| A | B |
| Short Circuiting Transfer | Metal tansfer trough repeated short circuits. |
| Spray Transfer | Molter metal propelled axially across the arc in small droplets. |
| Globular Transfer | Metal transfered across the arc in the form of metal droplets. |
| Pulsed Spray Transfer | Metal transfered in spray mode at average currents equal to or less than globular to spray transition current. |
| Gun | A device used to transfer current and or shielding gas and guide the electrode into the arc. |
| Contact Tube | A device which transfers current to a continuous electrode |
| Nozzle | A device which directs sheilding media |
| Inert Gas | A gas that does not combine chemically with materials. |
| ER70S-6 | A GMAW electrode or GTAW Rod designation for mild steel solid cored electrode. |
| ER in ER70S-6 | Electrode or Rod |
| 70 in ER70S-6 | 70,000 lbs Tensile strenght |
| S in ER70S-6 | Solid cored |
| 6 in ER70-6 | Chemical composition |
| Electrode Stickout | The length of unmelted electrode extending beyond the end of the contact tube during welding. |
| Arc Length | The distance from the tip of the welding electrode to the adjacent surface of the weld pool. |