LIU Pan, CHANG Guo-liang, ZHANG Xin-yao, ZHU Zhen-biao HE Peng-fei, LI Jing-bin
Welding flux, such as fused flux, agglomerated flux, bonded flux, electrode coating and flux-cored powder, play an important role in the fusion welding of steels and nickel-based alloys. They have been widely used in the engineering fields, including shipbuilding, nuclear power, energy, metallurgy, chemical industry, and machinery industry. A systematic review of status and development of standard system for chemical analysis of welding flux in China, especially the application status of standard methods for chemical analysis, was summarized based on the inspection requirements of sulfur, phosphorus and fluorine in the welding flux, from the perspective of standard sources (national standards, industry standards, local standards, group standards, enterprise standards, society recommended methods), testing technology (preparation and sampling, wet analysis, solid spectral analysis, combustion method, pyrolysis method, moisture test) and reference materials. At last, some suggestions for the future development were proposed to improve the standardization system for chemical analysis of welding flux, and change the hysteresis in applicable targets, testing item and scope as well as testing efficiency.