AWS G2.3M/G2.3 : 2012
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GUIDE FOR THE JOINING OF SOLID SOLUTION AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS
04-28-2023
01-01-2012
Personnel
Foreword
List of Tables
List of Figures
1. General Requirements
2. Normative References
3. Terms and Definitions
4. General Information
5. Metallurgy
6. Welding and Fabrication Considerations
7. Weldability Considerations
8. Welding Processes
9. Postweld Operations
10. Heat Treatment
11. Storage and Shipping Recommendations
12. Maintenance and Repair
Annex A (Informative) - Suggested Filler Metal Selection Chart
Annex B (Informative) - Informative References
Annex C (Informative) - ASTM Base Metal Specifications
for Austenitic Stainless Steels
Annex D (Informative) - Estimating the Ferrite Content
of Cast Base Materials
Annex E (Informative) - Engineering Terms, Common Conversions,
and SMAW Electrode Diameters
Annex F (Informative) - Guidelines for the Preparation of
Technical Inquiries
List of AWS Documents on the Joining of Metals and Alloys
Provides a description of solid solution austenitic stainless steels and the most commonly used welding processes and procedures for joining these materials.
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American Welding Society
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AWS WHB.1.9 : 2001 | WELDING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH ED., VOL 1 |
AWS A5.14/A5.14M : 2011 | SPECIFICATION FOR NICKEL AND NICKEL-ALLOY BARE WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS |
ASTM A 988/A988M : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Hot Isostatically-Pressed Stainless Steel Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High Temperature Service |
ASTM A 632 : 2004 | Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Service |
AWS WHB.4.9 : 2010 | MATERIALS AND APPLICATION - PART 1 - WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOLUME 4 |
ASTM A 480/A480M : 2017-11 | SPECIFICATION FOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FLAT-ROLLED STAINLESS AND HEAT-RESISTING STEEL PLATE, SHEET, AND STRIP |
PFI ES 35 : 0 | NONSYMMETRICAL BEVELS AND JOINT CONFIGURATIONS FOR BUTT WELDS |
AWS C7.2 : 1998 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR LASER BEAM WELDING, CUTTING AND DRILLING |
ASTM A 947M : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Textured Stainless Steel Sheet [Metric] |
AWS C5.10/C5.10M : 2003 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR SHIELDING GASES FOR WELDING AND CUTTING |
ASTM A 376/A376M : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Seamless Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service |
ASTM A 297/A297M : 2017 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Iron-Chromium and Iron-Chromium-Nickel, Heat Resistant, for General Application |
AWS C5.5/C5.5M : 2003 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING |
ASTM A 733 : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel and Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe Nipples |
ASTM A 688/A688M : 2015-03 | SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS AND WELDED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL FEEDWATER HEATER TUBES |
ASTM A 959 : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels |
ASTM A 270/A270M : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Seamless and Welded Austenitic and Ferritic/Austenitic Stainless Steel Sanitary Tubing |
ASTM A 409/A409M : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Welded Large Diameter Austenitic Steel Pipe for Corrosive or High-Temperature Service |
ASTM A 666 : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Annealed or Cold-Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar |
AWS D10.4:1986 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR WELDING AUSTENITIC CHROMIUM-NICKEL STAINLESS STEEL PIPING AND TUBING |
ASTM A 744/A744M : 2013 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Castings, Iron-Chromium-Nickel, Corrosion Resistant, for Severe Service |
AWS WHB.2.9 : 2004 ERRATA 2004 | WELDING PROCESSES - PART 1, WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOL. 2 |
ASTM A 358/A358M : 2015 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service and General Applications |
AWS D18.2 : 1999 | GUIDE TO WELD DISCOLORATION LEVELS ON INSIDE OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL TUBE |
ASTM A 380 : 2006 | Standard Practice for Cleaning, Descaling, and Passivation of Stainless Steel Parts, Equipment, and Systems |
AWS C1.1M/C1.1 : 2012 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR RESISTANCE WELDING |
AWS A5.8/A5.8M : 2013 | SPECIFICATION FOR FILLER METALS FOR BRAZING AND BRAZE WELDING |
ASTM A 351/A351M : 2016-05 | SPECIFICATION FOR CASTINGS, AUSTENITIC, FOR PRESSURE-CONTAINING PARTS |
AWS WHB.3.8 : 0 | MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS - PART 1 - WELDING HANDBOOK, 8TH ED., VOL. 3 |
AWS D1.6/D1.6M : 2007 | STRUCTURAL WELDING CODE - STAINLESS STEEL |
AWS A5.11/A5.11M : 2010 | SPECIFICATION FOR NICKEL AND NICKEL-ALLOY WELDING ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING |
AWS A5.22/A5.22M : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL FLUX CORED AND METAL CORED WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS |
ASTM A 774/A774M : 2014 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for As-Welded Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel Fittings for General Corrosive Service at Low and Moderate Temperatures |
AWS A5.4/A5.4M : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODES FOR SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING |
AWS BRH:2007 | BRAZING HANDBOOK |
AWS A5.12M/A5.12 : 2009 | SPECIFICATION FOR TUNGSTEN AND OXIDE DISPERSED TUNGSTEN ELECTRODES FOR ARC WELDING AND CUTTING |
AWS A5.9/A5.9M : 2012 | SPECIFICATION FOR BARE STAINLESS STEEL WELDING ELECTRODES AND RODS |
ISO 14175:2008 | Welding consumables — Gases and gas mixtures for fusion welding and allied processes |
AWS A5.32/A5.32M : 2011 | WELDING CONSUMABLES - GASES AND GAS MIXTURES FOR FUSION WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES |
AWS D10.11M/D10.11:2007 | GUIDE FOR ROOT PASS WELDING OF PIPE WITHOUT BACKING |
ASTM A 554 : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Welded Stainless Steel Mechanical Tubing |
ASTM A 511/A511M : 2016 : REDLINE | Standard Specification for Seamless Stainless Steel Mechanical Tubing and Hollow Bar |
ASTM A 312/A312M : 2017-03 | SPECIFICATION FOR SEAMLESS, WELDED, AND HEAVILY COLD WORKED AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL PIPES |
AWS WHB.3.9 : 2007 | WELDING PROCESSES - PART 2: WELDING HANDBOOK, 9TH EDITION, VOL. 3 |
AWS A5.30/A5.30M : 2007 | SPECIFICATION FOR CONSUMABLE INSERTS |
ISO 8249:2000 | Welding Determination of Ferrite Number (FN) in austenitic and duplex ferritic-austenitic Cr-Ni stainless steel weld metals |
PFI ES 21 : 0 | INTERNAL MACHINING AND FIT-UP OF GTAW ROOT PASS CIRCUMFERENTIAL BUTT WELDS |
AWS A5.34/A5.34M : 2013 | SPECIFICATION FOR NICKEL-ALLOY ELECTRODES FOR FLUX CORED ARC WELDING |
AWS A4.2M/A4.2 : 1997 | STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATING MAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE DELTA FERRITE CONTENT OF AUSTENITIC AND DUPLEX FERRITIC-AUSTENITIC STAINLESS WELD METAL |
ASTM A 494/A494M : 2017-03 | SPECIFICATION FOR CASTINGS, NICKEL AND NICKEL ALLOY |
AWS A3.0M/A3.0 : 2010 | STANDARD WELDING TERMS AND DEFINITIONS INCLUDING TERMS FOR ADHESIVE BONDING, BRAZING, SOLDERING, THERMAL CUTTING, AND THERMAL SPRAYING |
AWS C7.1M/C7.1 : 2013 | RECOMMENDED PRACTICES FOR ELECTRON BEAM WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES |
ASME B16.25 : 2012 | BUTTWELDING ENDS |
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