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AWS A5.1-91 Carbon Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding
AWS A5.1-91 classifies Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW / MMAW) electrodes by using a series of letters and digits broken into two alpha numeric groups separated by a hyphen. eg: E7018 H4R. NB. The alpha numeric group after the four digit number (or five in the case of E7018-1) is optional. ie. H4R is optional. The following layout outlines this classification system in part only. For full details CIGWELD recommend you refer to the current published version of AWS A5.1 obtainable from the American Welding Society, 550 N.W. LeJeune Road, Miami, Florida 33126, USA.

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The first two digits indicate the minimum required tensile strength in ksi. Weld Minimum Tensile Minimum Yield Minimum Metal No: Strength (psi) Strength (ksi) Elongation 60 70 60,000 70,000 48 (1) 58 (1) 22% (2) 22% (2)

The third digit = Welding Positions 4 Especially good Vertical-Down 2 1 Flat & H/V Fillets All Positional

E 7 0 18 - 1 H 4 R
8 = the fourth digit indicates the Flux type and Welding Current / Polarity to be used. EG: Hydrogen Controlled Low Iron Powder A.C. & D.C.+, medium penetration. See Table 2 for details. APPLICABLE to E7016, E7018 and E7024 type electrodes only. This number indicates that the electrode meets the requirements for improved impact toughness. In the case of an E7024 ductility elongation is also improved from 17%. Average Minimum Results Grade E7016-1 E7018-1 E7024-1 CVN Impact Requirements. 20ft Lb @ -50F (27J @ -46C) 20ft Lb @ -50F (27J @ -46C) 20ft Lb @ 0F (27J @ -18C)

Optional Designators

R = the last letter indicates the coating is Moisture Resistant. Tested electrodes as received or conditioned shall exhibit not > 0.3% (by Wt) of moisture after exposure to an environment of 80F & 80 % relative humidity for a period of not less than 9 hours. The second letter & sixth number indicates the diffusible hydrogen content of Deposited Weld Metal (DWM) H4 H8 H16 4 mls H2 /100g of DWM 8 mls H2 /100g of DWM 16 mls H2 /100g of DWM

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(1) Yield on E6022 electrodes is not specified and E7018M may have a range of 53-72 ksi for all diameters other than 3/32 (2.4mm) which is 53-77 ksi. (2) Minimum elongation for E6012, E6013, E7014 and E7024 types is 17%. Elongation on E6022 electrodes is not specified, and E7018M types are required to meet 24%.

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AWS A5.1 Electrode Classification Summary - Table 2

Electrode Classification E6010 E6011 E6012 E6013 E7014 E7015 E7016 E7018 E7018M E6019 E6020 E6022 E7024 E6027 E7027 E7028 E7048 Welding Positions F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F, V, OH, H F & H/V-FILLET F & H/V-FILLET F & H/V-FILLET F & H/V-FILLET F & H/V-FILLET F & H/V-FILLET F, V, OH, H V-DOWN Type of Current and Polarity D.C. + A.C. & D.C. + A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. + or D.C. + A.C. & D.C. + A.C. & D.C. + D.C. + A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. + or A.C. & D.C. + A.C. & D.C. + Type of Flux Covering and Slag Type or Use High Cellulose Sodium Thin Friable Slag High Cellulose Potassium Thin Friable Slag High Titania Sodium, Dense Slag High Titania Potassium, Dense-Fluid Slag Low Iron Powder, Titania Self Removing Slag Low Hydrogen Sodium Basic Slag Heavy & Friable Low Hydrogen Potassium Basic Slag Heavy & Friable Low Hydrogen Potassium Iron Powder Low Hydrogen Iron Powder Military Hydrogen Controlled Iron Oxide Titania Potassium Fluid Slag High Iron Oxide Easily Removable Slag High Iron Oxide Single-Pass Welds Only Iron Powder, Titania High Deposition Efficiency High Iron Oxide Iron Powder Heavy Honeycombed Slag High Iron Oxide Iron Powder Heavy Honeycombed Slag Low Hydrogen Potassium, Iron Powder Low Hydrogen Potassium, Iron Powder Penetration Deep Deep Medium Medium Low Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium Medium to Deep Deep Low Medium Medium Medium Medium

* Legend to Abbreviations: F = Flat H = Horizontal

OH = Overhead V-DOWN = Vertical-Down

V = Vertical H/V-FILLET = Horizontal-Vertical Fillet

E7018M type electrodes are intended to meet most military requirements and have greater toughness, lower coating moisture content, both as-received and after exposure, and also conform to mandatory diffusible hydrogen limits for deposited weld metal.

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AWS A5.5-96 Low Alloy Steel Covered Arc Welding Electrodes
AWS A5.5-96 classifies Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW / MMAW) electrodes by using a series of letters and digits broken into two alpha numeric groups separated by a hyphen. eg: E7010-A1 or E8010-P1. NB. The alpha numeric group after the four digit number indicates chemical analysis requirements. The following layout outlines this classification system in part only. For full details CIGWELD recommend you refer to the current published version of AWS A5.5 obtainable from the American Welding Society, 550 N.W. LeJeune Road, Miami, Florida 33126, USA.

Weld Metal No:

Min. Tensile Strength (psi)

Yield Strength(1) (ksi)

Weld Metal No:

Min. Tensile Strength (psi)

Yield Strength (ksi)

87 88-100 97 98-110 107 108-120 108-120

7010-P1 70,000 60 100 100,000 70 70,000 57 10018-M 100,000 70xx-B2L 75,000 57 110 110,000 80 80,000 67 11018M 110,000 80xx-C3 80,000 68-80 120 120,000 90 90,000 77 12018M 120,000 9018M 90,000 78-90 12018M1 120,000 80 = the first two digits indicate the minimum required tensile strength in ksi.
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Type

E 8 01 8 - C 1

A1 B1 B2 B2L B3 B3L B4L B5 B6 B6L B7 B7L B8 B8L B9 C1 C1L C2 C2L C3 C3L C4 C5L NM D1 D2 D3 P1 G* M# M1

The third digit = Welding Positions 1 All Positional 2 Flat & H/V Fillets 4 Especially good Vertical-Down 8 = the fourth digit indicates the Flux type and Welding Current / Polarity to be used. EG: Hydrogen Controlled Low Iron Powder A.C. & D.C.+, medium penetration. See Table 3 for details.
Notes: (1) Yield on E7010-P1 and E7018-W1 is required to be 60 ksi (415MPa). (2) * G classifications require the weld deposit to exhibit only a minimum of one (1) element listed. (3) # M classification chemical limits can vary widely in the case of Mn, Ni, Cr and Mo, refer to page 5 of AWS A5.5-96 for details. EX018-M electrodes are intended to meet most military requirements and have greater toughness, lower coating moisture content, both as-received and after exposure, and also conform to mandatory diffusible hydrogen limits for deposited weld metal.

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Classification Suffixes by Major Chemical Analysis (%) C Mn Ni Cr Mo Carbon-Molybdenum Steel Electrodes 0.12 0.60-1.00 ----0.40-0.65 Chromium-Molybdenum Steel Electrodes 0.05-0.12 0.90 --0.40-0.65 0.40-0.65 0.05-0.12 0.90 --1.00-1.50 0.40-0.65 0.05 0.90 --1.00-1.50 0.40-0.65 0.05-0.12 0.90 --2.00-2.50 0.90-1.20 0.05 0.90 --2.00-2.50 0.90-1.20 0.05 0.90 --1.75-2.25 0.40-0.65 0.07-0.15 0.40-0.70 --0.40-0.60 1.00-1.25 0.05-0.10 1.00 --4.00-6.00 0.45-0.65 0.05 1.00 --4.00-6.00 0.45-0.65 0.05-0.10 1.00 --6.00-8.00 0.45-0.65 0.05 1.00 --6.00-8.00 0.45-0.65 0.05-0.10 1.00 --8.00-10.50 0.85-1.20 0.05 1.00 --8.00-10.50 0.85-1.20 0.08-0.13 1.25 --8.00-10.50 0.85-1.20 Nickel Steel Electrodes 0.12 1.25 2.00-2.75 ----0.05 1.25 2.00-2.75 ----0.12 1.25 3.00-3.75 ----0.05 1.25 3.00-3.75 ----0.12 0.40-1.25 0.80-1.10 0.15 0.35 0.08 0.40-1.40 0.80-1.10 0.15 0.35 0.10 1.25 1.10-2.00 ----0.05 0.40-1.00 6.00-7.25 ----Nickel-Molybdenum Steel Electrodes 0.10 0.80-1.25 0.80-1.10 0.10 0.40-0.65 Manganese- Molybdenum Steel Electrodes 0.12 1.00-1.75 0.90 --0.25-0.45 0.15 1.65-2.00 0.90 --0.25-0.45 0.12 1.00-1.80 0.90 --0.40-0.65 Pipeline Electrodes 0.20 1.20 1.00 0.30 0.50 G = General and M = Military --1.00 min 0.50 min 0.30 min 0.20 min 0.10 0.60-2.25 1.25-2.50 0.15-1.50 0.25-0.55 0.10 0.80-1.60 3.00-3.80 0.65 0.20-0.30

V --------------0.05 ----------0.05 0.15-0.30 --------0.05 0.05 ----0.02 ------0.10 0.10 min 0.05 0.05

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AWS A5.5 Electrode Classification Summary - Table 3

Electrode Classification
E7010-X E7011-X E7015-X E7016-X E7018-X E7020-X E7027-X E8010-X E8011-G E8013-G E8015-X E8016-X E8018-X E9010-G E9011-G E9013-G E9015-X E9016-X E9018-X E9018M E10010-G E10011-G E10013-G E10015-X E10016-X E10018-X E10018M E11010-G E11011-G E11013-G E11015-G E11016-G E11018-G E11018M E12010-G E12011-G E12013-G E12015-G E12016-G E12018-G E12016M E12018M1

Type of Current Type of Flux Covering Penetration and Polarity and Slag Type or Use E70 Series, 70,000 psi (480 MPa) F, V, OH, H D.C. + High Cellulose Sodium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + High Cellulose Potassium Deep F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen Sodium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Iron Powder, Low Hydrogen Medium F & H/V-FILLET A.C. & D.C. + or High Iron Oxide Medium to Deep F & H/V-FILLET A.C. & D.C. + or High Iron Oxide, Iron Powder Medium E80 Series, 80,000 psi (550 MPa) F, V, OH, H D.C. + High Cellulose Sodium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + High Cellulose Potassium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + or High Titania Potassium, Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen Sodium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium E90 Series, 90,000 psi (620 MPa) F, V, OH, H D.C. + High Cellulose Sodium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + High Cellulose Potassium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + or High Titania Potassium, Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen Sodium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium E100 Series, 100,000 psi (690 MPa) F, V, OH, H D.C. + High Cellulose Sodium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + High Cellulose Potassium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + or High Titania Potassium, Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen Sodium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium E110 Series, 110,000 psi (760 MPa) and E120 Series, 120,000 psi (830 MPa) F, V, OH, H D.C. + High Cellulose Sodium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + High Cellulose Potassium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + or High Titania Potassium, Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen Sodium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + High Cellulose Sodium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + High Cellulose Potassium Deep F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + or High Titania Potassium, Medium F, V, OH, H D.C. + Low Hydrogen Sodium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen Potassium Medium F, V, OH, H A.C. & D.C. + Low Hydrogen, Iron Powder Medium

Welding Positions

Legend to Abbreviations: F = Flat, V = Vertical, H = Horizontal, OH = Overhead, H/V-FILLET = Horizontal-Vertical Fillet