CAN-CW800-C
11/15/06
Date:
MSDS No.:
Blue Max Flux Cored Stainless Electrodes
Trade Name:
Sizes: All
1/5/04
Supersedes:
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
Flux Cored Electrode
Product Type:
Blue Max
FC-308L, FC-309L, FC316L,
Products:
FCP 309L, FCP316L
The Lincoln Electric Company of Canada LP
179 Wicksteed Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4G 2B9 CANADA
Prepared by The Lincoln Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Phone: (416) 421-2600
(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.
Ingredients:
CAS No. Wt. %
TLV
mg/m
3
LD
50
(Route/Species)
LC mg/m
3
50
(Route/Species)
2.16 mg/kg LDLo
(intravenous/rat)tumorigenic
Chromium and chromium alloys or compounds (as Cr)
7440-47-3
5-10
0.5(b)
Not Available
Iron 7439-89-6
5-10
10*
Not Available
Not Available
50 mg/kg LDLo
(intravenous/mouse)
Nickel (metal)
7440-02-0
1-5
1.5
Not Available
Titanium dioxides (as Ti)
13463-67-7
1-5
10
Not Available
Not Available
Zirconium alloys and compounds (as Zr)
12004-83-0
1-5
5
Not Available
Not Available
114 mg/kg LDLo
(intraperitoneal/rat)
Molybdenum alloys (as Mo)
7439-98-7
1-5
10
Not Available
9 g/kg
(oral/rat)
2.3 LCLo
(inhalation/human)
Manganese and/or manganese alloys and compounds (as Mn)
7439-96-5
1-5
0.2
1153 mg/kg
(oral/rat)
Silicates and other binders
1344-09-8
1-5
10*
Not Available
Quartz 14808-60-7
0.1-1
#0.05**
200 mg/kg LDLo
(intratracheal/rat)
300 LCLo
(inhalation/human)
Aluminum and/or aluminum alloys (as Al)
7429-90-5
0.1-1
10
Not Available
Not Available
4250 mg/kg
(oral/rat)
Fluorides (as F)
7789-75-5
0.1-1
2.5
Not Available
Complex compounds
66402-68-4
0.1-1
***
Not Available
Not Available
114 mg/kg LDLo
(intramuscular/rat)
Titanium and/or titanium alloys (as Ti)
12719-90-3
0.1-1
10*
Not Available
Silicon and/or silicon alloys and compounds (as Si)
7440-21-3
0.1-1
10*
Not Available
Not Available
1870 mg/kg
(oral/rat)
Alkali carbonates
584-08-7
0.1-1
10*
Not Available
Stainless steel tube
60-100
Nominal tube composition:
Chromium 7440-47-3
19
0.5(b)
2.16 mg/kg LDLo
(intravenous/rat)tumorigenic
Not Available
Nickel 7440-02-0
10
1.5
50 mg/kg LDLo
(intravenous/mouse)
Not Available
Manganese 7439-96-5
1.5
0.2
2.3 LCLo
(inhalation/human)
9 g/kg
(oral/rat)
Iron 7439-89-6
bal.
10*
Not Available
Not Available
(LDLo, LCLo) Lowest published toxic concentration.
Notes:
(*) Not listed. Nuisance value maximum is 10 milligrams per cubic
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
(***) These compounds contain oxides of Si, K. The lowest TLV is 5 for
those metals and oxides having a TLV listing and 10 milligrams
per cubic meter for those not listed.
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
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