AWS A5.22 Specification for Stainless Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored Arc Welding and Stainless Steel Flux Cored Rods for Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

	Purchase Information Use this form to request purchase information on AWS online subscriptions. AWS Collections First Name: Last Name: Email address:

Document AWS A5.22 is offered by IHS as part of an online subscription. This subscription contains many documents on the same topic.

You may also purchase this document alone from the IHS Standards Store.

AWS A5.22 Document Information:

Title
Specification for Stainless Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored Arc Welding and Stainless Steel Flux Cored Rods for Gas Tungsten Arc Welding

American Welding Society

Publication Date:
Jan 1, 1995

Scope:

This specification prescribes requirements for the classification of stainless steel electrodes for flux cored arc welding and flux cored rods for root pass welding with the gas tungsten arc process.¹ It includes only those products whose cores contain nonmetallic ingredients comprising at least 5 wt.% of the electrode or rod.²

The chromium content of undiluted weld metal from these electrodes and rods is not less than 10.5%³ nominal and the iron content exceeds that of any other element. For purposes of classification, the iron content shall be derived as the balance element when all other elements are considered to be set at their specified minimum values.

¹ In ANSI/AWS A5.22-80, stainless steel classifications for 98% Argon - 2% Oxygen gas shielding existed (EXXXT-2). The combination of a slag covering and this shielding gas has been found to be inappropriate for flux cored arc welding and the EXXXT-2 Classifications have therefore been deleted from A5.22-95.

² Stainless steel products with less than 5 wt.% non-metallic content are properly classified as metal cored electrodes or rods according to ANSI/AWS A5.9, Specification for Bare Stainless Steel Welding Electrodes and Rods.

³ This revision includes the E502T-X and E505T-X classifications. These electrodes (although they may have differing designators) will also be included in the next revision of ANSI/ AWS A5.29, Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes for Flux Cored Arc Welding. They will be deleted from this specification (ANSI/AWS A5.22) in the first revision following their incorporation in ANSI/AWS A5.29.

Keywords:

Composite electrodes

flux cored arc welding

stainless steel tubular electrodes

filler metal specifications

composite rods

tungsten arc welding

tubular rods

About IHS
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading global provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services in a number of industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, construction, electronics, and energy. IHS serves customers ranging from large governments and multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries. IHS been in business for more than 45 years and employ more than 2,300 people around the world.