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Schedule 160 steel pipe: outside diameter, wall thickness and weight chart

Schedule 160 in ASME B36.10M gives one wall for each size, from 1/8 inch to 24 inch. The outside diameter is that of the size, the same in every schedule; the inside diameter is the outside diameter less two walls.

Size OD Wall ID Weight
1/8 inch (DN 6) 10.3 mm (0.405 in) 3.15 mm (0.124 in) 4.00 mm (0.157 in) 0.56 kg/m (0.37 lb/ft)
1/4 inch (DN 8) 13.7 mm (0.540 in) 3.68 mm (0.145 in) 6.34 mm (0.250 in) 0.91 kg/m (0.61 lb/ft)
3/8 inch (DN 10) 17.1 mm (0.675 in) 4.01 mm (0.158 in) 9.08 mm (0.359 in) 1.29 kg/m (0.87 lb/ft)
1/2 inch (DN 15) 21.3 mm (0.840 in) 4.78 mm (0.188 in) 11.74 mm (0.464 in) 1.95 kg/m (1.31 lb/ft)
3/4 inch (DN 20) 26.7 mm (1.050 in) 5.56 mm (0.219 in) 15.58 mm (0.612 in) 2.90 kg/m (1.95 lb/ft)
1 inch (DN 25) 33.4 mm (1.315 in) 6.35 mm (0.250 in) 20.70 mm (0.815 in) 4.24 kg/m (2.85 lb/ft)
1-1/4 inch (DN 32) 42.2 mm (1.660 in) 6.35 mm (0.250 in) 29.50 mm (1.160 in) 5.61 kg/m (3.77 lb/ft)
1-1/2 inch (DN 40) 48.3 mm (1.900 in) 7.14 mm (0.281 in) 34.02 mm (1.338 in) 7.25 kg/m (4.86 lb/ft)
2 inch (DN 50) 60.3 mm (2.375 in) 8.74 mm (0.344 in) 42.82 mm (1.687 in) 11.11 kg/m (7.47 lb/ft)
2-1/2 inch (DN 65) 73.0 mm (2.875 in) 9.53 mm (0.375 in) 53.94 mm (2.125 in) 14.92 kg/m (10.02 lb/ft)
3 inch (DN 80) 88.9 mm (3.500 in) 11.13 mm (0.438 in) 66.64 mm (2.624 in) 21.35 kg/m (14.34 lb/ft)
4 inch (DN 100) 114.3 mm (4.500 in) 13.49 mm (0.531 in) 87.32 mm (3.438 in) 33.54 kg/m (22.53 lb/ft)
5 inch (DN 125) 141.3 mm (5.563 in) 15.88 mm (0.625 in) 109.54 mm (4.313 in) 49.12 kg/m (32.99 lb/ft)
6 inch (DN 150) 168.3 mm (6.625 in) 18.26 mm (0.719 in) 131.78 mm (5.187 in) 67.57 kg/m (45.39 lb/ft)
8 inch (DN 200) 219.1 mm (8.625 in) 23.01 mm (0.906 in) 173.08 mm (6.813 in) 111.27 kg/m (74.76 lb/ft)
10 inch (DN 250) 273.0 mm (10.750 in) 28.58 mm (1.125 in) 215.84 mm (8.500 in) 172.27 kg/m (115.75 lb/ft)
12 inch (DN 300) 323.8 mm (12.750 in) 33.32 mm (1.312 in) 257.16 mm (10.126 in) 238.69 kg/m (160.42 lb/ft)
14 inch (DN 350) 355.6 mm (14.000 in) 35.71 mm (1.406 in) 284.18 mm (11.188 in) 281.72 kg/m (189.29 lb/ft)
16 inch (DN 400) 406.4 mm (16.000 in) 40.49 mm (1.594 in) 325.42 mm (12.812 in) 365.38 kg/m (245.48 lb/ft)
18 inch (DN 450) 457 mm (18.000 in) 45.24 mm (1.781 in) 366.52 mm (14.438 in) 459.39 kg/m (308.79 lb/ft)
20 inch (DN 500) 508 mm (20.000 in) 50.01 mm (1.969 in) 407.98 mm (16.062 in) 564.85 kg/m (379.53 lb/ft)
22 inch (DN 550) 559 mm (22.000 in) 53.98 mm (2.125 in) 451.04 mm (17.750 in) 672.30 kg/m (451.49 lb/ft)
24 inch (DN 600) 610 mm (24.000 in) 59.54 mm (2.344 in) 490.92 mm (19.312 in) 808.27 kg/m (542.64 lb/ft)

Plain-end weight of carbon steel pipe, by the standard's own formula: 10.69 × (D − t) × t in lb/ft, with D and t in inches (0.0246615 × (D − t) × t in kg/m, in mm). Austenitic stainless weighs about 2% more.

Questions

What is schedule 160 pipe?
It is the schedule 160 wall series in ASME B36.10M: one wall for each size, from 1/8 inch to 24 inch. The outside diameter is that of the size, and the inside diameter is the outside diameter less two walls.
How do you calculate the weight of schedule 160 pipe?
With the standard's own formula: weight in lb/ft = 10.69 × (D − t) × t, with the outside diameter D and the wall t in inches; in kg/m, 0.0246615 × (D − t) × t in millimetres. That is carbon steel; austenitic stainless weighs about 2% more.