Welding consumables
Welding filler metals by AWS classification
A welding procedure specifies the consumable by its AWS classification, not by its trade name — so this index is organised the same way. Each page decodes one classification, sets out what it does and where it is used, and lists every ESAB grade that carries it with the differences that decide which one belongs on your job.
22 classifications · 104 ESAB grades
Carbon steel
Carbon & carbon-manganese steel
Structural, pressure and pipework fabrication — the highest-volume consumables in the catalog.
-
E7018
AWS A5.1 / ASME SFA-5.1
E7018 is an iron-powder, low-hydrogen basic-coated stick electrode classified to AWS A5.1 for welding carbon and carbon-manganese steels, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) and a minimum 27 J Charpy V-notch impact value at −29 °C, in all positions on DC and, for the AC-capable grades, on alternating current.
-
E7016 / E7016-1
AWS A5.1 / ASME SFA-5.1
E7016 is a basic low-hydrogen stick electrode classified to AWS A5.1 for welding carbon and carbon-manganese steel, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) and sharing the low-hydrogen coating of E7018 without its iron powder, which gives a more fluid and controllable weld pool at a lower deposition rate — the reason it is specified for pipeline root runs and positional work.
-
E6013
AWS A5.1 / ASME SFA-5.1
E6013 is a rutile-coated general-purpose stick electrode classified to AWS A5.1 for welding mild and carbon-manganese steel, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 60,000 psi (420 MPa), welding in all positions on both AC and DC, and chosen for its easy striking and re-striking, tolerance of rust and poor fit-up, and self-releasing slag rather than for low hydrogen or high toughness.
-
ER70S-6
AWS A5.18 / ASME SFA-5.18
ER70S-6 is a manganese-silicon deoxidised solid wire classified to AWS A5.18 for gas metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding of carbon and carbon-manganese steels, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) and carrying the highest manganese and silicon content of the A5.18 carbon steel wires, which is what lets it weld over mill scale and light rust with low spatter.
-
ER70S-3
AWS A5.18 / ASME SFA-5.18
ER70S-3 is a manganese-silicon deoxidised solid wire classified to AWS A5.18 for gas metal arc and gas tungsten arc welding of carbon and carbon-manganese steels, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) and carrying less manganese and silicon than ER70S-6 — which gives a flatter bead on clean prepared plate but less tolerance of mill scale, rust and surface contamination.
-
E71T-1
AWS A5.20 / ASME SFA-5.20
E71T-1 is an all-positional, gas-shielded rutile flux-cored welding wire classified to AWS A5.20 for carbon and carbon-manganese steels, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) on DC electrode positive under either CO₂ or an argon–CO₂ mix, and combining the deposition rate of a continuously fed wire with the slag support that makes vertical-up and overhead welding practical.
-
E71T-5
AWS A5.20 / ASME SFA-5.20
E71T-5 is a basic (lime-fluoride) flux-cored welding wire classified to AWS A5.20 for carbon and carbon-manganese steel, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) and giving substantially better low-temperature impact toughness and lower diffusible hydrogen than a rutile E71T-1 wire, at the cost of a harsher arc and slag that is harder to remove.
-
E70C-6M
AWS A5.18 / ASME SFA-5.18
E70C-6M is a metal-cored welding wire classified to AWS A5.18 for carbon and carbon-manganese steel — a tubular wire filled with metal powder rather than flux, depositing weld metal with a minimum tensile strength of 70,000 psi (490 MPa) under an argon-CO₂ mix on DC electrode positive, and combining the near-slagless deposit of a solid wire with deposition rates and gap-bridging closer to a flux-cored wire.
Stainless & duplex
Stainless & duplex steel
Austenitic and duplex grades, plus the over-alloyed consumables for joining stainless to carbon steel.
-
E308L
AWS A5.4 / ASME SFA-5.4
E308L is an extra-low-carbon austenitic stainless steel covered electrode classified to AWS A5.4 for shielded metal arc welding of 304 and 304L grade stainless steels and other 19 % chromium, 10 % nickel materials, with carbon held to 0.04 % maximum so the weld metal resists the chromium carbide precipitation that causes intergranular corrosion in the heat-affected zone.
-
E316L
AWS A5.4 / ASME SFA-5.4
E316L is a molybdenum-bearing, extra-low-carbon austenitic stainless steel covered electrode classified to AWS A5.4 for shielded metal arc welding of 316 and 316L grade stainless steels, carrying roughly 2 to 3 % molybdenum for resistance to pitting and crevice corrosion in chloride-bearing and acidic service, with carbon held to 0.04 % maximum to prevent intergranular corrosion at the weld.
-
E309L
AWS A5.4 / ASME SFA-5.4
E309L is an over-alloyed, extra-low-carbon austenitic stainless steel covered electrode classified to AWS A5.4 for welding stainless steel to carbon and low-alloy steel, for buffer and buttering layers before stainless cladding, and for welding 24 % chromium, 13 % nickel materials, carrying deliberately high chromium and nickel so the deposit remains austenitic and crack-free after it is diluted by the carbon steel side of the joint.
-
E2209
AWS A5.4 / ASME SFA-5.4
E2209 is a chromium-nickel-molybdenum-nitrogen duplex stainless steel covered electrode classified to AWS A5.4 for welding 22 % chromium duplex stainless steels such as 2205 and UNS S31803, depositing a balanced ferritic-austenitic weld metal with typical yield strength of 650 to 690 MPa — roughly half as strong again as a 316L deposit — together with high resistance to chloride pitting and to chloride stress corrosion cracking.
-
ER308L / ER308LSi
AWS A5.9 / ASME SFA-5.9
ER308L is an extra-low-carbon austenitic stainless steel bare wire or rod classified to AWS A5.9 for MIG and TIG welding of 304 and 304L stainless steels and niobium-stabilised steels of the same type at service temperatures up to 350 °C, depositing weld metal with roughly 19 % chromium, 9 % nickel and about 8 % ferrite, with the ER308LSi variant carrying additional silicon to improve wetting and bead shape.
-
ER316L / ER316LSi
AWS A5.9 / ASME SFA-5.9
ER316L is a molybdenum-bearing, extra-low-carbon austenitic stainless steel bare wire or rod classified to AWS A5.9 for MIG and TIG welding of 316 and 316L stainless steels, depositing weld metal with roughly 19 % chromium, 12 % nickel, 3 % molybdenum and about 8 to 10 % ferrite, where the molybdenum provides the resistance to chloride pitting and crevice corrosion that distinguishes 316 from 304.
-
ER309L / ER309LSi / ER309LMo
AWS A5.9 / ASME SFA-5.9
ER309L is an over-alloyed, extra-low-carbon austenitic stainless steel bare wire or rod classified to AWS A5.9 for welding stainless steel to carbon and low-alloy steel, for buttering and cladding, and for welding 24 % chromium, 13 % nickel materials, carrying deliberately high chromium and nickel so the deposit remains austenitic after being diluted by the carbon steel side of the joint.
-
ER2209
AWS A5.9 / ASME SFA-5.9
ER2209 is a duplex stainless steel bare wire or rod classified to AWS A5.9 for MIG and TIG welding of 22 % chromium duplex stainless steels such as 2205 and UNS S31803, depositing a balanced ferritic-austenitic weld metal at roughly 22.5 % chromium, 8 % nickel and 3 % molybdenum with approximately 55 FN ferrite, typically giving 550 to 660 MPa yield — around half as strong again as a 316L deposit — with high resistance to chloride pitting and stress corrosion cracking.
-
ER2594 / E2594
AWS A5.9 (wire) and A5.4 (electrode)
ER2594 is a super duplex stainless steel filler metal carrying nominally 25 % chromium, 10 % nickel and 4 % molybdenum with controlled nitrogen, used for welding 2507, UNS S32750 and comparable super duplex grades whose pitting resistance equivalent reaches 40 or above, depositing weld metal at roughly 650 to 700 MPa yield with approximately 50 FN ferrite and impact energy to 170 J at −50 °C.
Cr-Mo creep resisting
Creep-resisting chromium-molybdenum steel
Elevated-temperature and hydroprocessing service. Every published property is a post-weld-heat-treated figure.
-
ER80S-B2 / E8018-B2
AWS A5.28 (wire), A5.5 (electrode), A5.29 (flux-cored)
B2 grade consumables deposit a 1.25 % chromium, 0.5 % molybdenum creep-resisting weld metal for welding P11, SA-387 Grade 11 and T11 pressure vessel and piping steels in elevated-temperature service, classified ER80S-B2 as solid wire, E8018-B2 as a covered electrode and E81T1-B2M as flux-cored, and always supplied to be welded with preheat and finished with a post-weld heat treatment at around 690 °C.
-
ER90S-B3 / E9018-B3
AWS A5.28 (wire), A5.5 (electrode), A5.29 (flux-cored)
B3 grade consumables deposit a 2.25 % chromium, 1 % molybdenum creep-resisting weld metal for welding P22, SA-387 Grade 22 and T22 pressure vessel and piping steels in high-temperature and hydrogen service, classified ER90S-B3 as solid wire, E9018-B3 as a covered electrode and E91T1-B3M as flux-cored, welded with preheat and finished with a post-weld heat treatment typically at 690 °C.
Nickel alloys
Nickel alloys
Corrosion-resistant alloy overlay, sour service, cryogenic duty and dissimilar joints above 300 °C.
-
ERNiCrMo-3 / ENiCrMo-3
AWS A5.14 (wire) and A5.11 (electrode)
ERNiCrMo-3 is a nickel-chromium-molybdenum filler metal of the Alloy 625 type, carrying nominally 22 % chromium, 9 % molybdenum and 3.5 % niobium, used for welding UNS N06625 and 6Mo stainless steels, for corrosion-resistant alloy overlay on carbon steel valves, tubes and flanges, for 9 % nickel cryogenic steel, and for dissimilar joints between stainless and low-alloy steel, with weld metal typically giving 500 MPa yield and 780 MPa tensile while retaining 110 J impact energy at −196 °C.
-
ERNiCrMo-4
AWS A5.14 / ASME SFA-5.14
ERNiCrMo-4 is a low-carbon nickel-chromium-molybdenum filler metal of the Alloy C-276 type, carrying nominally 16 % chromium, 16 % molybdenum and 3.5 % tungsten, used for welding and overlaying UNS N10276 and comparable alloys in aggressively corrosive service — sour natural gas recovery, flue gas scrubbers, chlorine and hypochlorite, sulphuric acid coolers — with weld metal typically giving 490 to 540 MPa yield and retaining 140 J or more at −196 °C.
-
ERNiCr-3 / ENiCrFe-3
AWS A5.14 (wire) and A5.11 (electrode)
ERNiCr-3 and ENiCrFe-3 — commonly called Alloy 82 and Alloy 182 — are nickel-chromium-iron filler metals carrying nominally 20 % chromium with niobium and no molybdenum, used for welding Inconel 600 and related NiCrFe alloys, for 9 % nickel cryogenic steel, and above all for dissimilar joints between stainless and carbon steel that must operate above the 300 °C ceiling an austenitic consumable allows, with service in air to 1175 °C.
How POFIS supplies consumables
Ordering welding consumables from Abu Dhabi
POFIS is an ESAB Authorized Distributor and Service Centre, an approved ADNOC vendor and ISO 9001 certified, supplying welding consumables across the UAE and the wider GCC. Prices are not published; every enquiry is quoted with a confirmed lead time and delivery terms.
Send the welding procedure or the classification and diameters you need through the enquiry form, or email email us. If you are unsure which grade satisfies your WPS, send us the WPS and we will confirm it against the classification before you raise the order.