The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of nitrogen is added in argon shielding gas on the retained ferrite of austenitic stainless steel welds. An autogenous gas tungsten arc welding was conducted on austenitic stainless steels 304 and 310 to produce a bead-on-plate weld. The delta-ferrite content of 304 stainless steel welds was measured by using Ferritscope. The present results indicated that the retained ferrite content in Type 304 stainless steel weld metals was rapidly reduced as the nitrogen addition in argon shielding gas was increased. This experiment result also found that an unmixed fusion zone usually occurs in the weld metal near the fusion line if the base metal has a positive delta-ferrite potential. The addition of nitrogen in the shielding gas does not change the microstructure of an unmixed fusion zone in Type 304 stainless steel welds.