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Welding Vocab 2

Subject : engineering
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1. To treat - combine - or impregnate with carbon - as when casehardening steel.






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






3. The union of diverse things into one body or form or group






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






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






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






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






8. Materials or liquids that catch fire easily






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






10. 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.






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






12. Direct Current






13. 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






14. Possible to burn






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






16. The difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts






17. 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.






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






19. Containing little or no iron






20. In constant change






21. Of or relating to very low temperatures






22. Department of Transportation






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






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






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






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






27. National Electrical Manufaturers Association






28. A movement forward






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






30. 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.






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






32. To cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing - as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.






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






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






35. Of or relating to or containing iron






36. American Welding Society






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






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






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






40. Compliance for Safety Glasses






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






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






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






44. The surface of a material in contact with another to which it is or will be joined






45. 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.






46. Air conditioning; alternating current






47. Any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table






48. An affix that added in front of the word






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






50. Procedure To prevent the accidental release of energy to equipment being cleaned -