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Welding Vocab 2

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. National Electrical Manufaturers Association






2. A metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together






3. The strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart






4. In constant change






5. American Welding Society






6. The distance from which the electrode is from the base metal while you're welding.






7. A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)






8. Of or relating to sytems made up of combination of letters and numbers






9. Threshold Limit Value (TLV) of a chemical substance is a level to which it is believed a worker can be exposed day after day for a working lifetime without adverse health effects.






10. American National Standards Institute; the governing body for standards in the U.S.






11. Of or relating to or containing iron






12. Department of Transportation






13. 'kilo- pound[- force] per square inch') is 1000 psi






14. Fastening firmly together






15. A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries






16. A condition that occurs when the arc does not follow its intended path from the electrode to the workpiece. Arc blow can cause undesirable weld beads.






17. Steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains






18. A vehicle used to haul goods ; especially : a strong cart or wagon without sides






19. These are areas where your hands can become trapped or mashed between two objects






20. A government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment






21. A movement forward






22. An affix that added in front of the word






23. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH); develops TLVs and BEIs as guidelines to assist in the control of health hazards






24. Discontinuity in a groove weld in which the weld metal doesn't extend through the joint thickness.






25. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites






26. Containing little or no iron






27. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity






28. Put into a certain place or abstract location






29. 30% of the heat is concentrated in the workpiece; 70% of the heat in concentrated in the tungsten electrode; Shallow penetration; Wide weld area; used only for welding thin sheet metal where low current is sufficient.






30. A homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals






31. The act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface






32. Cut - notch or groove; quantity of something cut at the same time






33. A widely used abbreviation for Material Safety Data Sheet. A MSDS contains details of the hazards associated with a chemical - and gives information on its safe use.






34. PSI (pounds per square inch ) a unit of pressure equal to 6.895 x 10 Pa or 51.71 torr






35. Planar weld discontinuity in which fusion does not occur between the weld metal and base metal or between adjoining weld beads






36. The property of being porous;being able to absorb fluids






37. Shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference






38. Lack of connection of continuity






39. To treat - combine - or impregnate with carbon - as when casehardening steel.






40. A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten






41. A low- carbon steel containing sufficient iron oxide to give a continuous evolution of carbon monoxide while the ingot is solidifying - resulting in a case or rim of metal virtually free of voids. Sheet and strip products made from rimmed steel ingot






42. A permit system for Hot Work is required by the State Fire Prevention Code and OSHA






43. A conductor used to make electrical contact with some part of a circuit






44. Visible particles of matter suspended in the air - such as mist or smoke






45. Cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief






46. A cloud- like area where welding fume collects






47. A metal added in the making of a joint through welding - brazing - or soldering.






48. Possible to burn






49. Materials or liquids that catch fire easily






50. (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors