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  • AWS A5.6 : 84(R2000)

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    COVERED COPPER AND COPPER ALLOY ARC WELDING ELECTRODES, SPECIFICATION FOR

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    Superseded date:  23-07-2013

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  American Welding Society

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    Personnel
    Scope
    Part A - General requirements
    1 Classification
    2 Acceptance
    3 Certification
    4 Rounding-off procedure
    Part B - Tests, procedures, and requirements
    5 Summary of tests
    6 Retest
    7 Weld test assemblies
    8 Chemical analysis
    9 Radiographic test
    10 Tension test
    11 Bend test
    Part C - Manufacture, identification and packaging
    12 Method of manufacture
    13 Standard sizes and lengths
    14 Core wire and covering
    15 Exposed core
    16 Electrode identification
    17 Packaging
    18 Package marking
    Appendix - Guide to AWS classification of covered copper
               and copper alloy arc welding electrodes
    A1 Introduction
    A2 Classification system
    A3 Ventilation during welding
    A4 Description and intended use of filler metal

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    76 VERSION CONTAINED IN ASME PV CODE 2C AS SFA-5.6 Outlines requirements for the classification of such electrodes for shielded metal arc welding, including compositions in which the copper content exceeds that of any other element.

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    Development Note Supersedes MIL E 278 (07/2004)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher American Welding Society
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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    MIL STD 248 : D WELDING AND BRAZING PROCEDURE AND PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION
    AWS WHC1.04 : 0 WELDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH ED., VOL 1 - CHAPTER 4: WELDING METALLURGY
    AWS F1.3M : 2006 A SAMPLING STRATEGY GUIDE FOR EVALUATING CONTAMINANTS IN THE WELDING ENVIRONMENT
    ASTM B 369 : 2009 : R2016 Standard Specification for Copper-Nickel Alloy Castings
    UNE-EN ISO 17777:2016 Welding consumables - Covered electrodes for manual metal arc welding of copper and copper alloys - Classification (ISO 17777:2016)
    MIL-STD-278 Revision F:1987 WELDING AND CASTING STANDARD
    AWS F1.3 : 1999 A SAMPLING STRATEGY GUIDE FOR EVALUATING CONTAMINANTS IN THE WELDING ENVIRONMENT
    ASTM B 369 : 2009 Standard Specification for Copper-Nickel Alloy Castings
    ASTM B 467 : 2014 : REDLINE Standard Specification for Welded Copper-Nickel Pipe
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