Inventors:
Damian J. Kotecki - Mentor OH
Jonathan S. Ogborn - Euclid OH
Assignee:
The Lincoln Electric Company - Cleveland OH
International Classification:
B23K 35362
Abstract:
A flux for use in arc welding of a stainless steel workpiece with a consumable metal electrode having a precentage of chromium, which welding flux comprises a silica containing system for forming a slag on the surface of the deposited chromium-bearing alloy weld metal and a bismuth containing slag releasing agent selected from the class consisting of elemental bismuth, bismuth fluoride, bismuth sulfide, bismuth titanate, bismuth oxy carbonate, bismuth oxy-chloride and mixtures thereof. Also, there is provided an electrode employing this flux.