Defect IIW
Defect IIW
Workmanship defects
Lack of fusion
Lack of penetration
Solid inclusions
Porosity
Shape defects
Technological defects
Lamellar tearing structural & pressure vessel steels
Hydrogen induced cracking ferritic steel only
Hot cracking all alloys
Dilution
When 2 metals are fusion welded, their final composition
consists of a mixture of parent metal / welding electrode.
Wt of parent metal in weld
% dilution =
x 100
Total wt of weld
x+y
x p y
=
x+p+y
40% dilution means: plate contributes 40%, weld
electrode 60%
Pick-up
An addition of alloying element in weld deposit by
melting some of the base metal.