The Welder’s Glossary
A
- Abrasive
- Acceptable Weld
- Active Flux
- Active Fluxes
- Actual Throat
- Adhesive Bonding
- Aging
- Air Carbon Arc Cutting
- Air Hardening
- AISI
- Allotropic
- Allotropic Change
- Alloying
- All-Weld-Metal Test Specimen
- Alternating
- Alternating Current (AC)
- Ampere
- Anneal
- Annealed Condition
- Annealing
- Arc Blow
- Arc Cutting
- Arc Energy
- Arc Force
- Arc Gouging
- Arc Length
- Arc Time
- Arc Voltage
- Arc Welding
- Arc Welding Deposition Efficiency (%)
- Arc Welding Electrode
- Arc Welding Gun
- Arc Welding Torch
- Arc Weld Deposition Efficiency
- ASME
- ASTM
- As-Cast Structures
- As-Welded
- Atom
- Atomic Hydrogen Welding
- Austenite
- Austenitic
- Autogenous Weld
- Automatic
B
- Backfire
- Backhand Welding
- Backing
- Backing Gas
- Backing Ring
- Back Gouging
- Back-Step Sequence
- Base Metal
- Base Metal (material)
- Bend Radius
- Bevel
- Bevel Angle
- Bevel Cutting
- Bevel Groove Weld
- Binary Alloy
- Blanking
- Blowhole
- Bonded Fluxes
- Braze
- Braze Welding
- Brazing
- Brittleness
- Buildup
- Burr
- Buttering
- Butt Joint
C
- Camber
- Capillary Action
- Cap Pass
- Carbide
- Carbide Precipitation
- Carbon Steel
- Carrier Gas
- Casehardening
- Cast of Continuous Welding Electrodes
- Cast steel
- Cellulose
- Cementite
- Chip Test
- Chopper
- Cladding
- Clad Metal
- Clear Puddle
- Coalescence
- Coating Concentricity
- Coefficient of Friction
- Coherent
- Cold Drawing
- Cold Lap
- Cold Rolling
- Cold Working
- Collimate
- Complete Fusion
- Complete Joint Penetration
- Complete Joint Penetration Weld
- Composite Electrode
- Compressive Strength
- Conductor
- Constant Current
- Constant Current Power Source
- Constant Voltage
- Constant Voltage Power Source
- Constricted Arc
- Consumables
- Contact Resistance
- Contact Tip
- Contact Tube
- Contact Tube Setback
- Convexity
- Convex Fillet Weld
- Covered Electrode
- Crack
- Crater
- Crater Crack
- Creep
- Critical Cooling Rate
- Cryogenic
- Cryogenic Temperatures
- Current Density
- Current (Weld)
- Cutting Attachment
- Cutting Gas
- Cut Angle
- Cylinder
- Cylindrical Nozzle Design
D
- DCEN
- DCEP
- Defect
- Density
- Deoxidizers
- Deposited Metal
- Deposition Efficiency
- Deposition Rate
- Depth of Bevel
- Depth of Fusion
- Dew Point
- Digging
- Dilution
- Direct Current
- Direct Current Electrode Negative (DCEN)
- Direct Current Electrode Positive (DCEP)
- Discontinuity
- Distortion
- Divergency
- Double Arcing
- Downhill
- Drag
- Drag Angle
- Dross
- Ductility
- Duty Cycle
- Dynamic Load
E
- Edge Preparation
- Effective Throat
- Elasticity
- Elastic Limit
- Electrical Stick-Out
- Electrode
- Electrode Coating
- Electrode Core Wire
- Electrode Extension
- Electrode Holder
- Electron
- Electron Beam Welding
- Electroslag Welding
- Element
- Elongation
- Endurance Limit
- Erratic
- Eutectic Alloy
- Eutectoid Composition
- Extrusion
F
- Face
- Face Bend Test
- Face Reinforcement
- Facing Surface
- Fatigue Failure
- Fatigue Limit
- Fatigue Strength
- Ferrite
- Ferrite in Austenitic Stainless Steel
- Ferrite Number
- Ferrous
- Filler Material
- Filler Metal
- Filler Wire
- Fillet Weld
- Fillet Weld Leg
- Fillet Weld Size
- Filter Plate
- Flame Spraying
- Flame Spraying (FLSP)
- Flammable Range
- Flashback
- Flashback Arrestor
- Flashing
- Flat Welding Position
- Flux
- Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW)
- Flux Cored Electrodes
- Flux Voids
- Forehand Welding
- Forging
- Friction Stir Welding
- Friction Welding
- Fuel Efficiency
- Full Annealing
- Fumes
- Fused Fluxes
- Fusion
- Fusion Zone
G
H
- Hadfield Steel
- Hafnium
- Hardenable Steel
- Hardening
- Hard-Facing
- Harsh
- Heat Affected Zone
- Heat Shield
- Heat Treatment
- Helix of Continuous Welding Electrodes
- Hermetically Sealed
- Hertz
- High Alloy Steels
- High Carbon Steel
- High Frequency
- High Frequency Discharge
- High Speed Nozzle Design
- High Speed Steel
- High Strength Cast Iron
- High Sulfur Steel
- Horizontal Welding Position
- Hot Crack
- Hot Pass
- Hot Quenching
- Hot Short
I
L
M
- Macroetch Test
- Malleableizing
- Mandrel
- Manifold
- Manual Arc Welding
- Manual Welding
- Martensite
- Martensitic
- Matrix
- Mechanical Bond
- Mechanized Welding
- Melting Range
- Melt Through
- Metallurgically Similar Steels
- Metallurgy
- Metal Active Gas (MAG) Welding
- Metal Cored Arc Welding
- Metal Cored Electrode
- Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding
- Microstructure
- Mild Steel
- Mill Scale
- MMA (Manual Metal Arc) Welding
- Molecular Weight
- Monochromatic
- Mottled Iron
N
O
P
- Pearlite
- Peening
- Penetration
- Phase Transformation
- Piercing
- Pig Iron
- Pilot Arc
- Pilot Hole
- Plasma
- Plasma Arc Cutting (PAC)
- Plasma Arc Gouging
- Plasma Arc Welding (PAW)
- Plasma Gas
- Plasma Spraying (PSP)
- Plasticity
- Plug Weld
- Plunger
- Porosity
- Postweld Heat Treatment
- Post-Heating
- Power Source
- Preform
- Preheat
- Preheating
- Preheat Temperature
- Procedure
- Procedure Qualification
- Proton
- Pull Gun Technique
- Pulsed MIG Welding
- Pulsed Power Welding
- Pulsed Spray Welding
- Pulse Transfer
- Push Angle
R
S
- SAE
- SCR Power Source
- Secondary Gas
- Self Hardening Steels
- Self Shielded Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW-S)
- Semi-Automatic Welding
- Shear
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
- Shielding Gas
- Shield / Shielding Gas
- Short Circuiting Transfer
- Short Circuit Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW-S)
- Slag
- Slag Follow
- Slag Inclusion
- Slope or Slope Control
- Smooth
- Soldering
- Solidus
- Solid State Welding
- Spalling
- Spark Test
- Spatter
- Spiral Arc Welding (SAW)
- Spot Welding
- Spray Arc Transfer
- Spray Arc Welding
- Spray Transfer
- Stabilized Stainless Steel
- Standard Temperature and Pressure (STP)
- Standoff Distance
- Standoff Guide
- Steel
- Stick-Out
- Straight Polarity
- Strain
- Stress
- Stress Crack
- Stress Relief Cracking
- Stress Relief Heat Treatment
- Stress Relieved
- Stringer Bead
- Stub
- Submerged Arc Welding
- Substrate
- Swirl Baffle
- Synergistic
T
- Tack Weld
- Temper
- Temper of Continuous Welding Electrodes
- Tenacious
- Tensile Strength
- Tension Test
- Thermal Conductivity
- Thermal Spraying
- Thermal Stresses
- Thermionic
- Thoriated Tungsten
- Throat
- Tight
- TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) Welding
- Tip to Work Distance
- Titania
- Toe
- Toe Crack
- Torch Standoff Distance
- Torch to Work Distance
- Transferred Arc
- Transformation
- Transformation Temperature
- Transformer
- Transition Temperature
- Transverse Crack
- Transverse Weld Test Specimen
- Travel Angle
- Trimix or Triple Mix
- Tungsten Electrode
- T-Joint
U
W
- Watt
- Weathering Steel
- Weldability
- Welder Certification
- Welding Arc
- Welding Filler Metal
- Welding Leads
- Welding Operator
- Welding Power Source
- Welding Procedure
- Welding Rod
- Welding Sequence
- Welding Symbol
- Welding Technique
- Welding Wire
- Weldment
- Weld Bead
- Weld Crack
- Weld Face
- Weld Metal
- Weld Pass
- Weld Pool
- Weld Puddle
- Weld Reinforcement
- Weld / Welding
- Wetting
- Wire Feed Speed
- Workpiece
- Work Angle
- Work Clamp
- Work Hardening
- Work Lead
- Wrought Iron