Welding electrode

An all-position welding electrode having a core wire containing, by weight, up to about 1% carbon, up to about 15% manganese, up to about 50% chromium, up to about 5% titanium, up to about 2% aluminum, up to about 70% iron, up to about 90% copper, up to about 10% molybdenum, up to about 6% columbium and the balance essentially nickel, and a flux coating consisting essentially of, in parts by weight of the dry flux, about 10 to about 26 parts calcium carbonate, about 5 to about 20 parts barium carbonate, about 10 to about 23 parts titanium dioxide, up to about 4 parts aluminum oxide, from about 24 to about 26 parts cryolite, about 10 to about 18 parts manganese, about 2.4 to about 7.2 parts columbium and up to about 10 parts chromium.

An all-position welding electrode having a core wire containing, by weight, up to about 0.1% carbon, up to about 2% manganese, up to about 2.5% silicon, about 24% to about 32% chromium, up to about 5% titanium, up to about 5% aluminum, up to about 25% iron, and the balance, in an amount from about 50% to about 67% essentially nickel, and a flux coating consisting essentially of, in parts by weight of the dry flux, about 10 to about 26 parts calcium carbonate, about 5 to about 20 parts barium carbonate, about 10 to about 23 parts titanium dioxide, up to about 4 parts aluminum oxide, from about 24 to about 26 parts cryolite, about 10 to about 18 parts manganese, about 2.4 to about 7.2 parts columbium and up to about 10 parts chromium.

A flux composition adapted to provide covered electrode welding capability consisting essentially of, in weight percent from about 10% to about 26% calcium carbonate, from about 5% to about 20% barium carbonate, from about 10% to about 23% titanium dioxide, up to about 4% aluminum oxide, from about 20% to about 30% cryolite, from about 4% to about 18% manganese, from about 2.4% to about 7.2% columbium, and chromium present in an amount up to about 10%.

A flux composition adapted to provide covered electrode welding capability containing, in weight percent from about 10% to about 26% calcium carbonate, from about 5% to about 20% barium carbonate, from about 10% to about 23% titanium dioxide, up to about 4% aluminum oxide, from about 20% to about 30% cryolite, from about 10% to about 18% manganese, from about 1.8% to about 7.2% columbium, chromium present in an amount up to about 10%, up to about 2% chromium oxide, with the proviso that the sum of said chromium oxide and said aluminum oxide is less than 3%, and up to about 7.2% molybdenum.

An all-position welding electrode having a core wire containing, by weight, up to about 1% carbon, up to about 15% manganese, up to about 50% chromium, up to about 5% titanium, up to about 2% aluminum, up to about 70% iron, up to about 90% copper, up to about 10% molybdenum, up to about 6% columbium, up to about 3% silicon, and the balance essentially nickel, and a flux coating consisting essentially of, in parts by weight of the dry flux, about 10 to about 26 parts calcium carbonate, about 5 to about 20 parts barium carbonate, about 10 to about 23 parts titanium dioxide, up to about 4 parts aluminum oxide, about 24 to about 26 parts cryolite, about 4 to about 18 parts manganese, about 1.8 to about 7.2 parts columbium, up to about 10 parts chromium, up to about 2 parts chromium oxide, and up to about 7.2 parts molybdenum.

An all-position welding electrode having a core wire containing, by weight, up to about 0.1% carbon, up to about 2.5% manganese, about 14% to about 18% chromium, up to about 5% titanium up to about 5% aluminum, up to about 25% iron, up to about 2.5% silicon, up to about 2% columbium, up to about 1% tantalum the sum of columbium and tantalum being about 1.5 to about 3%, and the balance essentially nickel, and a flux coating consisting essentially of, in parts by weight of the dry flux, about 10 to about 26 parts calcium carbonate, about 5 to about 25 barium carbonate, about 10 to about 23 parts titanium dioxide, up to about 4 parts aluminum oxide, about 24 to about 26 parts cryolite, about 4 to about 18 parts manganese, about 1.8 to about 7.2 parts columbium, up to about 10 parts chromium, up to about 2 parts chromium oxide, and up to about 7.2 parts molybdenum.