CASTI Metals Blue Book

Welding Filler Metals (Fourth Edition)

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Edition: Fifth Edition: printed January 2003
Author: John E. Bringas, Barry Patchett
ISBN:1-894038-78-9 (Book)

The Fourth Edition of the CASTI Metals Blue Book - Welding Filler Metals contains over 4,000 new data entries and over 200,000 data entries in total!

  • Completely revised and updated International cross references: AWS, EN (Europe), ISO (International), CSA (Canada), GB (China), JIS (Japan)
  • Updated AWS and EN chemical composition and mechanical properties
  • Carbon, alloy and stainless steels, aluminum, copper, titanium, magnesium, zirconium and nickel alloys
  • Designations and titles for AWS specifications and many international standards
  • Description of international filler metal designation systems
  • Welding metallurgy of carbon, alloy and stainless steels, aluminum, copper, titanium and nickel alloys, and weld defects are discussed in 12 chapters
  • Glossary of welding terms in 3 languages: English, Spanish and French

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About the Authors

  John E. Bringas, P.Eng. (Author, Instructor and President of CASTI)

John E. Bringas, is a metallurgical engineer with 25 years of experience, covering: steelmaking, foundry, petrochemical, oil and gas pipelines, oil refinery and engineering consulting (failure analysis) industries. He taught metallurgy, welding metallurgy, heat treatment of steels, and corrosion basics for 7 years at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Alberta. He is a member of AWS, ASM, ASME and ASTM.

Mr. Bringas founded Codes and Standards Training Inc. (CASTI) in 1989, where he has been an instructor specializing in ASME Section IX and Materials for Sour Service (NACE MR0175). He then created CASTI Publishing Inc. in 1992 where he acts as the Publisher and Executive Editor, and has authored four books in the CASTI Metals Data Book Series.

  Barry Patchett, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Author and Professor of Metallurgy)

Dr. Barry Patchett received a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics from the University of Toronto, an M.Sc. in Welding Technology from Cranfield University in England, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Metallurgy from the University of Birmingham, also in England. He is the NOVA Professor of Welding Engineering at the University of Alberta. His honours include being made a Fellow of the American Welding Society, The Welding Institute in England and the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing. Dr. Patchett has research interests in arc and laser welding processes, welding metallurgy and structural integrity.