Originally Posted By: Replacement
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certain "stick" welding rods by AWS code are hydroscopic- the flux absorbs ambient water in the air in humid conditions


From Argonne National Labs:

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"hydroscopic": <=== Dictionary has no entry for hydroscopic

hy.gro.scop.ic Pronunciation: "hI-gr&-'sk-pik
Function: adjective Etymology: hygroscope,
an instrument showing changes in humidity + [^1]-ic;
from the use of such materials in the hygroscope Date: 1790
1 : readily taking up and retaining moisture
2 : taken up and retained under some conditions of
humidity and temperature
- hy.gro.scop.ic.i.ty /-(")sk@-'pi-s&-tE/ noun


Those rods are hygroscopic, as is any desicant.
BFD- I know which ones by AWS codes are, and which are not- and how to certify with them to all positions in API and ASTM codes- when you can run the "Arkansas Bellhole" in API from root to cover passes, come and talk to me about SMAW welding- and you Fubared the spelling of desicant as well- Slick!!

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