"This standard specifies requirements for the classification of solid wire electrodes@ solid wires and rods for fusion welding of titanium and titanium-alloys. The classification of the solid wires and cut lengths and spools of wire is based on their chemical composition. For titanium welding consumables@ the compositions of the wire electrodes for the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process are the same as for the gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) process@ the plasma arc welding (PAW) process@ the laser beam welding (LBW) process@ and other fusion welding processes. Therefore@ the use of the word ""wires ods"" in this classification refers to both ""wire electrodes"" and ""wires and rods"" in this standard. NOTE: In this standard@ the word ""titanium"" is used for ""titanium and titanium-alloys."" The classification of titanium wires ods is based upon the chemical composition of the wires ods."