{"id":69852,"date":"2026-05-17T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/encyclopedia-of-metal\/aws-a5-21\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:31:43","slug":"aws-a5-21","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/encyclopedia-of-metal\/aws-a5-21\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS A5.21"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Technical requirements of the AWS A5.21 standard for surfacing materials<\/h2>\n<p>The AWS A5.21 specification defines current industrial classification protocols for welding rods and bare electrodes intended for surface hardening and restoration via surfacing. This standard covers materials used to create wear-resistant layers in critical components of machinery and mechanisms. It is important to note that the classification methodology for electrode-flux combinations for submerged arc welding is not included in the current version of the standard.<\/p>\n<p>EV Group China specialists emphasize that this document focuses exclusively on the metallurgical aspects of surfacing material quality. Issues of industrial safety and occupational health during welding operations are regulated by relevant national standards and internal company regulations. We recommend that engineers refer to sections A5 and A10 of the appendix to this standard for an overview of basic safety protocols when working with high-alloy surfacing rods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"wiki_category":[121],"class_list":["post-69852","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","hentry","wiki_category-aws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/69852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wiki"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/69852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wiki_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evgroupchina.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki_category?post=69852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}