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    Key Words-Diffusibie hydrogen, gas ANSI/AWS A4.3-86 chromatography, mercury displacement, ‘An American National Standard are welding, stel, shielded metal are welding, Approved by be eal TS ‘American National Standards Institute = * December 13, 1985 Standard Methods for the Determination of Diffusible Hydrogen Content of Martinsitic, Bainitic, and Ferritic Steel Weld Metal Produced by Arc Welding Prepared by AWS Committee on Filler Metal Under the Direction of AWS Technical Activities Committee Approved by AWS Board of Directors, September 9, 1985 Abstract AA standard 25 x 12 x 80 mm test specimen and method of preparation are set forth, along with two standard methods of df: fusible hydrogen analysis, mercury displacement and gas chromatography. The methods are suitable for shielded metal «are welding, gas metal arc welding, flux cored arc welding, and submerged arc welding using welding conditions and elec- \rodes given in several applicable American Welding Society Filler Metal Specifications, AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY, INC. 550 N.W. Leleune Road, PO. Box 351040, Miami, FL 33135 Policy Statement on Use of AWS Standards All standards of the American Welding Society (codes, specifications, recommended practices, methods, ete.) are voluntary consensus standards that have been developed in accordance with the rules of the American National Standards Institute. When AWS standards are either incorporated in, or made part of, documents that are included in federal or state laws and regulations or the regulations of other governmental bodies, their provisions carry the full legal authority of the statute. In such cases, any changes in those AWS standards must be approved by the governmental body having statutory jurisdiction before they can become a part of those laws and regulations. In all cases, these standards carry the full legal authority of the contract or other document that invokes AWS standards. Where this, contractual relationship exists, changes in or deviations from requirements of an AWS standard must be by agreement between the contracting partes. International Standard Book Number: 0-87171-253-9 American Welding Society, 550 N.W, LeJeune Road, P. 0. Box 351040, Miami, Florida 33135 © 1986 by American Welding Society. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Reprinted January 1987 Note: By publishing this standard, the American Welding Society does not insure anyone using the information it contains against liability arising from that use. Publication of a standard by the American Welding Society does not carry with it any right to make, use, or sell any patented items. Users ofthe information in this standard should make an independent investigation of the validity of that information for their particular use and the patent status of any item referred to herein, This standard is subject to revision at any time by the Committee on Filler Metal. It must be reviewed every five years and if not revised, it must be either reapproved or withdrawn, Comments (recommendations, additions, or deletions) and any pertinent data that may be of use in improving this standard are requested and should be addressed to AWS, Headquarters, Such comments will receive careful considerations by the Committee on Filler Metal and and the author of the comments will be informed of the committee's response to the comments. Guests are invited to attend all meetings of the Committee on Filler Metal to express their comments verbally. Procedures for appeal of an adverse decision concerning all such comments are provided in the Rules of Operation of the Technical Activities Committee, A copy of these Rules can be obtained from the American Welding Society, 550 N,W. LeJeune Rd. P. O. Box 351040, Miami, Florida 33135, Table of Contents Personnel Foreword. List of Tables ListofFigures 1. Scope 2. Units of Measure 3. Preparation of Weld Test Assemblies 3.1 TestAssembly Dimensions . 3.2 Test Assembly Degassing 3.3 Test Assembly Cleaning and Weighing 4, Welding Fixture 5. Welding and Preparation for Analysis 5.1 Preliminary Preparation 5.2 Welding the Test Assembly 5.3 Cleaningand Preparation for Analysis, 6. Diffusible Hydrogen Analysis: 6.1 Analytic Apparatus Requirements 6.2 Loading the Test Specimen into the Analytical Apparatus 6.3 Hydrogen Evolutionand Analysis 7 6.4 Variants of Hydrogen Evolution 6.5 Reporting of Results, 7. Standard Mercury Displacement Procedure . 7.1. Safety Precautions 7.2 Collection of Diffusible Hydrogen 7.3 Calculations 8. Gas Chromatography Procedure Apprendi AL. Introduction, : A2. Correlations of Diffusible Hydrogen with Covered Electrode Coating Moisture ‘A3. Correlations of Diffusible Hydrogen Obtained by the Methods of this Standard with Values Obtained from Other Methods ‘A4. Welding Process Comparisons AS. Significance of Differences in Results Among Laboratories Page no. Personnel AWS Committee on Filler Metal W.L. Wilcox, Chairman D. J. Kotecki, Ist Vice Chairman G. Hallstrom, 2nd Vice Chairman HF. Reid, Secretary Z.AL-Hillal D.F. Betz CE. Braner J. Caprarola LJ. Christensen® RJ. Christoffel D. A, DelSignore PB. Dickerson H.W. Ebert EH. Franks* FE. Gibbs M. F. Godfrey J. Gonzales JR Hannahs RL Harris T Hellerstrom* D.C. Helton WS. Howes J.P Hunt JW. Hunt PA. Kammer* JJ. King GA. Kurisky RA, LaFave NE. Larson A. S. Laurenson RK, Leet LM. Malik* GH. MacShane LB. Matthews WF McLaughlin M.T. Merlo G.E. Metzger JW. Mortimer Advisory Member ‘Scott Paper Company Teledyne McKay USNRC-RIL American Welding Society ‘Weldface Products Crane Midwest Fittings Consultant Alloy Rods Corporation CBI. Incorporated General Electric Company ‘Westinghouse Electric Corporation Aluminum Company of America Exxon Research & Engineering Consultant Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Consultant The Lincotn Electric Company Consultant Robert L. Harris & Associates ESAB Alloy Rods Corporation National Electrical Manufacturers Inco Alloys International General Motors Corporation, Buick Motors Division Eutectic Corporation Naval Sea Systems Command Maryland Specialty Wire United Technologies, Elliott Company Union Carbide Corporation, Linde Division ITT Grinnell Corporation Consultant AMCA International Limited Stoody Company Harley Davidson York, Incorporated Chrysler Corporation ‘Tri-Mark, Incorporated Air Force Materials Laboratory Consultant LW. Mot Hobart Brothers Company RL Peaslee Wall Colmonoy Corporation E.W. Pickering Combustion Engineering, Incorporated SD. Reynolds, In* U.S. Nuclear Regulatory JM. Rolnick Airco Welding Products D. Rozet_ Consultant HS. Sayre* Consultant NG. Schreiner Consultant ‘O.W. Seth CBI, Incorporated L. E. Shoemaker Inco Alloys International RW Straiton Bechtel Group RD. Sutton L-Tec Welding and Cutting Systems R.D. Thomas, Jr R.D. Thomas and Company A.E.Wiehe* Consultant WA. Wiehe Arcos Division, Hoskins Manufacturing Company F.J. Winsor Consultant K.G. Wold Aqua-Chem TJ. Wonder Pan Am World Services AWS Task Group to Develop a Ferritic Weld Metal Diffusible Hydrogen Standard D. J. Kotecki, Chairman Teledyne McKay J. Blackburn DTNSRDC, U.S. Navy 'N.E. Dane Hobart Brothers Company E.J. Galda _L-Tech Welding and Cutting Systems J. Gonzalez The Lincoln Electric Company R.A. LaFave United Technologies, Elliott Company LB. Matthews Harley Davidson York, Incorporated ‘M.T. Merlo Tri-Mark, Incorporated E.W. Pickering Combustion Engineering, Incorporated M. Quintana Electric Boat Division, General Dyna J.M. Rolnick Airco Welding Products M.S. Sierdzinski Alloy Rods, Incorporated “Advisory Member Standard Methods for Determination of the Diffusible Hydrogen Content of Martin: ic, Bai ic, and Ferritic Steel Weld Metal Produced by Arc Welding 1. Scope ‘This slandrdpresribesa standard weld testassembly, 1 standard meth of tes specimen preparation, and two Sundard methods of analysis for determination of di Tusible hydrogen from martensitic. baie and fers steel weld metals. The metho of preparatonare suitable ‘or shielded metal are, gas metal are. Tok cored at, and submerged are welding processes, Extension the ct ods of prepiaton other processes, suchas ps tungten ur o plasm ure welding, are possible, Tes not the intent ofthis standard directly herein to clasity ate welding electrodes, faxes, ad gives aceon, ingtothe hydrogen content of welds produced fom them, However itis the intent of hiv standard that it be used ae the standard test method for clasiication purposes tobe referenced in individual filler metal specifications preparedby the AWS Filler Metal Commitee and is Sub Commities In addition its use for electrode classification pur- poses, isthe intent ofthis standard hat it be used for Quality Conformance testing of are welding electrode, flnes and gases, Its recommended thi this tandard be used for devel ping and reporting research results so thatthe reslisnay be drety compared with result from othe laboratories 2. Units of Measure At the present time, U.S. Customary Units of Measurement are normally the primary units of AWS documents, including the standards and specifications Prepared by the Committee on Filler Metals, However, these units are awkward for expressing hydrogen values, whereas the S.. Units are not. Furthermore, the practice Of reporting diffusible hydrogen values in S.1. Units with the glycerin method is widespread in the U.S. already. Therefore, the S.1, Units of Measurement are chosen as the primary units of measurement fortis standard. except for welding parameters specified by filler metal speci fications. U.S. Customary Units are included parenthet- ically except for diffusible hydrogen values and for measurements ditectly used in computing diffusible hydrogen values. Only S.1. Unitsare, inppractice, used for diffusible hydrogen values and for measurements directly used in computing them, 3. Preparation of Weld Test Assemblies 3.1 Test Assembly Dimensions. Each weld test assembly shall consist of a starting weld tab, a test specimen atthe center, and a run-off weld tab, all held ina copper clamp- ing fixture (Figs. | and 2), Four such weld test assemblies shall constitute a complete test. The material for all three pieces of a weld testassembly shall be nonrimming quality steel of grade ASTM A36 or SAE 1020. Incase of dispute, ASTM A36 steel shall be used as referee material. All three pieces fora weld testassembly shall have cross sec tion of 25 x 12 mm + 2 mm (1 x 1/2 in, + 1/16 in.) with perpendicular edges. The width of the three pieces (25 ‘mm dimension) shall be sufficiently uniform that a copper alignment clamp will hold all three parts of the weld test assembly firmly. A convenient base metal form is hot- rolled bar stock of this same cross section. ‘The length of the center test specimen shall be 80 mm + S mm (3-1/8 in, + 1/4 in.). The lengths of the weld tabs ‘may be arbitrarily chosen such that the lengths of the weld bead on the starting weld tab and on the run-off weld tab ‘comply with the requirements of 5.2 3.2 Test Assembly Degassing. The pieces fora weld test assembly shall be heat-treated for one hour minimum in Staring wold tab Test specimen Welding Fexture!3 Aun off ola tao CEC CCC ECC CE 25 mm +6 mm, (in, Fein | Fig. 2— Weld test assembly after welding, with correct dimensions for weld bead length on the weld tabs air, vacuum, or inert gas at 400° to 650°C (750° to 1200°F) to remove any hydrogen present in the material. Incases of dispute, the referee heat-treatment temperature shall be 625°C + 25°C (1150°F + 50°F), The rate of heating and cooling is unimportant. 3.3 Test Assembly Cleaning and Weighing. Ifthe pieces were machined to size prior to heat treatment such that no scaled surface remained, and if the heat treatment atmos- phere was such that no surface scale formed, then no subsequent descaling shall be required. If the surface is scaled after heat treatment, the surface shall be completely descaled by dry shot blasting, dry grit blasting, dry belt sanding, or dry power wire brushing. (Caution: Con- ‘amination from this point on may lead to false high values for the test.) Afier heat treatment and descaling, the test specimen identification shall be marked by stamping or engraving any surface which will notbe welded. Ifanupsetis formed by this operation which interferes with contact with the copper clamping fixture, the upset shall be removed by

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