Date:
MSDS No.:
11/15/06
CAN-M460-C
Trade Name:
Blue Max Manual Electrodes
Sizes:
All
Supersedes:
10/8/04
M A T E R I A L S A F E T Y D A T A S H E E T
For Welding Consumables and Related Products
Conforms to Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Rev. November, 1988
Section I & II - Preparation and Product Information
Covered Electrode
Product Type:
Products:
Blue Max 308/308L AC-DC, 309/309L AC-DC,
The Lincoln Electric Company of Canada LP
179 Wicksteed Avenue
316/316L AC-DC, 347 AC-DC, 2100
Toronto, Ontario M4G 2B9 CANADA
Phone: (416) 421-2600
Prepared by The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(216) 481-8100, on the date shown above.
Section III - Hazardous Ingredients (1)
I M P O R T A N T !
This section covers the materials from which this product is manufactured. The fumes and gases produced during welding with the normal use of this
product are covered by Section VII; see it for industrial hygiene information.
CAS Number shown is representative for the ingredients listed. All ingredients listed may not be present in all sizes.
(1) The term “hazardous” in “Hazardous Ingredients” should be interpreted as a term required and defined in the Hazardous Products Act and does not
necessarily imply the existence of any hazard.
TLV
LD50
LC50 mg/m3
Ingredients:
Mineral silicates
CAS No. Wt. % mg/m3 (Route/Species) (Route/Species)
590 g/kg LDLo
1332-58-7
13463-67-7
7440-47-3
1317-65-3
1344-09-8
65996-74-9
7439-96-5
7789-75-5
14808-60-7
7440-03-1
7439-89-6
7440-48-4
7439-98-7
554-13-2
5-10
5-10
1-5
5**
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
(oral/rat) reproductive
Titanium dioxides (as Ti)
10
Not Available
2.16 mg/kg LDLo
(intravenous/rat)tumorigenic
Chromium and chromium alloys or compounds (as Cr)
Limestone and/or calcium carbonate
Silicates and other binders
Iron oxides (as Fe)
0.5(b)
10
1-5
Not Available
1153 mg/kg
(oral/rat)
1-5
10*
5
1-5
Not Available
9 g/kg
(oral/rat)
4250 mg/kg
(oral/rat)
Not Available
2.3 LCLo
(inhalation/human)
Manganese and/or manganese alloys and compounds (as Mn)
Fluorides (as F)
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.1-1
0.2
2.5
Not Available
300 LCLo
(inhalation/human)
200 mg/kg LDLo
(intratracheal/rat)
Quartz
#0.05**
10*
10*
.02
Niobium alloys (as Nb)
Iron
(347 type only)
(316 type only)
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
6170 mg/kg
(oral/rat)
Cobalt
114 mg/kg LDLo
(intraperitoneal/rat)
4111 mg/kg LDLo
(oral/human)
Molybdenum alloys (as Mo)
Lithium compounds (as Li)
10
10*
Stainless steel core wire
Nominal core wire composition:
Chromium
60-100
2.16 mg/kg LDLo
(intravenous/rat)tumorigenic
50 mg/kg LDLo
7440-47-3
7440-02-0
7439-98-7
7439-96-5
7439-89-6
20-30
10-13
2.5
0.5(b)
1.5
Not Available
Not Available
Nickel
(intravenous/mouse)
114 mg/kg LDLo
(intraperitoneal/rat)
9 g/kg
Molybdenum
Manganese
Iron
(316 type only)
10
Not available
2.3 LCLo
(inhalation/human)
2.0
0.2
(oral/rat)
bal.
10*
Not Available
Not Available
Notes: (*) Not listed. Nuisance value maximum is 10 milligrams per cubic (LDLo, LCLo) Lowest published toxic concentration.
meter. TLV value for iron oxide is 5 milligrams per cubic meter.
(b) The OSHA PEL for chromium (VI) is 5 micrograms (0.005
(**)
(#)
As respirable dust.
milligrams) per cubic meter. The TLV for water soluble
chromium (VI) is 0.05 milligrams per cubic meter and the
TLV for insoluble chromium (VI) is 0.01 milligrams per
cubic meter.
Crystalline silica (quartz) is on the IARC (International Agency for
Research on Cancer) and NTP (National Toxicology Program) lists
as posing a carcinogenic risk to humans.
Section IV - Physical Data
Physical data such as odor, vapor pressure, density, evaporation rate and freezing or boiling points are not listed as they are not applicable to
this product and its use.
Section V - Hazard Data
Non Flammable; Welding arc and sparks can ignite combustibles and flammable products. See CSA W117.2 Section 9.7 as referenced in
Section VIII. Product is inert, no special handling or spill procedures required.
Rev 11/06b
(CONTINUED ON SIDE TWO)
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