Effect of shielding gas composition and welding speed on autogenous welds of unalloyed tungsten plates

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dc.contributor.authorMarinelli, Gianrocco
dc.contributor.authorMartina, Filomeno
dc.contributor.authorGanguly, Supriyo
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Stewart W.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-21T12:05:31Z
dc.date.available2020-01-21T12:05:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-30
dc.description.abstractTungsten usually exhibits poor weldability and marked brittleness at room temperature. This causes tungsten welds to be affected by the evolution of cracks along the weld bead, which can be eliminated by using a pre-heating step to reduce thermal straining. In this study, based on the tungsten inert gas welding process, a working envelope, focussed on varying welding speed and five different shielding gas mixtures of argon and helium, has been defined with the view of producing crack-free autogenous welds. The bead appearance and the microstructure of the different welds were correlated to the welding parameters, whose main effects have been analysed. Welding defects such as humping occurred when using gas mixtures with relatively low content of helium, and when using relatively high welding speeds. Crack-free autogenous welds have been produced without pre-heating when using a high content of helium and relatively low welding speeds. Thus, this study has demonstrated that a helium-rich shielding gas is required for welding thick tungsten plates. Moreover, the low thermal shock induced by the process, coupled with the purity of the tungsten plates used, strongly contributed to avoid the occurrence of any crack.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMarinelli G, Martina F, Ganguly S, Williams S. (2019) Effect of shielding gas composition and welding speed on autogenous welds of unalloyed tungsten plates, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 85, December 2019, Article number 105043en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0263-4368
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2019.105043
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14974
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectTIG weldingen_UK
dc.subjectTungstenen_UK
dc.subjectMicrostructureen_UK
dc.subjectShielding gas compositionen_UK
dc.subjectHumpingen_UK
dc.titleEffect of shielding gas composition and welding speed on autogenous welds of unalloyed tungsten platesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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