difference between pipe and tube

Answer Posted / nori vsn murthy

The fundamental difference between pipe and tube is:

Pipe is for mass transfer applications, whereas, tube is
for heat transfer applications.

Due to this fundamental difference, we generally call pipes
and tubes as: water pipes, steam pipes, slurry pipes,
boiler tubes, heat exchanger tubes, radiator tubes, etc.

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