FLUX CORED WIRE

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Product Specifications AWS/ASME SFA 5.4

2.1 Classification of the substance or mixture

Brands The following Afrox Welding fumes and gases cannot be classified simply. products are covered by this MSDS: The composition and quality of both are dependant upon the metal being welded, the - COREMAX 71 PLUS Process, procedure and electrode used. Most fume - COREMAX 71 ingredients are present as complex oxides and compounds and not as pure metals. Other conditions which also influence Recommended use the composition Flux cored welding (MIG Process) and quality of the fumes and gases to which workers may Supplier Afrox be exposed include: coatings On the metal being welded (such as paint, plating or Company Identification African Oxygen Limited galvanizing), the number of welders and the volume of 23 Webber Street the work area, the quality and amount of ventilation, the position of the welder’s head with respect to the fume Johannesburg, 2001 plume, as well as the presence of contaminants Tel. No: (011) 490-0400 in the atmosphere ( such as chlorinated hydrocarbon vapors Fax No: (011) 490-0506 from cleaning and degreasing activities). When the electrode is consumed, the fume and gas decomposition EMERGENCY NUMBER = 0860111185 or (011) 873 4382 products generated are different in percent and form from the ingredients listed in Section (24 hours) 2. Decomposition products of normal operation include those originating 2 DETAILS OF COMPOSITION from the volatilization, reaction or oxidation of the materials shown in Section 2, plus those from the base metal and coating, ect., as noted above. This section covers the hazardous materials from which this Reasonably expected constituents of the fume would include; product is manufactured. The fumes and gases produced during Primarily complex iron oxides and fluorides. Secondarily welding with normal use of this product are also addressed in complex oxides of calcium, manganese, aluminium, Section 5. The terms “hazardous” in this section should be chromium, nickel, silicon, molybdenum, magnesium, and interpreted as a term required and defined in OSHA Hazard titanium. Monitor for the materials identified in section2. Fumes from the use of this product Communication Standard (29 CFR Part 1910.1200). may contain fluorides, manganese, calcium oxide, chromium and