This document summarizes the characteristics and applications of agglomerated welding flux BF 5.1. It is an aluminate-basic flux suitable for welding low-alloy structural steels. It provides uniform mechanical properties with low hydrogen and achieves acicular ferrite microstructures. It can be used for welding steels with yield strengths up to 460 MPa, including boiler, vessel, and pipe steels. The document provides details on chemical composition, metallurgical behavior, applications, and approvals for various wire-flux combinations.
This document summarizes the characteristics and applications of agglomerated welding flux BF 5.1. It is an aluminate-basic flux suitable for welding low-alloy structural steels. It provides uniform mechanical properties with low hydrogen and achieves acicular ferrite microstructures. It can be used for welding steels with yield strengths up to 460 MPa, including boiler, vessel, and pipe steels. The document provides details on chemical composition, metallurgical behavior, applications, and approvals for various wire-flux combinations.
This document summarizes the characteristics and applications of agglomerated welding flux BF 5.1. It is an aluminate-basic flux suitable for welding low-alloy structural steels. It provides uniform mechanical properties with low hydrogen and achieves acicular ferrite microstructures. It can be used for welding steels with yield strengths up to 460 MPa, including boiler, vessel, and pipe steels. The document provides details on chemical composition, metallurgical behavior, applications, and approvals for various wire-flux combinations.
This document summarizes the characteristics and applications of agglomerated welding flux BF 5.1. It is an aluminate-basic flux suitable for welding low-alloy structural steels. It provides uniform mechanical properties with low hydrogen and achieves acicular ferrite microstructures. It can be used for welding steels with yield strengths up to 460 MPa, including boiler, vessel, and pipe steels. The document provides details on chemical composition, metallurgical behavior, applications, and approvals for various wire-flux combinations.
Characteristics: A neutral, semi-basic agglomerated flux of the aluminate basic type suitable for joint welding of low-alloy structural steels, fine-grained steels and pipe steel qualities. Designed for DC and AC welding. BF 5.1 is suitable for the two-run or multi-layer technique using single or multi-wire processes. The flux shows constant metallurgical characteristics (low Silicon and Manganese pick-up). In combination with appropriate wires, such as Mo-, Ni- or NiMo-alloyed types, uniform mechanical properties with low temperature toughness are achieved. Slag–detachability, even in narrow-groove welds of thick-walled sections, or at high preheating temperature (> 250 °C), together with finely rippled weld bead performance and smooth tie-ins, even when fillet welding using high currents, are additional features of the flux. BF 5.1 is formulated to achieve very low diffusible hydrogen levels (< 4 ml/100 g weld deposit). The chemical composition of the flux and its alloy vector have been designed for achieving large amount of acicular ferrite with typical standard wires.
Application: SA-welding of low-alloy structural steels (Y.S. up to 420 MPa), boiler and vessel materials, high-strength ship steels such as EH36; fine-grain structural steels up to Y.S. 460 MPa and pipe steel qualities up to X70 grade (ISO 3183/ API-5L).
Characteristic chemical Constituents:
SiO2 + TiO2 Al2O3 + MnO CaO + MgO CaF2
20 % 30 % 30 % 15 % Basicity according to Boniszewski: ~1.7
Metallurgical behaviour acc. to ISO 14174 type of current DC:
Pick-up Silicon Pick-up / Burn-out Manganese
Si-content in the wire electrode (%) Mn-content in the wire electrode (%)
Flux density: 1.1 kg/dm3 (l)
Grain size acc. to ISO 14174: 3 – 20 (Tyler 8 x 48) Current-carrying capacity: up to 1,000 A (DC or AC) using one wire
*) Diffusible hydrogen content H5: determined in deposited metal acc. to the method described in ISO 3690 Type of current DC; redrying conditions 200 ± 50 °C BF 5.1 All-weld metal multiple pass classification of wire-flux combinations:
Wire electrode Test assembly ISO 15792-1: AWS A5.17M/5.23M AWS A5.17/5.23 (ISO 14171-A AWS type 1.3 ISO 24598-A) A5.17/.2 BA-S1 EL12 3 ISO 14171-A- S 38 3 AB S1 F48A3-EL12 F7A2-EL12 BA-S2 EM12(K) ISO 14171-A- S 42 4 AB S2 F48A4/F43P4-EM12(K) F7A4/F6P4-EM12(K) BA-S3 EH10K ISO 14171-A- S 46 5 AB S3 F55A5/F49P5-EH10K F8A6/F7P6-EH10K BA-S2Si EM12K ISO 14171-A- S 42 5 AB S2Si F48A5/P5-EM12K F7A6/P6-EM12K BA-S3Si EH12K ISO 14171-A- S 46 5 AB S3Si F55A5/F49P5-EH12K F8A6/F7P6-EH12K BA-S2Mo EA2 ISO 14171-A- S 46 4 AB S2Mo F55A4/P4-EA2-A2 F8A4/P4-EA2-A2 BA-S3Mo EA4 ISO 14171-A- S 50 4 AB S3Mo F62A4/P4-EA4-A3 F9A4/P4-EA4-A3 BA-S2Ni1 ENi1 ISO 14171-A- S 42 7 AB S2Ni1 F49A7/P7-ENi1-Ni1 F7A10/P10-ENi1-Ni1 BA-S2Ni2 ENi2 ISO 14171-A- S 46 7 AB S2Ni2 F55A7/F49P7-ENi2-Ni2 F8A10/F7P10-ENi2-Ni2 BA-S3NiMo1 EF3 ISO 14171-A- S 50 4 AB S3Ni1Mo F62A4/P4-EF3-F3 F9A5/P5-EF3-F3 BA-S2NiCu1 EG ISO 14171-A- S 46 4 AB S2Ni1Cu F55A4-EG-G F8A4-EG-G BA-S2CrMo1 EB2 ISO 24598-A- S S CrMo1 AB F55P4-EB2-B2 F8P4-EB2-B2
Two-run classification of wire-flux combinations:
Wire electrode Two-run / ISO 15792-2: type 2.5 AWS AWS A5.17/5.23 (ISO 14171-A AWS A5.17M/5.23 ISO 24598-A) A5.17/.2 M BA-S2 EM12(K) 3 ISO 14171-A- S 3T 2 AB S2 F43TA2-EM12(K) F6TA0-EM12(K) BA-S2Si EM12K ISO 14171-A S 4T 3 AB S2Si F49TA3-EM12K F7TA2-EM12K BA-S3Si EH12K ISO 14171-A- S 4T 3 AB S3Si F55TA3-EH12K F8TA2-EH12K BA-S2Mo EA2 ISO 14171-A- S 4T 3 AB S2Mo F55TA3-EA2 F8TA2-EA2 BA-S2Ni1 ENi1 ISO 14171-A- S 4T 3 AB S2Ni1 F49TA3-ENi1 F7TA2-ENi1 BA-S2Ni2 ENi2 ISO 14171-A- S 4T 4 AB S2Ni2 F55TA4-ENi2 F8TA4-ENi2 BA-S3NiMo1 EF3 ISO 14171-A- S 5T 3 AB S3Ni1Mo F62TA3-EF3 F9TA2-EF3 BA-S2CrMo1 EB2 F49TA2-EB2 F7TA0-EB2
Chemical composition of all-weld metal acc. to EN ISO 15792-1 and AWS A5.17/5.23: (characteristical values in wt. %)
Wire electrode C Si Mn Mo Ni Cr BA-S2 EM12(K) 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.1-1.5 BA-S3 EH10K 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.5-1.9 BA-S2Si EM12K 0.05-0.08 0.3-0.5 1.1-1.5 BA-S3Si EH12K 0.05-0.08 0.3-0.5 1.5-1.9 BA-S2Mo EA2 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.1-1.5 0.5 BA-S3Mo EA4 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.5-1.9 0.5 BA-S2Ni1 ENi1 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.1-1.5 0.8 BA-S2Ni2 ENi2 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.1-1.5 2.0 BA-S3NiMo1 EF3 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.5-1.9 0.5 0.9 BA-S2Ni1Cu EG 0.05-0.08 0.3-0.5 1.0-1.4 0.8 BA-S2CrMo1 EB2 0.05-0.08 0.2-0.4 1.0-1.4 0.5 1.0 BF 5.1 Mechanical properties of all-weld metal acc. to EN ISO 15792-1 and AWS A5.17/5.23: (characteristical values)
treatment MPa MPa % ± 0 °C -20 °C -40 °C -51 °C -73 °C +32 °F -4 °F -40 °F -60 °F -100 °F BA-S1 EL12 AW >400 >490 >24 >80 >60 >47(-30°C) BA-S2 EM12(K) AW >420 >510 >24 >100 >70 >47 S *) >360 >450 >24 >100 >70 >27 BA-S3 EH10K AW >470 >560 >23 >100 >70 >60 >47 S *) >400 >490 >23 >110 >80 >60 >47 BA-S2Si EM12K AW >440 >520 >24 >100 >80 >60 >47 S*) >400 >480 >24 >100 >80 >60 >47 BA-S3Si EH12K AW >470 >560 >23 >120 >100 >80 >47 S *) >420 >520 >24 >120 >110 >70 >47 BA-S2Mo EA2 AW >490 >580 >22 >90 >60 >47 S **) >470 >560 >22 >100 >70 >27 BA-S3Mo EA4 AW >540 >640 >22 >90 >60 >47 S **) >540 >620 >22 >90 >60 >27 BA-S2Ni1 ENi1 AW >440 >530 >25 >140 >100 >60 >47 S *) >400 >490 >26 >150 >120 >110 >47 BA-S2Ni2 ENi2 AW >480 >580 >22 >140 >100 >60 >47 S *) >460 >550 >23 >150 >110 >70 >47 BA-S3NiMo1 EF3 AW >570 >670 >22 >110 >100 >47 S *) >570 >670 >22 >120 >110 >47 BA-S2NiCu1 EG AW >470 >570 >23 >90 >70 >47 BA-S2CrMo1 EB2 S ***) >470 >570 >22 >80 >47 >27 Post Weld Heat Treatment: *) 580 °C/15 h **) 620 °C/15 h ***) 650 °C/15 h / 700 °C/2h
Approvals: with wire electrodes:
VdTUEV 1153 / TÜV-Wien S2, S2Si, S3Si, S2Mo, S2Ni1Cu and S CrMo1 Deutsche Bahn S2, S2Si, S3Si and S2Mo ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) EH12K (S3Si) Packaging: 25 kg PE-bags or 500-1,250 kg Big Bags Storage and redrying: Unopened originally packed flux bags can be stored up to 1 year in dry storage rooms after date of delivery ex factory. Redrying conditions specific to the flux: 200 ± 50 °C effective flux temperature.
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