Table of Contents
Section I Welding Metallurgy
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Welding
Chapter 2 - Basic Metallurgy For Welding
Chapter 3 - Flaws and Defects in the Weld Zone
Chapter 4 - Carbon Steels
Chapter 5 - Alloy Steels
Chapter 6 - Stainless Steels
Chapter 7 - Cast Irons
Chapter 8 - Nickel Alloys
Chapter 9 - Reactive and Refractory Alloys
Chapter 10 - Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys
Chapter 11 - Other Metals and Alloys
Chapter 12 - International Welding Filler Metal Designation Systems
Section II Welding Data
Chapter 13 - Cast Iron Filler Metals
Chapter 14 - Carbon and Low Alloy Steel Filler Metals
Chapter 15 - Stainless Steel Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 16 - Aluminum & Aluminum Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 17 - Copper & Copper Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 18 - Magnesium Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 19 - Nickel & Nickel Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 20 - Titanium & Titanium Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 21 - Tungsten & Tungsten Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 22 - Zirconium & Zirconium Alloy Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 23 - Solid & Composite Surfacing Filler Metals
Chapter 24 - Consumable Inserts
Chapter 25 - Brazing Filler Metals & Fluxes
Chapter 26 - Welding Shielding Gases
Chapter 27 - List of International Filler Metal Standards 344
Chapter 28 - European Data (EN): Carbon & Low Alloy Steel Filler Metals
Chapter 29 - European Data (EN): Stainless Steel Welding Filler Metals
Chapter 30 - International Filler Metal Cross References
Section III Welding Terms
Chapter 31 - Glossary of Welding Terms
Section IV Appendices & Index
Appendix 1 - WFM Index Numbers and Designators
Appendix 2 - Hardness Conversion Numbers For Steels
Appendix 3 - Unit Conversions
Appendix 4 - Pipe Dimensions
Appendix 5 - Engineering and Scientific Web Links
About the Authors
John E. Bringas, P.Eng. (Author, Instructor and President of CASTI)
John E. Bringas, is a metallurgical engineer with 25 years of experience, covering: steelmaking, foundry, petrochemical, oil and gas pipelines, oil refinery and engineering consulting (failure analysis) industries. He taught metallurgy, welding metallurgy, heat treatment of steels, and corrosion basics for 7 years at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Alberta. He is a member of AWS, ASM, ASME and ASTM.
Mr. Bringas founded Codes and Standards Training Inc. (CASTI) in 1989, where he has been an instructor specializing in ASME Section IX and Materials for Sour Service (NACE MR0175). He then created CASTI Publishing Inc. in 1992 where he acts as the Publisher and Executive Editor, and has authored four books in the CASTI Metals Data Book Series.
Barry Patchett, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Author and Professor of Metallurgy)
Dr. Barry Patchett received a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto, an M.Sc. in Welding Technology from Cranfield University in England, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Metallurgy from the University of Birmingham, also in England. He is the NOVA Professor of Welding Engineering at the University of Alberta. His honours include being made a Fellow of the American Welding Society, The Welding Institute in England and the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing. Dr. Patchett has research interests in arc and laser welding processes, welding metallurgy and structural integrity.
