*  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  *
Respiratory Protection:USE A NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED RESPIRABLE FUME RESP
    WHEN WELDING IN CONFINED SPACES & WHENEVER FUME CONC EXCEED APPLIC
    LIM FOR TUNGSTEN/OTHER WELDING FUMES. ALL APPROP REQ SET FORTH IN
Ventilation:USE ENOUGH GENERAL VENT AND/OR LOC EXHAUST AT ARC TO KEEP
    FUMES & GASES BELOW APPLIC LIM IN WORKER'S BRTHG (SUPDAT)
Other Protective Equipment:WEAR HEAD, HAND & BODY PROT TO PREV INJURY
    (ING 3)
Work Hygienic Practices:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
Supplemental Safety and Health
    PROCESS, PROCEDURE & METAL WELDED. SOME LOSS OF METAL FROM
    ELECTRODE DOES OCCUR. VENT:ZONE & GENERAL AREA. IF SUCH EQUIP IS
    NOT AVA IL, USE RESP AS SPECIFIED. EYE PROT:APPROP FILTER LENS.
*  Product Identification  *
Product ID:GTA WELDING ELECTRODES
*  Composition/Information on Ingredients  *
Ingred Name:TUNGSTEN
OSHA PEL:N/K 
ACGIH TLV:1 MG/M3
Ingred Name:ZIRCONIUM DIOXIDE
Fraction by Wt: <1%
    SHIELD, & MAY INCLUDE ARM PROT, APRONS, HATS, SHOULDER (ING 4)
Ingred Name:ING 3:PROT, AS WELL AS DARK SUBSTANTIAL CLTHG. WELDER
    SHOULD BE TRAINED NOT TO TOUCH LIVE ELECT PARTS & TO (ING 5)
Ingred Name:ING 4: INSULATE HIMSELF FROM WORK AND GROUND.
*  Hazards Identification  *
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:NO  Ingestion:NO
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NOOSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:SHORT-TERM OVEREXPOSURE TO WELDING
    FUMES MAY RESULT IN DISCOMFORT SUCH AS DIZZINESS, NAUSEA AND/OR
    IRRITATION OF EYES, NOSE AND THROAT. OTHER EFFECTS DEPEND ON METAL
    BEING WELDED AND WELDING CONDITION S. WITH EXCEPTION OF 2 RUSSIAN
    STUDIES THAT FOUND EARLY SIGNS OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN SOME (EFTS
    OF OVEREXPOS)
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NOT RELEVANT
Effects of Overexposure:HLTH HAZ:WORKERS EXPOSED TO TUNGSTEN AND
    TUNSTEN TRIOXIDE DUST, MOST STUDIES HAVE SHOWN TUNGSTEN TO BE
    TOXICOLOGICALLY INERT.
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
*  First Aid Measures  *
First Aid:INGEST:CALL MD IMMEDIATELY . INHAL:IF IRRITATION, DISCOMFORT
    OR OTHER SIGNS OF PULM INVOLVEMENT DEVELOP REMOVE FROM EXPOS & SEEK
    N. IF IRRIT PERSISTS, SEEK MD ATTN. SKIN:ADVERSE REACTIONS FROM
    CONT W/ELECTRODES ARE UNLIKELY. PROMPT MD ATTN SHOULD BE OBTAINED
    FOR BURNS OR IRRIT RESULTING FROM WELDING PROCESS.
*  Fire Fighting Measures  *
Extinguishing Media:NON-FLAMMABLE. MEDIA SUITABLE FOR SURROUNDING FIRE
    .
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED SCBA AND FULL
    PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT .
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:WELDING ARC & SPRAYS CAN IGNITE COMBUST.
    WELDING SOCIETY FOR FIRE PREV & PROT INFO (SUPDAT)
*  Accidental Release Measures  *
Neutralizing Agent:NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.
*Handling and Storage  *
Handling and Storage Precautions:NONE
Other Precautions:NONE
*  Physical/Chemical Properties  *
Boiling Pt:B.P. Text:SUPPDATA
Solubility in Water:INSOLUBLE
Appearance and Odor:GRAY METAL WITH NO ODOR.
Percent Volatiles by Volume:0
*  Stability and Reactivity Data  *
Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
NONE
Hazardous Decomposition Products:WELDING FUMES (OXIDES OF METAL BEING
    WELDED) & GASES (SUCH AS CARBON MONOXIDE OZONE & OXIDES OF
    NITROGEN) (SUPDAT)
*  Disposal Considerations  *
Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE LOCAL,
    STATE, FEDERAL AND GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.
