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Chapter 13 from the Welding Handbook, Ninth Edition, Volume 3, “Welding Processes, Part 2,” has been selected by the AWS Product Development Committee as a service to industry professionals. This chapter provides an overview of the electron beam welding process and its variations, including fundamental information and the characteristics of welds produced by the process. Welding procedures, welding variables, and details of selecting welding conditions are discussed. A brief section on electron beam equipment is included in this chapter, and sections on the metals welded by the process, typical applications, and the economics of electron beam welding are presented. A discussion of safe practices specific to electron beam welding is provided. The chapter concludes with the bibliography and a list of sources of additional information on electron beam welding. 

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