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    SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING

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    Published date:  01-01-2012

    Publisher:  American Welding Society

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    Personnel
    Foreword
    Table of Contents
    List of Tables
    List of Figures
    1. Scope
    2. Normative References
    3. Classification
    4. Acceptance
    5. Certification
    6. Rounding-Off Procedure
    7. Summary of Tests
    8. Retest
    9. Weld Test Assemblies
    10. Chemical Analysis
    11. Radiographic Test
    12. Tension Test
    13. Fillet Weld Test
    14. Method of Manufacture
    15. Standard Sizes and Lengths
    16. Core Wire and Covering
    17. Exposed Core
    18. Electrode Identification
    19. Packaging
    20. Marking of Packages
    Annex A (Informative) - Guide to AWS Specification for
                            Stainless Steel Electrodes for
                            Shielded Metal Arc Welding
    Annex B (Informative) - Guidelines for the Preparation of
                            Technical Inquiries
    AWS Filler Metal Specifications by Material and Welding Process
    AWS Filler Metal Specifications and Related Documents

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    Defines requirements for the classification of covered stainless steel electrodes for shielded metal arc welding.

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    Committee A5
    Development Note Supersedes AWS A5.4. (06/2006)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher American Welding Society
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    AWS F1.3M : 2006 A SAMPLING STRATEGY GUIDE FOR EVALUATING CONTAMINANTS IN THE WELDING ENVIRONMENT
    ASTM A 358/A358M : 2015 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service and General Applications
    AWWA C512 : 2015 AIR-RELEASE, AIR/VACUUM, AND COMBINATION AIR VALVES FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE
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    ANSI/AWWA C514 : 2015 AIR VALVE AND VENT INFLOW PREVENTER ASSEMBLIES FOR POTABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND STORAGE FACILITIES
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    AWS B1.11M/B1.11 : 2015 GUIDE FOR THE VISUAL EXAMINATION OF WELDS
    AWS G2.3M/G2.3 : 2012 GUIDE FOR THE JOINING OF SOLID SOLUTION AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS
    AWS WHC4.05 : 0 MATERIALS AND APPLICATION - PART 1 - WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOLUME 4 - CHAPTER 5: STAINLESS AND HEAT-RESISTANT STEELS
    ASTM A 928/A928M : 2014 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Ferritic/Austenitic (Duplex) Stainless Steel Pipe Electric Fusion Welded with Addition of Filler Metal
    AWS D3.6M : 2010 UNDERWATER WELDING CODE
    AWS WHC4.07 : 0 MATERIALS AND APPLICATION - PART 1 - WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOLUME 4 - CHAPTER 7: SURFACING MATERIALS
    AWS WHC2.02 : 0 WELDING PROCESSES - PART 1, WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOL. 2 - CHAPTER 2: SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING
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    ASTM E 353 : 2014 : REDLINE Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Stainless, Heat-Resisting, Maraging, and Other Similar Chromium-Nickel-Iron Alloys
    AWS B4.0M : 2000 STANDARD METHODS FOR MECHANICAL TESTING OF WELDS
    ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units — Part 1: General
    ANSI Z49.1 : 2012 SAFETY IN WELDING, CUTTING, AND ALLIED PROCESSES
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    AWS B4.0 : 2016 STANDARD METHODS FOR MECHANICAL TESTING OF WELDS
    ASTM A 285/A285M : 2017 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Carbon Steel, Low- and Intermediate-Tensile Strength
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