Chapter 8 from the Welding Handbook, Ninth Edition, Volume 2, “Welding Processes, Part 1,” has been selected by the AWS Product Development Committee as a service to industry professionals. This chapter presents a description of electrogas welding, including a discussion of the fundamentals of the process, equipment, materials, variables, weld quality, economics, and safe practices. Applications involving the welding of plain carbon steels, structural steels, and pressure vessel steels are discussed in detail.
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