Personnel
Foreword
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. Scope
2. Normative References
2.1 American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists Standards
2.2 ASME Standards
2.3 AWS Standards
2.4 CGA Standards
2.5 OSHA Standards
2.6 NFPA Standards
3. Purpose of Shielding Gas and Gas Properties
3.1 General
3.2 Specific Gas Properties
4. Applications of Gases in Welding and Cutting
4.1 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
4.2 Gas Metal Arc Welding
4.3 Flux Cored Arc Welding
4.4 Plasma Arc Welding
4.5 Electrogas Welding
4.6 Laser Beam Welding
4.7 Laser Beam Cutting
4.8 Plasma Arc Cutting
4.9 Purging and Backing Gases Used in Gas
Shielded Welding
5. Gas Supply Systems
5.1 High-Pressure Cylinders
5.2 Other Supply Systems
5.3 Piping Systems
6. Shielding and Cutting Gas Safety
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Safe Handling of High-Pressure and Liquid Cylinders
6.3 Safety Precautions for Specific Gases
6.4 The Generation of Welding Fume and Pollutant Gases
Nonmandatory Annexes
Annex A - Tables for Conversions and Gas Cylinder
and Valve Data
Annex B - Supplementary Reading List
Annex C - Guideline for Preparation of Technical Inquiries
for AWS Technical Committees
List of AWS Documents on Arc Welding and Cutting