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AWWA C221-2012
Fabricated Steel Mechanical Slip Type Expansion Joints
This standard describes fabricated steel mechanical slip-type expansion joints having packing chambers for use on pipe with plain, flanged, grooved, or shouldered ends in nominal pipe sizes from 3 in. (75 mm) through 144 in. (3,600 mm). The joints shall be manufactured from steel and are intended for use in systems conveying water. Mechanical expansion joints are not intended for use in buried conditions.
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