Filler metal selector

Compare a full AWS classification family with the Table 5.7 strength-group route for confirmed base metals and process.

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Base metals

Base metal 1 · exact specification and grade

Enter the exact material designation from its specification/certificate.

Base metal 1 · confirmed Table 5.6 group

Base metal 2 · exact specification and grade

Enter the exact material designation from its specification/certificate.

Base metal 2 · confirmed Table 5.6 group

Is the lower-group deposited metal confirmed low-hydrogen?

Mixed groups may use the higher-group match, or a lower-group match with low-hydrogen deposited metal.

Consumable classification

Welding process

AWS filler-metal specification

Select the specification applicable to the process above.

Full AWS classification

Enter the complete classification exactly as shown on the certificate. This family comparison is not product acceptance.

FCAW type optional

Code unit system for the thickness condition

Base-metal thickness for a conditional suffix check optional

Needed to assess FCAW -11 thickness exclusions.

Application conditions

Intended welding position

Shielding-gas basis

For gas-shielded GMAW/FCAW, verify A5.32 classification and the actual classification/product gas route.

Weathering steel exposed unpainted with matching corrosion/colour required?

Project requires CVN properties?

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Scope & references AWS D1.1 / D1.1M:2025

2025 base edition with July 28, 2026 errata. AMD1 not included.

Classification-family selector only. It does not qualify a product or check the complete classification certificate, brand, diameter, position, gas evidence, deposited-metal properties, CVN, PQR or production parameters.

AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2025 Tables 5.6 and 5.7

Table 5.6 base-metal group and Table 5.7 matching filler-metal classification families. Mixed-group alternative: matching the higher group or matching the lower group with low-hydrogen deposited metal.

AWS D1.1/D1.1M:2025 Tables 5.9–5.10

Weathering-steel chemistry and selected GMAW gas classifications require independent checks.