I have thoroughly reviewed the paper and I found that, the paper suffers from

many serious problems. Some of them are given below:

1. Manuscript has lot of typographical and grammatical errors as preheating
is done before the welding but author has written after instead of
before at many places. Some other errors are as:
(i)Page 4-As it is observed...observable and Further, the ...defects are
grammatically incorrect sentences.
(ii)On page 6 line 1, figure no. is not given.
2. Manuscript simply makes some statements but do not provide the
literature support as
(i)Page 4- However, the...tool design.
(ii)Page 6- The most important...process.
3. Manuscript does not give any information about the FSW machine and
joint configuration.
4. Some statement are either incorrect or need explanation as on page 5
heat input ...weld power.
5. Figure 4 is not clear. In figure 4(e) and 4(g) both are for HAZ at 100m but
are different.
6. On page 9, paragraph 4 is irrelevant here as it is for steel. This also does
not contain a reference.
7. Figure 6 is not explained critically. As there is decrement is mechanical
properties after optimum level but its reason is not explained.
8. Conclusion 2 is a general statement not a finding by author himself.
In addition to the above cited deficiencies, the paper only mention that
preheating is beneficial in FSW but does not contribute to any new knowledge for
effective use of preheating in the field of FSW. So it is recommended that the
paper should be rejected in its present form.