2010 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code BPVC Section II - Materials Part C: Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals

2010 ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code BPVC Section II - Materials Part C: Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals is a service book to the other Code Sections providing material specifications for the manufacture, acceptability, chemical composition, mechanical usability, surfacing, testing requirements and procedures, operating characteristics, and intended uses for welding rods, electrodes and filler metals. These specifications are designated by SFA numbers and are derived from AWS specifications.

Summary of changes:

• Adopted AWS A5.02/A5.024M:2007, "Specification for Filler Metal Standard Sizes, Packaging, and Physical Attributes" as SFA-5.02/SFA-5.02M.
• Adopted AWS A5.2/A5.2M:2007, "Specification for Carbon and Low-Alloy Steel Rods for Oxyfuel Gas Welding" as SFA-5.2/SFA-5.2M.
• Adopted AWS A5.6/A5.6M:2008, "Specification for Copper and Copper Alloy Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding" as SFA-5.6/SFA5.6M.
• Adopted AWS A5.7/A5.7M:2007, "Specification for Copper and Copper-Alloy Bare Welding Rods and Electrodes" as SFA-5.7/SFA-5.7M.
• Adopted AWS A5.16/A5.16M:2007, "Specification for Titanium and Titanium-Alloy Welding Electrodes and Rods" as SFA-5.16/SFA5.16M.
• Adopted AWS A5.23/A5.23M:2007, "Specification for Low-Alloy Steel Electrodes and Fluxes for Submerged Arc Welding" as SFA-5.23/5.23M.
• Adopted AWS A5.34/A5.34M:2007, "Specification for Nickel-Alloy Electrodes for Flux- Core Arc Welding" as SFA-5.34/SFA5.34M.

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