- It is recommended for welding medium grade carbon steels where no preheat is used
- It can be used on cold rolled steels normally exhibiting excessive prosity when welded with conventional electrodes
- Typical applications include low-alloy structurals, low, medium and high carbon steels, offshore rigs and power plants
E7018/E7018-1 is a low-hydrogen iron powder type electrode that produces high quality X-ray welds. It can be used in all positions on AC or DC reverse polarity welding current.