1.1 Scope.
This guide presents a description of solid solution austenitic stainless steels and the most commonly used welding processes and procedures for joining these materials. The most commonly used welding processes, including shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), submerged arc welding (SAW), and flux cored arc welding (FCAW), are discussed in detail; laser beam, electron beam, plasma arc,resistance, and braze welding are not covered in great detail.
