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SEPTEMBER 1938 279 THE TENSTI..E STRENGTH OF DEPOSITED WELD METAL hy J. SACK. 539.412 : 621.791.052 In this articie it is shown that it is no longer correct to require in specifications an upper limit for the tensile strength of deposited weld metal. This requirement originated from an assumed relation between the variation with composition of the tensile strength and the brittleness of the material. The relation is indeed valid for ordinary carbon steels such as have long been usedcbut it no longer holds for modern welding materials. Ifthis stipulation is made it leads only to the use of welding rods of poorer quality than would be used if the obsolete requirement were omitted. Tntroduction The specification accompanying an order must -_upper limit for the strength of the weld metal that give the minimum conditions to he satisfied. In the - good welding rods fail to fulfil the requirement. The case of welding rods for making joints in iron and question therefore is why the tensile strength steel the specification usually gives various require- should not for instance exceed 47 kgfsq.mm and he ments regarding the mechanical properties of the 50 kgfsq.mm. The following will help to give an metal deposited and ofthe weldedjoint. Forexample idea of the reason why specifications often contain it may he required that the tensile strength of the - such seemingly .absurd requirements. material deposited must he at least 42 kgfsq.mm., its elongation at least