AlcoTec ALMIGWELD, AlcoTec ALTIGWELD, Aluminum Metallizing Wire, AlumaArc

Remove to fresh air. Check for clear airway, breathing, and presence of pulse. Provide CPR for persons without pulse or respirations. Consult a physician immediately.

Wash thoroughly with soap and water. Consult a physician if irritation persists.

Flush eyes with plenty of water or saline for at least 15 minutes. Consult a physician.

Use fire fighting methods and materials that are appropriate for surrounding fire. Use coarse water spray on chips or turnings. For fines, dust or molten aluminum, use Class D extinguishing agents.

Halogenated extinguishing agents on small chips/fines. Do not use water in fighting fires around molten aluminum.

Small chips and dust from processing may ignite readily. Dusts or fines dispersed in the air can be explosive. Chips, fines and dust in contact with water can generate flammable/explosive hydrogen gas. These gases could present an explosion hazard in confined or poorly ventilated spaces. Fines and dust in contact with certain metal oxides (e.g., rust). A thermite reaction, with considerable heat generation, can be initiated by a weak ignition source. Molten aluminum in contact with water/moisture or other metal oxides (e.g., rust). Moisture entrapped by molten aluminum can be explosive. Contact of molten aluminum with other metal oxides can initiate a thermite reaction.

Fire fighters should wear NIOSH approved, positive pressure, self-contained breathing apparatus and full protective clothing when appropriate.

If molten: Contain the flow using dry sand or salt flux as a dam. Do not use shovels or hand tools to halt the flow of molten aluminum. Allow the spill to cool before remelting as scrap.

If molten: Contain the flow using dry sand or salt flux as a dam. Do not use shovels or hand tools to halt the flow of molten aluminum. Allow the spill to cool before remelting as scrap.

Allow the spill to cool before remelting as scrap.

Product should be kept dry. Avoid generating dust. Avoid contact with sharp edges or heated metal. Hot and cold aluminum are not visually different.

Store materials in dry, heated areas with any cracks or cavities pointed downwards.

Good housekeeping practices must be maintained.

Avoid all ignition sources. Provide grounding and bonding to prevent accumulation of static charges.

Use with adequate explosion-proof ventilation to meet the limits listed in Section 2. Welding or cutting operations involving beryllium-containing base or filler metals shall be done using local exhaust ventilation and airline respirators unless atmospheric tests under the most adverse conditions have established that the workers' exposures is within the acceptable concentrations defined by 29 CFR 1910.1000.

Wear impervious gloves to avoid any skin injury.

Welders should use appropriate equipment (e.g. welder's helmet, face shield, filter lens) to prevent eye irritation or flash burns.

Use NIOSH-approved respiratory protection [dust, fume, high efficiency dust/fume mask for lead, or other (organic vapor)] as specified by an Industrial Hygienist or other qualified professional if concentrations exceed the limits listed in Section 2. In all cases, workers in the immediate vicinity of the welding or cutting operations shall be protected as necessary by local exhaust ventilation or airline respirators.

Where employees are exposed to beryllium above the PEL or where excessive contamination of clothing with beryllium is possible, adequate protective clothing should be provided to prevent contamination of personal clothing.

Stable under normal conditions of use, storage, and transportation as shipped.

Chips, fines, dust and molten aluminum are considerable more reactive with the following: Water, Heat, Strong oxidizers, Acids and alkalis, Halogenated compounds, Iron oxide (rust) and other metal oxides, Iron powder.

Water, Heat, Strong oxidizers, Acids and alkalis, Halogenated compounds, Iron oxide (rust) and other metal oxides (e.g., copper and lead oxides), Iron powder.

Collect scrap for remelting and recycling. To maintain metal purity, it may be desirable to segregate this scrap from other alloys.