Textbook in PDF format This book covers various materials used by the fabrication industry for the manufacturing of process plant equipment and includes an in-depth review of welding processes widely used in the industry for joining and surfacing. It addresses the practical aspects of welding carbon, Cr–Mo steel, austenitic stainless steel, duplex and super duplex steels, and aluminium. Further, it covers various issues generally encountered during the welding of steels, such as the selection of suitable welding consumables and the good practices adopted by fabrication industries, and so on, along with some case studies