


Hundreds, if not thousands, of stick electrodes exist, but the most popular fall into the American Welding Society (AWS) A5.1 Specification for Carbon Steel Electrodes for Shielded Metal Arc Welding. These include the E6010, E6011, E6012, E6013, E7014, E7024 and E7018 electrodes. 2. What do AWS stick electrode classifications mean?