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Welding Vocab 2

Subject : engineering
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1. Materials or liquids that catch fire easily






2. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity






3. Put into a certain place or abstract location






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. An affix that is added at the end of the word






12. 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.






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






14. Containing little or no iron






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






16. Direct Current






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Of or relating to very low temperatures






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






27. Department of Transportation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. In constant change






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






38. Possible to burn






39. A movement forward






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






41. Compliance for Safety Glasses






42. 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.






43. American Welding Society






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Air conditioning; alternating current






50. Of or relating to or containing iron