designation:F2896−11AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardSpecificationforReinforcedPolyethyleneCompositePipeForTheTransportOfOilAndGasAndHazardousLiquids1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2896;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversrequirementsandtestmethodsformaterials,dimensions,workmanship,andmarkingsforon-sitemanufacturedmultilayerreinforcedpolyethylenecom-positepipe.Itcoversnominalsizes6in.through36in.(150mmthrough915mm).Thesemultilayeredreinforcedpolyeth-ylenecompositepipeproducts2areassembledandinstalledinvariouslengths,includinglongcontinuouslengths.Theseproductsareintendedforthetransportofcrudeoil,naturalgasandhazardousliquidsintherehabilitationofexistingpipelinesandfornewpipelines.NOTE1—HazardousliquidsarethoseliquidsdefinedbytheU.S.DepartmentofTransportationin49CFR195.2.1.2Thevaluesstatedininch-poundunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.ThevaluesgiveninparenthesesaremathematicalconversionstoSIunitsthatareprovidedforinformationonlyandarenotconsideredstandard.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:3A312/A312MSpecificationforSeamless,Welded,andHeavilyColdWorkedAusteniticStainlessSteelPipesA333/A333MSpecificationforSeamlessandWeldedSteelPipeforLow-TemperatureServiceandOtherApplicationswithRequiredNotchToughnessA519SpecificationforSeamlessCarbonandAlloySteelMechanicalTubingD624TestMethodforTearStrengthofConventionalVul-canizedRubberandThermoplasticElastomersD638TestMethodforTensilePropertiesofPlasticsD792TestMethodsforDensityandSpecificGravity(Rela-tiveDensity)ofPlasticsb...
