S.NO. P-NO. S.NO. F-NO. Matl. Thick, in.

(mm) Weld Nugget Width

1 1 1. Carbon Manganese Steels (four Group Numbers) 1 1 Heavy rutile coated iron powder electrodes :- A5.1 : E7024
2 2 2. Not Used 2 2 Most rutile consumables such as :- A5.1 : E6013
3 3 3. 1/2 Molybdenum or 1/2 Chromium, 1/2 Molybdenum (3 Group No.) 3 3 Cellulosic electrodes such as :- A5.1 : E6011
4 4 4. One and a quarter Chromium, half Molybdenum (2 Group No.) 4 4 Basic coated electrodes such as : A5.1 : E7016 and E7018
5 5A 5A.Two and a quarter Chromium, one Molybdenum 5 5 High alloy austenitic stainless steel and duplex :- A5.4 : E316L-16
6 5B 5B Five Chromium, half Molybdenum or nine Chromium, one Molybdenum 6 6 Any steel solid or cored wire (with flux or metal)
7 (two Group Numbers) 7 2X Aluminium and its alloys
8 5C 5C. Chromium, Molybdenum, Vanadium (five Group Numbers) 8 3X Copper and its alloys
9 6 6.Martensitic Stainless Steels (Grade 410, 415, 429) (six Group Numbers) 9 4X Nickel alloys
10 7 7.Ferritic Stainless Steels (Grade 409, 430) 10 5X Titanium
11 8 Austenitic Stainless Steels 11 6X Zirconium
12 Group 1 - Grades 304, 316, 317, 347 12 7X Hard Facing Overlay
13 Group 2 - Grades 309, 310 13 Note:- X represents any number 0 to 9
14 Group 3 - High Manganese Grades
15 Group 4 - High Molybdenum Grades S.NO. A-NO.
16 9A, B, C 9A, B, C Two to four Nickel Steels 1
17 10A, B, C, F 10A, B, C, F Various low alloy steels 2 A1 Plain unalloyed carbon manganese steels.
18 10H 10H Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steel (Grades 31803, 32750) 3 A2 to A4 Low alloy steels containing molybdenum and
19 10I 10I High Chromium Stainless Steel chromium-molybdenum
20 10J 10J High Chromium, Molybdenum Stainless Steel 4 A8 Austenitic stainless steels such as type 316.
21 10K 10K High Chromium, Molybdenum, Nickel Stainless Steel
22 11A 11A Various high strength low alloy steels (six Group Numbers)
23 11B 11B Various high strength low alloy steels (ten Group Numbers) s.no. Test Position ISO and EN Remarks
24 12 to 20 12 to 20 Not Used 1 Flat 1G PA
25 21 21 High Aluminum content (1000 and 3000 series) 2 Horizontal 2G PC
26 22 22 Aluminum (5000 series - 5052, 5454) 3 Vertical Upwards Progression 3G PF
27 23 23 Aluminum (6000 series 6061, 6063) 4 Vertical Downwards Progression 3G
28 24 24 Not Used 5 Overhead PE
29 25 25 Aluminum (5000 series - 5083, 5086, 5456) 6 Pipe Fixed Horizontal PF
30 26 to 30 26 to 30 Not used 7 Pipe Fixed @ 45 degrees Upwards L045
31 31 31 High Copper content 8 Pipe Fixed @ 45 degrees Downwards
32 32 32 Brass 9
33 33 33 Copper Silicone 10
34 34 34 Copper Nickel
35 35 35 Copper Aluminum
36 36 to 40 36 to 40 Not Used s.no. Test Position ISO and EN Remarks
37 41 41 High Nickel content 1 Flat (Weld flat joint at 45 degrees) 1F PA
38 42 42 Nickel, Copper - (Monel 500) 2 Horizontal 2F PB
39 43 43 Nickel, Chromium, Iron - (Inconel) 3 Horizontal Rotated 2FR PB
40 44 44 Nickel, Molybdenum (Hastelloy B2, C22, C276, X) 4 Vertical Upwards Progression 3F PF
41 45 45 Nickel, Chromium 5 Vertical Downwards Progression 3F PG
42 46 46 Nickel, Chromium, Silicone 6 Overhead 4F PD
43 47 47 Nickel, Chromium, Tungsten 7 Pipe Fixed Horizontal 5F PF
44 47 to 50 47 to 50 Not Used
45 51, 52, 53 51, 52, 53 Titanium Alloys
46 61, 62 61, 62 Zirconium Alloys
20.020 (0.50)&< 0.040 (1.00)
Welding Positions For Fillet welds:
welding position
1.ASME -P-Numbers (BASE METAL) 2. ASME F-NUMBERS (FILLER)
Number General Description
3. ASME A-NUMBERS (BASE MATERIAL)
Number General Description
Welding Positions For Groove welds:
welding position
Metal (Typical or Example)
2.5T
2.25T
2T
1.8T
6T
5T
4T
3T 20.040 (1.00)&< 0.069 (1.75)
20.069 (1.75)&<0.100 (2.54)
20.100 (2.54)&< 0.118 (3.00)
20.1 18 (3.00)&< 0.157 (4.00)
20.157 (4.00)
< 0.010 (0.25)
20.010 (0.25)&< 0.020 (0.50)