Re: Tungsten language

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Matt,

Green is pure tungsten and what we want.

The other two have 1% or 2% thorium added to help welding.  Thorium is 
radioactive (supposed to be "safe") but there is no reason to mess with 
it.  Just get the pure green type.

http://www.truweld-dot-com/tungsten.html

Cheers,

         Terry


At 04:39 PM 3/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>        I have been looking at several offerings of tungsten rods for 
> sale. However, I am unfamiliar with the techno-babble of welding and need 
> a translator. For example,
>1) if the ad says "1% tungsten electrodes 3/32" x 7", 1% of what?
>2) if it says "2% red code tip" what is the significance of red tip?
>3) if it says "1/8 Green AWS Classification EWP" then WTHDTM?
>
>English translation appreciated.
>
>Matt D.
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