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GAS PIPING INSTALLATIONS

TABLE 402.4(11) Gas Natural
SEMIRIGID COPPER TUBING Inlet Pressure Less than 2 psi
Pressure Drop 17.0 in. w.c.
Specific Gravity 0.60

TUBE SIZE (inch)
K & L 1 / 4 3 / 8 1 / 2 5 / 8 3 / 4 1 1 1 / 4 1 / 2 2
1
Nominal
ACR 3 / 8 1 / 2 5 / 8 3 / 4 7 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 8 — —
1
3
Outside 0.375 0.500 0.625 0.750 0.875 1.125 1.375 1.625 2.125
Inside 0.305 0.402 0.527 0.652 0.745 0.995 1.245 1.481 1.959
Length (ft) Capacity in Cubic Feet of Gas Per Hour
10 190 391 796 1,390 1,970 4,220 7,590 12,000 24,900
20 130 269 547 956 1,360 2,900 5,220 8,230 17,100
30 105 216 439 768 1,090 2,330 4,190 6,610 13,800
40 90 185 376 657 932 1,990 3,590 5,650 11,800
50 79 164 333 582 826 1,770 3,180 5,010 10,400
60 72 148 302 528 749 1,600 2,880 4,540 9,460
70 66 137 278 486 689 1,470 2,650 4,180 8,700
80 62 127 258 452 641 1,370 2,460 3,890 8,090
90 58 119 243 424 601 1,280 2,310 3,650 7,590
100 55 113 229 400 568 1,210 2,180 3,440 7,170
125 48 100 203 355 503 1,080 1,940 3,050 6,360
150 44 90 184 321 456 974 1,750 2,770 5,760
175 40 83 169 296 420 896 1,610 2,540 5,300
200 38 77 157 275 390 834 1,500 2,370 4,930
250 33 69 140 244 346 739 1,330 2,100 4,370
300 30 62 126 221 313 670 1,210 1,900 3,960
350 28 57 116 203 288 616 1,110 1,750 3,640
400 26 53 108 189 268 573 1,030 1,630 3,390
450 24 50 102 177 252 538 968 1,530 3,180
500 23 47 96 168 238 508 914 1,440 3,000
550 22 45 91 159 226 482 868 1,370 2,850
600 21 43 87 152 215 460 829 1,310 2,720
650 20 41 83 145 206 441 793 1,250 2,610
700 19 39 80 140 198 423 762 1,200 2,500
750 18 38 77 135 191 408 734 1,160 2,410
800 18 37 74 130 184 394 709 1,120 2,330
850 17 35 72 126 178 381 686 1,080 2,250
900 17 34 70 122 173 370 665 1,050 2,180
950 16 33 68 118 168 359 646 1,020 2,120
1,000 16 32 66 115 163 349 628 991 2,060
1,100 15 31 63 109 155 332 597 941 1,960
1,200 14 29 60 104 148 316 569 898 1,870
1,300 14 28 57 100 142 303 545 860 1,790
1,400 13 27 55 96 136 291 524 826 1,720
1,500 13 26 53 93 131 280 505 796 1,660
1,600 12 25 51 89 127 271 487 768 1,600
1,700 12 24 49 86 123 262 472 744 1,550
1,800 11 24 48 84 119 254 457 721 1,500
1,900 11 23 47 81 115 247 444 700 1,460
2,000 11 22 45 79 112 240 432 681 1,420
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm, 1 foot = 304.8 mm, 1 pound per square inch = 6.895 kPa, 1-inch water column = 0.2488 kPa,
3
1 British thermal unit per hour = 0.2931 W, 1 cubic foot per hour = 0.0283 m /h, 1 degree = 0.01745 rad.
Notes:
1. Table capacities are based on Type K copper tubing inside diameter (shown), which has the smallest inside diameter of the copper tubing products.
2. Table entries have been rounded to three significant digits.

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