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Basic Welding Terms

This document defines key terms related to welding, including arc voltage, base metal, bond, goggles, helmet, liquidus, melting point, melting range, tempering, and weld. It also covers welding materials like acetone, acetylene, alloy, electrode, and flux. Finally, it outlines various welding processes such as arc cutting, arc welding, bare metal-arc welding, brazing, braze welding, carbon-arc welding, gas welding, metal-arc welding, and pressure welding.

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Basic Welding Terms

This document defines key terms related to welding, including arc voltage, base metal, bond, goggles, helmet, liquidus, melting point, melting range, tempering, and weld. It also covers welding materials like acetone, acetylene, alloy, electrode, and flux. Finally, it outlines various welding processes such as arc cutting, arc welding, bare metal-arc welding, brazing, braze welding, carbon-arc welding, gas welding, metal-arc welding, and pressure welding.

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Basic Welding Terms

 Arc Voltage – the voltage that runs along the welding arc.

 Base Metal – the metal material that will be welded or cut.

 Bond – the joining of welding metal and base metal.

 Goggles – safety equipment worn to protect the welder’s eyes from harmful radiation while
welding and cutting.

 Helmet – protection equipment worn to protect the welder’s face and neck.

 Liquidus – the lowest temperature where metal becomes liquid

 Melting Point – the temperature that needs to be reached to allow metal to begin to liquefy.

 Melting Range – the range of temperatures between solidus and liquidus.

 Tempering – process of reheating hardened steel below the lowest critical temperature and then
allowing it to cool to make the steel stronger.

 Weld – a point where metals have been fused together by heating the materials to a suitable
temperature. Filler metals or pressure may be used to accomplish the weld.

 Welder Certification – document certifying that the welder has made his welds according to the
standards prescribed.

 Welding Torch – tool used for gas welding to control the flow of gases used.

Welding Materials
 Acetone  –  flammable and unstable liquid that is used to dissolve and stabilize acetylene.

 Acetylene – a highly combustible gas that is made of carbon and hydrogen that is used in gas
welding.

 Alloy – a mixture of one or more elements with at least one being a metal.

 Electrode  –  various materials that are used to conduct the welding current between the electrode
holder and the welding arc.

 Flux – cleaner used to clean metals to be welded, soldered or brazed. It also dissolves rust and
releases any trapped gases that may be in the metal.

 Nonferrous – metals that do not contain any iron. Examples of nonferrous metals include
aluminum, bronze, copper, lead and titanium.

 Welding Rod – filler metal that comes in a rod or wire form and is used in brazing and gas welding
or in arc welding where the electrode does not produce filler metal.
Welding Processes
 Arc Cutting – cutting processes where materials are cut by melting that is caused by the heat of the
arc between the electrode and the metal.

 Arc Welding – welding methods where fusion is achieved by heating the materials to be joined
using an electric arc(s). This may be done with or without filler material.

 Bare Metal-Arc Welding – an arc welding method where fusion is accomplished by using an
unshielded arc to produce heat between a bare or lightly coated electrode and the material to be welded.
The filler metal comes from the electrode and pressure is not used.

 Brazing – a welding method using a filler metal that is liquefied at a temperature above 800 F is
distributed within a groove, flange or other type of joint and distributed through the joint via capillary
action.

 Braze Welding – a welding process where the filler metal is liquefied above 842 F and beneath the
base metals’ solid state.

 Carbon-Arc Welding – a welding method where fusion is created by an arc between a carbon
electrode and the material to be welded.

 Gas Welding – a welding process where a gas flame creates the welding heat.

 Metal-Arc Welding – a welding process where the heat produced from an arc forms a weld by
fusing a metal electrode and material to be welded together.

 Pressure Welding – a welding process where pressure is used to make a weld.

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