v Reviewers The authors and publisher wish to thank the following industry and teaching professionals for their valuable input into the development of Welding Fundamentals. Natividad S. Armendarez Ector County I.S.D. Advanced Technical Center, Grandview Campus Odessa, Texas Jamie Cotnoir Coventry High School Coventry, Rhode Island Rebecca Hendricks Denton I.S.D., La Grone Advanced Technology Complex Denton, Texas Richard Kielty Princeton High School Princeton, Minnesota Scott Rawlings Lake Land College Mattoon, Illinois Martin Rice Dale Jackson Career Center Lewisville, Texas Domingo (Sonny) Vela Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas Brian T. Yarrison York County School of Technology York, Pennsylvania