Compatibility between materials and electrodes

Date 08-19-2010 13:18

How to know (are there any standards?) about the compatibility of welding different steel materials and about the compatibility between the electrode and the materials to be welded?

By js55

Date 08-19-2010 13:37

The closest I can think of are the Annex's to ASME Seciton IIC SFA specifications.
There is information about what alloys the filler metals are intended for. The alloys are mentioned by specification and UNS numbers.

By waccobird (****)

Date 08-19-2010 13:47 Edited 08-19-2010 13:54

tfdavid
You mean like The Table 3.1 in AWS D1.1 of prequalified Base Metal-Filler Metal Combinations for Matching Strength.
Good Luck
Marshall
Edit
AWS has Filler Metal Specifications A5.01 through A5.34 Filler Metal Specifications