Fume generation rates for stainless steel, nickel and aluminum alloys

Welding Journal (Miami, Fla)

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 393-s

  Castner, H R ^a  

^a EDISON WELDING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum Alloys; Fume Composition; Fume Generation Rate; Nickel Alloys; Optimum Voltage; Pulse Parameters; Pulsed Current GMAW; Stainless Steel; Steady Current GMAW; Welding Procedures

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ELECTRIC ARC WELDING; ELECTRODES; FUME CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; NICKEL ALLOYS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; STAINLESS STEEL;

FUME COMPOSITION; FUME GENERATION RATES; PULSED CURRENT GAS METAL ARC WELDING; STEADY CURRENT GAS METAL ARC WELDING;

GAS WELDING;

EID: 0030407355     PISSN: 00432296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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