materials Article Friction Stir Welding of 2205 Duplex Stainless Steel: Feasibility of Butt Joint Groove Filling in Comparison to Gas Tungsten Arc Welding Mohamed M. Z. Ahmed 1,2,* , Khaled A. Abdelazem 3,4, Mohamed M. El-Sayed Seleman 2 , Bandar Alzahrani 1, Kamel Touileb 1, Nabil Jouini 1,5 , Ismail G. El-Batanony 4 and Hussein M. Abd El-Aziz 6 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering at Al Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +966-115888273 Citation: Ahmed, M.M.Z.; Abdelazem, K.A.; El-Sayed Abstract: This work investigates the feasibility of using friction stir welding (FSW) process as a Seleman, M.M.; Alzahrani, B.; groove filling welding technique to weld duplex stainless steel (DSS) that is extensively used by Touileb, K.; Jouini, N.; El-Batanony, petroleum service companies and marine industries. For the FSW experiments, three different groove I.G.; Abd El-Aziz, H.M.