Low-hydrogen-type covered arc welding electrode for high strength CR-MO steels

A low-hydrogen-type covered arc welding electrode for high-strength Cr--Mo steels comprising a core wire and a covering material, characterized in that:

• the contents of components in said covered arc welding electrode satisfy the following correlations:
• ›Si!.sub.w +K.times.›Si!.sub.f :
• 0.35 to 2.4 weight percent,
• ›Mn!.sub.w +K.times.›Mn!.sub.f :
• 0.5 to 2.0 weight percent,
• ›Cr!.sub.w +K.times.›Cr!.sub.f :
• 2.0 to 4.0 weight percent,
• ›Mo!.sub.w +K.times.›Mo!.sub.f :
• 0.01 to 1.5 weight percent,
• ›V!.sub.w +K.times.›V!.sub.f :
• 0.15 to 0.60 weight percent, and
• ›C!.sub.w +K.times.›C!.sub.f :
• 0.15 weight percent or less;
• said covered arc welding electrode further contains at least one group of components selected from the groups consisting of (Ti, TiO.sub.2, Zr, and Hf), (Nb and Ta), Ni, Co, W, and (B and B.sub.2 O.sub.3), so as to satisfy the following correlations:
• ›Ti!.sub.w +›Zr!.sub.w +›Hf!.sub.w +K.times.(›Ti!.sub.f +0.02.times.›TiO.sub.2 !.sub.f +›Zr!.sub.f +›Hf!.sub.f):
• 0.005 to 0.500 weight percent,
• ›Nb!.sub.w +›Ta!.sub.w +K.times.(›Nb!.sub.f +›Ta!.sub.f):
• 0.005 to 0.200 weight percent,
• ›Ni!.sub.w +K.times.›Ni!.sub.f :
• 0.10 to 1.00 weight percent,
• ›Co!.sub.w +K.times.›Co!.sub.f :
• 0.10 to 1.00 weight percent,
• ›W!.sub.w +K.times.›W!.sub.f :
• 0.10 to 2.50 weight percent, and
• ›B!.sub.w +K.times.(›B!.sub.f +0.12.times.›B.sub.2 O.sub.3 !.sub.f):
• 0.002 to 0.1 weight percent;
• wherein
• ›X!.sub.w represents a content of chemical component X in said core wire by weight percent to the total weight of said core wire, ›Y!.sub.f represents a content of chemical component Y in said covering material by weight percent to the total weight of said covering material, and K equals to t/(1-t) wherein t is a covering rate which represents a weight ratio of the covering material to the welding electrode per unit length;
• and
• the water content in the entire welding electrode is controlled to 50 to 600 ppm by weight,
• the basicity BL of said covering material expressed by the following equation is controlled to 2.0 to 8.0:
• ##EQU3## and the P, S, N, Al and Mg contents are controlled as follows:
• ›P!.sub.w +K.times.›P!.sub.f :
• 0.015 weight percent or less,
• ›S!.sub.w +K.times.›S!.sub.f :
• 0.010 weight percent or less,
• ›N!.sub.w +K.times.›N!.sub.f :
• 0.015 weight percent or less,
• ›Al!.sub.w +K.times.›Al!.sub.f :
• 0.30 weight percent or less, and
• ›Mg!.sub.w +K.times.›Mg!.sub.f :
• 0.50 weight percent or less.