UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA

TUGAS 4 METALURGI LAS

HASAN FUADI

1906322436

PROGRAM PASCASARJANA KHUSUS

DEPARTEMEN TEKNIK METALURGI DAN MATERIAL

FAKULTAS TEKNIK

UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA

DEPOK
3.1 Lithium alloys are known to have severe hydrogen porosity problems due to the
hydration of oxides and formation of hydrides on the work-piece surface. If you were to do
GMAW of these alloys using Al–Li wires, can you avoid porosity? If so, how?

Answer:

In reducing the possibility of porosity in the alloy caused by Hydrogen Lithium there are several
methods such as milling or Thermo vacuum do degassed (in the form of hydrides / Hydride
Oxide) on the alloy Litihium. And if we are going to do welding with welding wire of Al-Li then
there are some treatments that aim to prevent the formation of hydrogen which leads to porosity
defects, among others:
Do surface preparation and thermovacumm treatment before welding
Do Magnetic Stirring at weld crater area
Do the addition of Freon (CCl2F2) or CO2 in gas protectors to reduce the amount of
hydrogen gas in it.
3.2 Do you prefer using an oxidizing or reducing flame in gas welding of high-carbon
steels? Explain why or why not.

Answer :
Preferring to use Reducing Flame or Carburizing Flame in gas welding is applied to the material
type of high carbon steel because Carburizing Flame does not oxidize the metal material we fire
created by the method Carburizing Flame formed by the mixing of the gas Acetylene and
Oxygen gas or practically by Oxy-acetylene Mixture. Below are comparisons between Oxidizing
Carburizing Flame to Flame in terms of temperature and also the ratio of Acetylene:
Carburizing Flame will tend to eliminate the oxygen content of the iron oxide. And also
Carburizing Flame is suitable for welding applications with high carbon steel and other metals
that are not absorb carbon atoms.
3.3 (a) Will decreasing welding speed help reduce weld porosity in gas–tungsten arc welds
of aluminum if the source of hydrogen is on the work-piece surface? (b) What about if the
source of hydrogen is in the shielding gas? Explain why or why not.

Answer:

3.3 (a) Increase the welding speed will reduce the formation of porosity or defects due to gas
trapped in the crater welding before solidification.

From the diagram above shows that with increased welding speed will accelerate the
solidification process which also means that the short time it takes to form porosity in the
weld region after solidification.
3.3 (b) If the source of hydrogen gas trapped alias instead contained in the gas patron, then it
should do the same as the number 1 that adds Freon (CCl 2F2) on gas patron, in the hope of
remaining hydrogen can be reduced in number. Or CO2 gas can also be added to the
shielding gas, which can reduce the content of hydrogen, as shown in the following
diagram.

3.4 When welding rimmed steels or when doing GMAW of carbon steels using CO2 as the
shielding gas, Mn- or Si-containing electrodes are used to prevent gas porosity. Explain
why.

Answer:

In the case of welding rimmed steel material or also called low carbon steel is relatively soft
compared to other kinds of steel and is also very easily treated bending. Rimmed steel has also
been in-deoxidizer which eliminated the element of oxygen remaining. So when welded, type of
steel used CO2 shielding gas and welding wire/metal filler that contains elements Mn and Si (at
least about 0.05 wt%). With the addition of these elements is expected porosity is not formed by
the mechanism of trapped gas can flow out through the slag formed during the welding is done.

3.5 Austenitic stainless steels usually contain very low levels of carbon, around or below
0.05wt %. When welding stainless steels using CO2 as the shielding gas or covered
electrodes containing abundant CaCO3, the weld metal often tends to carburize. Explain
why and indicate how to avoid the problem!
Biasanya digunakan gas pelindung CO2 dan kawat lasnya yang telah tertutup dengan kandungan
CaCO3 guna mencegah terjadinya karburisasi. Hal ini dikarenakan dengan tingginya kandungan
CO2 akan mengakibatkan terjadinya oksidasi unsur C, Cr, Mn, dan Si yang berlebihan pada
daerah kawah las. Ditambah lagi dengan kawat las yang mengandung CaCO3 akan membentuk
CaO dan CO2 saat pengelasan berlangsung, dimana kita tahu apabila terjadi karburisasi akan
menggetaskan material las kita. Dampaknya juga berlanjut, dengan semakin kerasnya material,
masukan panaspun akan meningkat (karena semakin tingginya kekerasan material, maka
membutuhkan masukan panas yang tinggi juga). Dan temperatur yang meningkat itu akan
menyebabkan sensititasi dengan penyebab pembentukan unsur karbida yang berujung pada
korosi batas butir. Dibawah ilustrasinya:

Untuk mencegah hal ini terjadi, dapat dilakukan pembatasan kandungan CO2 dalam gas
pelindung kita (Argon). Dan metode lain untuk mencegah pembentukan karbida atau fenomena
sensititasi di batas butir pada material γ-stainless steel:
 Laju pendinginan harus ditingkatkan setelah melewati temperatur 540-870°C.
 Dibutuhkan penambahan unsur penstabil seperti Paduan Colombium/Tantalum/Titanium.
 Diberi solution heat treatment untuk melarutkan karbida pasca pengelasan selesai
dilakukan

3.6 It has been reported that gas–tungsten arc welds of aluminum made in the overhead
position tend to have a significantly higher porosity level than those made in the flat
position. Explain why!

Answer :

Because of the overhead position, magnetic force and surface tension will induce metal transfer,
plus the force of gravity against the metal transfer that occurs.
 Kinds of welding position

Generally the overhead position welding used a low current, automatically happens also small
droplet size. Typically the rate of welding in the overhead position very quickly so the sooner
also the hold, also that its weld crater did not shed welder. With the rapid freezing that occurs,
the logic trapped gas have not been out but freezing has occurred, so that creates porosity. The
possibility of this happening in a flat position can be said to be very small, or at least smaller
than the possibility of an overhead position.

3.7 The GTAW of pure iron with Ar–5% H2 as the shielding gas showed that the weld
metal hydrogen content increased with increasing heat input per unit length of the weld.
Explain why !

Answer:

Pada dasarnya jenis logam besi murni yang tidak memiliki kandungan karbon tidak dapat
dilakukan pengelasan dengan metode GTAW (dengan gas pelindung Argon-5% Hidrogen), jadi
pengelasan dengan gas pelindung Ar-5%H2 harus memiliki kandungan karbon yang cukup
tinggi. Dengan menggunakan gas pelindung tersebut kandungan Hidrogen terlarut dalam besi
murni akan meningkat yang mana berbanding lurus dengan masukan panasnya juga. Pada
percobaan Gedeon, SA, et al (1987) dengan meningkatnya kandungan Hidrogen maka semakin
banyak pula Hidrogen yang harus dilarutkan, dimana untuk melarutkan Hidrogen dalam ppm
yang tinggi dibutuhkan panas yang tinggi juga (masukan panasnya pun harus ditingkatkan),
dapat dilihat pada grafik dibawah :
3.8 Electromagnetic stirring has been reported to reduce hydrogen porosity in aluminum
welds. Explain why!

Answer:

Because the material is aluminum, we can associate with casting process. In the casting process
by giving vibration / magnetic stirring with a certain frequency in the stage structure is
undergoing solidification occurs an effect that the given magnetic stirring either grain columnar
or equiaxed be better / smoother and shrinkage porosity or cavity zone along the centerline of a
decline which is caused by his inter crystalline eliminated and also equiaxed grain zone is also
enlarged. This is supported by research of Taghavi, et al also concluded that the administration
of vibrations (range 10-50 Hz) will reduce porosity. In his research with the higher frequency of
Aluminum density will be higher which indicates that the porosity in the specimen is reduced:
For schematic axial magnetic field in the area of the crater welding while welding is in progress
can be seen in illustration below:

With, j = current density, B = magnetic field, Fa = force acting on the arc, Fp = force acting on
the liquid weld metal in the weld pool.

3.9 A steel container was welded by SAW with a filler wire containing 1.38% Mn and
0.05% Si and a flux containing 11.22% SiO2 and 1.15% MnO. Is the electrode tip Mn
content expected to be greater or smaller than the wire Mn content and why? What about
the Si content?

Answer:

The content of Mn in the electrode tip should be greater than the content of manganese in
welding wire. This is because if the content of manganese in welding electrode wire high and
low MnO in the flux trigger a thermochemical manganese loss at the electrode tip is melted. The
solution is to involve more noble metal oxides in flux and in the process comes from the
electrode tip to the weld specimens in the form of droplets, the more noble metal oxides will also
reduce the content of Mn through the thermochemical reaction.
For its silicon content, the electrode tip tend to be larger than it was in the wire. Where at first
wire just have a low silicon content, and when the flux contained high content of Silicon Oxide
and Silicon pickup causes thermochemical phenomenon for thermochemical reactions.
Therefore, should the concentration of silicon in the electrode tip enhanced.