Understanding the weldability of steel in relation to the use of carbon equivalent is very necessary </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">for</span><span style...Understanding the weldability of steel in relation to the use of carbon equivalent is very necessary </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">for</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> the welding industry. The study was poised to unearth the fundamentals of carbon equivalent as applied in evaluating the weldability of steel. The study used </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">a </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">two-stage design approach to address the problem of carbon equivalence weldability of steel, thus, survey and experimental. Two different steels were tested to ascertain their chemical composition which could inform carbon equivalent calculation, and the results revealed microalloy and low alloy steels respectively. In subjecting the microalloy steel to carbon equivalent analyses of the AWS and IIW coefficients;revealed a value (CEV) = 0.11 each, suggesting that this microalloy steel has excellent weldability;no preheat</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">ing</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> is required. A successful welding operation on this steel does not depend on preheat</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">ing</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">.<b> </b>Also</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">,</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> the average results of the low alloy steel revealed a value (CEV) = 0.37 and 0.32 respectively, suggesting that this type of steel has very good weldability and may require </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">to </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">preheat. It is recommended that welders have </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">a </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">general idea about the weldability of steel with regard to carbon equivalent calculation. In addition</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">,</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> they should understand the chemical compositions of steels they are dealing with.展开更多
文摘Understanding the weldability of steel in relation to the use of carbon equivalent is very necessary </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">for</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> the welding industry. The study was poised to unearth the fundamentals of carbon equivalent as applied in evaluating the weldability of steel. The study used </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">a </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">two-stage design approach to address the problem of carbon equivalence weldability of steel, thus, survey and experimental. Two different steels were tested to ascertain their chemical composition which could inform carbon equivalent calculation, and the results revealed microalloy and low alloy steels respectively. In subjecting the microalloy steel to carbon equivalent analyses of the AWS and IIW coefficients;revealed a value (CEV) = 0.11 each, suggesting that this microalloy steel has excellent weldability;no preheat</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">ing</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> is required. A successful welding operation on this steel does not depend on preheat</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">ing</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">.<b> </b>Also</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">,</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> the average results of the low alloy steel revealed a value (CEV) = 0.37 and 0.32 respectively, suggesting that this type of steel has very good weldability and may require </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">to </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">preheat. It is recommended that welders have </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">a </span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">general idea about the weldability of steel with regard to carbon equivalent calculation. In addition</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:"">,</span><span style="white-space:normal;font-family:""> they should understand the chemical compositions of steels they are dealing with.
