Welding Journal

Q: AWS D1.6/D1.6M, Structural Welding Code — Stainless Steel, provides in Clause 6.5.1 that “Welding procedures qualified using any base metal or combination of base metals listed in Table 5.2 shall qualify all other base metals listed in Table 5.2 as well as all base metals listed as M-8 in AWS B2.1/B2.1M [Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification].” For qualification of “stainless steel base metals other than M-8 as listed in AWS B2.1/B2.1M, a welding procedu..