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Welding Vocab 2

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






4. Compliance for Safety Glasses






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 70% of the heat is concentrated in the workpiece; 30% of the heat is concentrated in the tungsten electrode; Deep penetration; Narrow weld area; welding other materials than aluminum or magnesium






10. American Welding Society






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






12. Fastening firmly together






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






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






15. Put into a certain place or abstract location






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






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






18. An affix that added in front of the word






19. Direct Current






20. Of or relating to very low temperatures






21. Of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison






22. Containing little or no iron






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






24. Of or relating to or containing iron






25. Department of Transportation






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






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






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






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






30. Lack of connection of continuity






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






32. To solder (two pieces of metal) together using a hard solder with a high melting point.






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






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






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






36. Air conditioning; alternating current






37. Materials or liquids that catch fire easily






38. A movement forward






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Used to achieve better hardenability - which in turn improves its other mechanical properties. They are also used to increase corrosion resistance in certain environmental conditions. Difficult to weld.






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






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






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






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






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






49. A cloud- like area where welding fume collects






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