Stick Arc

do you need gas for arc/stick welding?

Arc Welding represents a multitude of welding processes which use an electric arc to melt the work pieces being joined.

One of the arc welding processes is Shielded Metal Arc Welding or the so called stick welding. It uses an electrode that has a coating on the exterior which produces by melting a Liquid slag and gases that protect the weld pool from the Oxygen and nitrogen from the air. There is no need for shielding gas fo this process.

Another arc welding process is the Gas Metal Arc Welding, so called MIG welding which uses as electrode a solid wire that doesn’t have that coating on it. Because there is nothing that formes the slag and the gases during welding, the shielding of the weld pool is realized with a protective gas which can be Argon, Carbon dioxide, Helium, etc. mostly Ar and CO2 and their mixes.
There are other different arc welding processes that use gas shielding like Flux Cored arc welding, etc.
Check out http://weldingpedia.com/Welding%20Processes.html for the chart of the welding processes.

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