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Benefits from H2 and CO2 additions in argon gas mixtures in GMAW

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Abstract The effects of shielding gas composition on wire melting rate, deposition efficiency, and geometry of the welds were studied. Commercial shielding gases were evaluated, among them pure Ar, pure… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The effects of shielding gas composition on wire melting rate, deposition efficiency, and geometry of the welds were studied. Commercial shielding gases were evaluated, among them pure Ar, pure CO 2 , Ar + CO 2 mixtures and Ar + 5% H 2 . The Ar + 8% CO 2 mixture exhibited superior deposition efficiency and weld bead wettability. In contrast, the wire melting rate obtained with Ar + 5% H 2 mixture was significantly higher than all other tested gases. In order to simultaneously obtain the advantageous characteristics produced by the CO 2 and H 2 additions, further tests were performed with ternary mixtures consisting of Ar + 5% H 2 with various CO 2 contents. The best results were obtained with Ar + 5% H 2  + 7% CO 2 mixture, which yielded an increase in wire melting rate with deposition efficiency and weld bead wettability similar to those of the Ar + 8% CO 2 .

Keywords: wire melting; co2 additions; deposition efficiency; gas; melting rate; benefits co2

Journal Title: Journal of Materials Processing Technology
Year Published: 2017

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