ASME B36.10M (welded and seamless wrought steel pipe) · DN 350

14 inch Schedule 120 pipe

Outside diameter 14.000" (355.60 mm), wall 1.094" (27.79 mm), inside diameter 11.812" (300.02 mm), 150.93 lb per foot.

Inside diameter
11.812"
300.02 mm · wall 1.094"

Dimensions

Published dimensions for 14 inch Schedule 120 pipe.
Trade sizeNPS 14 · DN 350
ScheduleSchedule 120
StandardASME B36.10M (welded and seamless wrought steel pipe)
Outside diameter14.000" · 355.60 mm
Wall thickness1.094" · 27.79 mm
Inside diameter11.812" · 300.02 mm
Weight, plain end150.93 lb/ft · 224.66 kg/m

Cross-check: the standard plain-end weight formula W = 10.6802 x t x (OD - t) gives 150.80 lb/ft here, 0.1% from the published 150.93 lb/ft. The published figure is the one printed above.

NPS 14 schedule 120 in numbers

NPS 14 schedule 120 pipe measures 14.000 in (355.60 mm) across the outside with a 1.094 in wall, so the bore is 11.812 in (300.02 mm). That bore gives a flow area of 109.6 in² and holds 5.693 US gallons per foot (70.70 litres per metre). The outside diameter is 12.8 times the wall, and the steel itself has a cross-section of 44.36 in² and weighs 150.93 lb per foot plain end. One trade size up, NPS 16 in the same schedule carries 1.32 times the flow area.

Schedule 100 is the next lighter wall at NPS 14: 0.938 in, 0.156 in thinner, which opens the bore to 12.124 in and adds 5.4% to the flow area, for 13% less weight per foot.

Schedule 140 is the next heavier wall at NPS 14: 1.250 in, 0.156 in thicker, which narrows the bore to 11.500 in and cuts 5.2% from the flow area, for 13% more weight per foot.

Next trade size up in this schedule: NPS 16 schedule 120, bore 13.562 in.

Worked out from the dimensions

Section properties and capacity of 14 inch Schedule 120 pipe, computed from the outside diameter and bore.
Flow area109.6 in²
Capacity5.693 US gal/ft · 70.70 L/m
Metal area44.36 in²
Moment of inertia930.2 in⁴
Section modulus132.9 in³
Radius of gyration4.579 in
Outside surface3.665 ft² per foot

Plain geometry of a hollow circle with OD = 14.000 in and ID = 11.812 in: flow area π/4·ID², metal area π/4·(OD² − ID²), moment of inertia π/64·(OD⁴ − ID⁴), section modulus I ÷ (OD/2), radius of gyration √(I ÷ metal area), capacity flow area × 12 ÷ 231 (231 in³ to the US gallon). Nominal dimensions, so mill tolerance and corrosion allowance are not included.

Why 14 inch pipe is not 14 inches

Nominal Pipe Size is a label, not a measurement. NPS 14 pipe has an outside diameter of 14.000 inches, and it keeps that outside diameter in every schedule made. What the schedule number changes is the wall: at schedule 120 the wall is 1.094 inches, so the bore comes out at 11.812 inches.

That is the practical consequence. Fittings, flanges, supports and threading dies are sized to the outside diameter, so they fit any schedule of the same trade size. Flow, pressure drop and anything that has to pass through the pipe depend on the inside diameter, which changes with every schedule. Order by trade size and schedule; work your hydraulics from the bore.

Other schedules in NPS 14

Same outside diameter of 14.000 inches throughout - only the wall and the bore move.

Every other published schedule for NPS 14.
ScheduleWall (in)ID (in)Weight (lb/ft)
Schedule 5 · 5S0.15613.68823.09
Schedule 100.25013.50036.75
Schedule 200.31213.37645.65
Schedule 400.43813.12463.50
Schedule 600.59412.81285.13
Schedule 800.75012.500106.23
Schedule 1000.93812.124130.98
Schedule 1401.25011.500170.37
Schedule 1601.40611.188189.29
Standard wall (STD) · 30, 40S0.37513.25054.62
Extra strong (XS) · 80S0.50013.00072.09
Schedule 10S0.18813.624not published

Frequently asked questions

What is the wall thickness of 14 inch schedule 120 pipe?

1.094 inches (27.79 mm). The outside diameter is 14.000 inches (355.60 mm) whatever the schedule, so this wall leaves an inside diameter of 11.812 inches.

What is the inside diameter of 14 inch schedule 120 pipe?

11.812 inches (300.02 mm). Inside diameter is outside diameter minus twice the wall: 14.000 - 2 x 1.094 = 11.812 inches.

Is 14 inch pipe actually 14 inches?

No. NPS 14 is a trade size, not a measurement. The pipe measures 14.000 inches across the outside and 11.812 inches across the bore in this schedule. Only the outside diameter is fixed across schedules.

How much does 14 inch schedule 120 pipe weigh?

150.93 pounds per foot plain end (224.66 kg per metre), for carbon steel. The figure excludes coatings, linings and fittings.

Where this table stops

This table runs from NPS 1/8 to NPS 24 and stops there. ASME B36.10M itself continues to NPS 80; those larger sizes are not carried here, so a size above NPS 24 is missing rather than undefined.

Where these figures come from

Dimensions are as defined by ASME B36.10M (welded and seamless wrought steel pipe). This site is an independent reference and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by any standards body.

Every value on this page was cross-checked against 5 independent published sources:

Sources disagree here. Published tables split on the last digit here - 1.094 in (b3610m-etb), 1.094 in (b3610m-fbc), 1.093 in (b3610m-wikipedia); 27.79 mm (b3610m-ferrobend), 27.79 mm (b3610m-wermac), 27.76 mm (b3610m-wikipedia). The figure printed is 1.094 in (27.79 mm), carried by the majority of the sources. The two readings describe the same wall: they differ by less than a thousandth of an inch, far inside the mill tolerance of minus 12.5 percent on wall thickness.

Last-digit inch walls across the whole table: 0.594, 0.688, 0.719, 0.844, 0.938, 1.094, 1.219, 1.438, 1.969, 2.344 in (b3610m-fbc) against 0.593, 0.687, 0.718, 0.843, 0.937, 1.093, 1.218, 1.437, 1.968, 2.343 in (b3610m-wikipedia). Two families of inch figures are in circulation, one a thousandth of an inch below the other, and they come from rounding the millimetre wall the standard tabulates rather than from any difference in the pipe. The higher family is what the majority of the sources read here carry and is what this site prints; the affected rows say so individually. Nothing turns on the choice: the wall tolerance is minus 12.5 percent, which at a half-inch wall is sixty times the gap.

NPS 14 extra strong (XS): 0.469 in (b3610m-fbc) against 0.500 in (b3610m-etb) against 0.500 in (b3610m-wikipedia). 0.500 in is printed here. Two of the three inch sources give it, both millimetre sources give 12.70 mm which is 0.500 in, and extra strong is a 0.500 in wall at every size from NPS 12 up. The 0.469 in reading looks like a misplaced row in that one chart, but it is recorded rather than deleted.

Nearby sizes

Schedule 120 in other trade sizes