AWS A5.5 : 1996

Personnel
Foreword
List of tables
List of figures
1 Scope
Part A - General requirements
2 Classification
3 Acceptance
4 Certification
5 Units of measure and rounding-off procedure
Part B - Tests, procedures and requirements
6 Summary of tests
7 Retest
8 Weld test assemblies
9 Chemical analysis
10 Radiographic test
11 Tension test
13 Impact test
14 Moisture test
15 Absorbed moisture test
16 Diffusible hydrogen test
Part C - Manufacture, identification and packaging
17 Method of manufacture
18 Standard sizes and lengths
19 Cord wire and covering
20 Exposed core
21 Electrode identification
22 Packaging
23 Marking of packages
Annex: Guide to AWS specification for low- alloy
       steel electrodes for shielded metal arc welding
A1 Introduction
A2 Classification system
A3 Acceptance
A4 Certification
A5 Ventilation during welding
A6 Welding considerations
A7 Description and intended use of electrodes
A8 Modification of moisture test apparatus
A9 Special tests
A10 Discontinued classifications
A11 Safety considerations
Table
1 Electrode classification
2 Chemical composition requirements for undiluted
      weld metal
3 Tension test requirements
4 Charpy V-notch impact requirements
5 Required tests
6 Base metal for weld test assemblies
7 Preheat, interpass, and postweld heat treatment
      temperatures
8 Requirements for preparation of fillet weld test
      assemblies
9 Radiographic soundness requirements
10 Dimensional requirements for fillet weld usability
      test specimens
11 Moisture content limits in electrode coverings
12 Diffusible hydrogen requirements for weld metal
      and optional supplemental designators
13 Standard sizes and lengths
A1 Typical storage and drying conditions for covered
      arc welding electrodes
A2 Typical amperage ranges
A3 Typical base metal applications for Cr-Mo steel
      electrodes
A4 Discontinued electrode classifications
Figures
1 Pad for chemical analysis of undiluted weld metal
2 Groove weld test assembly for mechanical properties
      and soundness of weld metal produced by using
      all electrode classifications except EXX18M(1)
3 Fillet weld test assembly
4 Groove weld test assembly for mechanical
      properties and soundness of weld metal produced
      by using EXX18M(1)
5 Welding positions for fillet weld test assemblies
6 Radiographic acceptance standards for rounded
      indications (Grade 1 and 2)
7 All-weld-metal tension test specimen dimensions
8 Charpy V-notch impact test specimen
9 Dimensions of fillet welds
10 Alternate methods for facilitating fracture of
      the fillet weld
11 Schematic of train for moisture determination
12 Order of electrode mandatory and optional
      supplemental designators

81 VERSION CONTAINED IN ASME PV CODE 2C AS SFA-5.5 Outlines requirements for the classification of such electrodes for shielded metal arc welding of carbon and low alloy steels.