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Acetylene
Gas composed to two parts carbon and two parts hydogen, when burned
with oxygen, produces on of the highest flame temperatures obtainable
Acetylene
Regulator
Actual Throat
Adhesion
Alloy
Pure metal that has additional metal or nonmetal elements added while
molton.
Ampere
Arc
Arc blow
wanderign of an electric arc from its normal path due to magnetic forces
Axis of weld
Imaginary line through the center of the weld metal from the beginning to
end of weld
Backfire
Base Metal
Bead
Bevel
Buildup
The amount that the weld face extends above the surface of the base metal
Butt Joint
Two pieces are joined in the same plane, with the edge of one touching the
edge of the other
Capillary Action
Property of liquid to move into small spaces if it has the abiity to 'wet'
those surfaces
Coalescence
Cohesion
Concave weld
face
A weld with the center of its face below the weld edges
Conductivity
Conductor
Cone
Convex weld
Covered electrode Metal rod used in arc welding, covering materials aid in arc welding
Crown
DC or Direct
Current
Depth of fusion
Diffusion
Discontinuity
Distortion
Drag
The offset distance between the actual and theoretical exit points of the
cutting oxygen stream, measured on the exit side of that material
Ductility
Edge joint
Effective throat
On a fillet weld: the least distance from the root of a weld to the weld face
Electrode
Electron
Face of a weld
Feed rate
Filler metal
Fillet weld
Metal fused into a corner formed by two pieces of metal which are about
90 degrees to each other
Filter plate
Optical material that protects eyes from ultraviolet, infrared and visible
radiation
Flash
Flashback
burning ack of gases into oxyfuel gas torch, hoses and possibly into
regulator and cylinder: VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION
Flashback arrestor Check valve installed between torch and welding hose to prevent flow of
burning gas and oxygen ack into hoses and regulators
Flay position weld Horizontal weld on upper side of a horizontal surface
Flux
Front view
The view on a working drawing that shows the greatest amount of detail
about an object's shape and size
Fusion
Fusion Face
GMAW
GTAW
Arc welding using electrode and a shileding gas. The filler metal is added
using a welding rod
Groove joint
Joint that has one or both edges cut or machined to form a bevel. V, U, or J
groove
Heat conductivity speed and efficiency of heat energy movement through a substance
Heat
Helmet
Protective hood that fits welder's head with filtering lens through which
welder can see arc safely
Incomplete
Fushion
Less-than-complete fusion of weld material with the ase metal or with the
preceding bead
Inert gas
A gas which does not normally combine chmically wiht the base metal or
filler metal
Interface
Joint
Joint penetration
Lap Joint
Neutral flame
Overhead position Weld made on the underside of joint with the face of the weld in a
horizontal position
Penetration
Extent to which the weld metal combines with the base metal, as measured
from surface of the base metal
Plasma
PAC
Mettal cutting process that uses an electric arc and fast flowing ionized
gases (plasma arc cutting)
Polarity
Purging
Passing the proper gas through a system to ensure that there is no air or
fereign sustances in the system
Root of weld
That part of the farthest from the sources of weld heat and/or from the side
Arc weldig process that melts and fuses metals using the heat of an arc
between a covered electrode and base metal.
Short arc
Spray arc
Tack weld
T-Joint
Toe of weld
Junction between the face of the weld and the base metal
Undercut
Depression at the toe of the weld that is below the surface of the base
metal
Vertical Position