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jim

03-21-2003 15:14:44

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My son asked me a question that I couldn't answer to-night - What makes up the flux for stick welding rods? He's only used to mig welding and is lost around a stick machine.

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T_Bone

03-21-2003 20:53:00

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Re: Welding rod flux in reply to jim, 03-21-2003 15:14:44

Hi Jim,

Tell your son he asks great questions and abnormal ones to boot! That means this kid is going to upper management. How old is he?

Most fluxs are made up of cellulose, titanium dioxide, ferro-manganese, silica flour, calcium carbonate, borates, ironpowder and other organic and minerals. The ingredients are bound together with sodium silicate.

This by no means an absolute list of contents. A mfg will disclose all you want to know about the electrode base metal composistion but if you want to know what the flux mix is, you'll die holding your breath while waitng for the answer.

The flux coating on a electrode is to clean the oxides from the base metals as well as the electrode metal and create a shielding gas during the welding process. This creates a slag over the weld which helps to slow down the rate of cooling and produces a more ductile weld.

T_Bone

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jim

03-22-2003 06:36:29

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Re: Re: Welding rod flux in reply to T_Bone, 03-21-2003 20:53:00

Thanks T-bone , I knew I could count on you! My yougest son just turned 22 and has been welding for a firm called Mott which produce stainless cabinetry for the medical field. A small place but they had gross sales of $25 mill. last year with the majority going to the states. He's working on his pipe ticket now so he can make real money.

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