Book "Electric Welding. A reference book" embraces practically all aspects of the электродуговой welding melting, more detailed are questions of hand arc/w.To the book the detailed descriptions are driven more than 400 welding electrodes of home and foreign production. A rendition of electrodes of ESAB table over is brought to the home electrodes.On all electrodes resulted to recommendation on an application domain, to the welding modes and properties of the weld-fabricated guy-sutures.Applied system of association in groups, and also classification on American (AWS), international (ISO), German (DIN) and European (EN) to the standards simplifies a choice and use of wide gamut of the presented electrodes.In this reference book the detailed decoding of denotation of electrode is given for ГОСТ, AMS, ISO, DIN, EN.Large attention in a book is spared to the welding equipment. Description over is brought given technical descriptions are about 80 sources of welding current. The devices of flameholding of welding arc and device of decline of tension of idling of source of welding current are described.A calculation over of necessary amount of electrodes for welding of construction and calculation of temperature of preheat are brought.Receptions and methods of hand arc/w are described. The special kinds over are brought by hand electric welding.A reference book is intended for electric welders and wide circle of technical and engineering employees, bound in the practical activity with welding works.The information presented in a book will be useful to technical and engineering employees of industrial and building enterprises, project, designer and research organizations and to the students of technical specialities. Except it a reference book will be a good manual for welders (1th level of professional preparation) and masters, brigadiers (2th level) at preparation to attestation - primary or next.