A flux-cored wire according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a steel sheath; and a flux filling the inside of the steel sheath, in which the flux contains 0.11% or more in total of a fluoride in terms of F-equivalent value, 4.30% to 7.50% of a Ti oxide in terms of TiO.sub.2 equivalent, 0.30% to 2.40% in total of an oxide in terms of mass %, and 0% to 0.60% in total of a carbonate in terms of mass %, the amount of a Ca oxide in terms of CaO is less than 0.20% in terms of mass %, the amount of CaF.sub.2 is less than 0.50%, a chemical composition of the flux-cored wire is within a predetermined range, a Z value is 2.00% or less, a V value is 5.0 to 27.0, and Ceq is 0.30% to 1.00% or less.

The present invention relates to a flux-cored wire for positive polarity gas-shielded arc welding use, in which a flux contains a metal powder and also contains BaF.sub.2 and SrF.sub.2 and AlF.sub.3 and/or CaF.sub.2 as fluorides wherein the content of BaF.sub.2 is 1.0 to 4.5%, the content of SrF.sub.2 is 2.0% or less, the content of CaF.sub.2 is 0.45% or less and the content of AlF.sub.3 is 0.70% or less, at least one of metal elements constituting the flux and the fluorides is a strong deoxidizing metal element having a specified standard formation Gibbs energy, and the content of each of an oxide and a carbonate in the flux is 0.5% or less.

The disclosed technology relates generally to welding, and more particularly to consumable electrodes based on aluminum. In one aspect, a consumable welding electrode comprises a base metal composition comprising magnesium (Mg) and at least 70% by weight of aluminum (Al), and a smut-suppressing metal. A standard free energy change (ΔG°) of formation of a smut-suppressing oxide by oxidation of the smut-suppressing metal under equilibrium conditions at a temperature of 1600K or higher is more negative than a ΔG° of formation of MgO by oxidation of Mg, such that the smut-suppressing metal is configured to form the smut-suppressing oxide that is thermodynamically more favored over MgO on a surface of a weld metal formed from the consumable welding electrode. The smut-suppressing metal is present in an amount of 0.05-0.50% by weight of the consumable welding electrode.

A gas-shielded flux cored welding electrode comprises a ferrous metal sheath and a core within the sheath enclosing core ingredients. The core ingredients and sheath together comprise, in weight percentages based on the total weight of the core ingredients and the sheath: 0.25 to 1.50 manganese; 0.02 to 0.12 carbon; 0.003 to 0.02 boron; 0.2 to 1.5 silicon; 0 to 0.3 molybdenum; at least one of titanium, magnesium, and aluminum, wherein the total content of titanium, magnesium, and aluminum is 0.2 to 2.5; 3 to 12 titanium dioxide; at least one arc stabilizer, where the total content of arc stabilizers is 0.05 to 1.0; no greater than 10 of additional flux system components; remainder iron and incidental impurities.

The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to welding wires for arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). In one embodiment, a tubular welding wire for joining steel workpieces via arc welding includes a steel sheath disposed around a core. The core includes iron powder, iron titanium powder, silico-manganese powder, iron silicon powder, iron sulfide, graphite, rare earth compound, and a frit. The frit includes a Group I or Group II compound, silicon dioxide, and titanium dioxide. The graphite and the frit together comprise less than 10% of the core by weight.

Provided is a flux capable of obtaining predetermined rheological characteristics both at room temperature and under a thermal history that is assumed for soldering and capable of suppressing the amount of a residue after soldering to realize a low residue. The flux contains a first alcohol compound that has two or more OH groups and has a melting point of lower than 25° C. and a second alcohol compound that has two or more OH groups and has a melting point of higher than 25° C., the first alcohol compound is glycerin, the second alcohol compound is 2,5-dimethylhexane-2,5-diol, the flux has a viscosity of 10 Pa.Math.s or more and 50 Pa.Math.s or less at 25° C. and has a viscosity of more than 0 Pa.Math.s and 1 Pa.Math.s or less at 100° C., and, in a case where 10 mg of the flux is heated up to 25° C. to 250° C. under a N.sub.2 atmosphere at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./min, the weight of the flux after heating is 15% or less of the weight of the flux before heating.

The invention relates generally to welding and, more specifically, to corrosion resistant weld deposits created during arc welding, such as Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) or Flux Core Arc Welding (FCAW). A disclosed corrosion resistant weld deposit comprises nickel, chromium, and copper, and has a low porosity.

Systems for multi-wire submerged arc welding including a flux-cored wire electrode comprising an internal flux, the internal flux comprising about 5% to about 70% of a carbonate compound and less than 25% of calcium fluoride (CaF.sub.2) by weight of the flux; an external flux for submerged arc welding, are provided such that, after a submerged arc welding process, the systems provide a weld metal comprising nitrogen in an amount of less than 100 ppm. Methods of performing multi-wire submerged arc welding using a flux-cored electrode and an external flux are also described.

A braze coating material with a nickel core and a coating, a preparation method thereof, and a braze coating method are provided. The braze coating material with a nickel core and a coating requires no binder and has strong adhesion ability, and includes the nickel core, a coating layer, a hardened layer, and a protective layer sequentially from inside to outside. The nickel core is metallic nickel having a surface subjected to a roughening treatment. The coating layer is a first brazing flux layer including hard particles, a first brazing flux, and a brazing filler metal powder. The hardened layer contains a second brazing flux and is covered with the protective layer mainly composed of a silicate.

Stainless steel sheets including a Ni and O-containing coating on the surface that has excellent weld penetration characteristics and excellent crevice corrosion resistance, and a method for producing such stainless steel sheets. A stainless steel sheet includes a Ni and O-containing coating on a surface of the stainless steel sheet. The Ni and O-containing coating has a coating weight of greater than or equal to 0.1 g/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 20 g/m.sup.2. The Ni and O-containing coating has a composition including, in at. %, Ni: greater than or equal to 25% and less than or equal to 60%, and O: greater than or equal to 40% and less than or equal to 70%.