1/2-Inch CTS PEX Pipe For Plumbing Applications

This PEX tube is 1/2-inch CTS (Copper Tube Size) inside diameter and 5/8-inch outside diameter. The bend radius is 5-inch. PEX is part of a water supply piping system that has several advantages over metal pipe (copper, iron, lead) or rigid plastic pipe (PVC, CPVC, ABS) systems. It is flexible, resistant to scale and chlorine, doesn’t corrode or develop pinholes, is faster to install than metal or rigid plastic, and has fewer connections and fittings. PEX is cross-linked polyethylene. Through one of several processes, links between polyethylene molecules are formed to create bridges (thus the term