This specification prescribes requirements for the
classification of bare stainless steel wire, strip, composite
metal cored, and stranded welding electrodes and rods
for gas metal arc, gas tungsten arc, submerged arc, and
other fusion welding processes. The chromium content
of these filler metals is not less than 10.5 percent and the
iron content exceeds that of any other element. For purposes
of classification, the iron content shall be derived
as the balance element when all other elements are
considered to be at their minimum specified values.