Jennifer Bourn. This post is part of the Color Meaning Blog Series, detailing the meanings associated with colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, grey, black, white, brown, pink, turquoise, gold, silver, and beige.
The effect of replacing argon by nitrogen was investigated for the purÂ­pose of reducing welding costs. The study reveals that nitrogen can very well be used to replace argon for purging in pipe welding without any adverse effects on the properties of the unstabilized austenitic stainless steels.
MIG welding MIG welding using solid wire is an important process for joining stainless steels, usually with argon or argon/helium-based mixtures. These gases also contain small amounts of an oxidising gas such as oxygen or carbon dioxide to stabilise the arc.