Fluxes are added to the welding environment to improve arc stability, to provide a slag, to add alloying elements, and to refine the weld pool. This article describes the effect of oxygen that directly reacts with alloying elements to alter their effective role by reducing hardenability, promoting porosity, and producing inclusions. It proposes basicity index for welding as a measure of expected weld metal cleanliness and mechanical properties. The article discusses alloy modification in terms of slipping and binding agents, slag formation, and slag detachability. It reviews the types of fluxes for different arc welding processes, such as shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), flux-cored arc welding (FCAW), and submerged arc welding (SAW).

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By substituting zirconium-boron additions for titanium-boron additions in the weld deposit, further understanding of the role of specific microalloying additions on the suppression of grain boundary ferrite and the promotion of the intragranular formation of acicular ferrite in low carbon steel weld metal is achieved.

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