本WRC公告更新了Stout和Doty出版的《钢的可焊性》一书第8章中所载的碳钢和低合金钢保护金属极电弧焊建议规程表。自本书手稿编写以来，ASTM、AISI、SAE、ABS和API发布了新的或修订的钢材规范；而其他规格则停产。 焊接研究委员会要求作者提供一份新的焊接工艺表，包括变更后的规范。这项工作已经完成，规范变更的截止日期为1973年8月1日。 本报告包括: -第8章解释建议焊接规程的范围和应用的文本（稍作修改）-声音焊接通常需要的建议实践表。 表格的格式保持不变，包含每种规格和等级钢的标称化学成分和拉伸性能。当然，由于增加了规格和删除，项目序列号是不同的。

This WRC Bulletin is an updating of the tables of suggested practices for shielded metal-arc welding of carbon and low-alloy steels contained in Chapter 8 of the book "Weldability of Steels" by Stout and Doty. Since the manuscript of the book was prepared, new or revised specifications for steel have been issued by ASTM, AISI, SAE, ABS, and API; while other specifications were discontinued. The Welding Research Council requested that the authors provide a new table of welding procedures, including the specifications which were changed. This has been done, with a cut-off date for specification changes of August 1, 1973. This report includes: -Chapter 8 text explaining the scope and application of the suggested welding practices (with minor revisions).-Tables of suggested practices generally required for sound welding. The format of the tables remains unchanged, containing the nominal chemical composition and tensile properties of each specification steel and grade. The item sequence numbers are different, of course, because of added specifications, and deletions.