MSDS 89085

                            MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET


                         ***SECTION I. IDENTIFICATION***

MANUFACTURERS NAME:     ITW HOBART BROTHERS
MANUFACTURERS ADDRESS:  400 TRADE SQUARE EAST
CITY/STATE/ZIP:         TROY, OH 45373

DISTRIBUTORS NAME:      IMPERIAL SUPPLIES LLC
DISTRIBUTORS ADDRESS:   789 PACKER DRIVE
CITY/STATE/ZIP:         GREEN BAY, WI. 54304
INFORMATION NUMBER:     920-494-7474
EMERGENCY NUMBER:       800-255-3924 (CHEM-TEL)

IMPERIAL PART NUMBER:   89085, 89092, 89093, 89094, 89095

TRADE NAME:         AWS WELDING ELECTRODE CLASSIFICATION ER70S-3,
                    ER70S-6, AND ER80S-D
PRODUCT TYPE FOR:   GAS METAL ARC WELDING (GMAW) SOLID WIRE



               ***SECTION II. HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS - IMPORTANT***

THIS SECTION COVERS THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FROM WHICH THEIS PRODUCT IS
MANUFACTURED. THE FUMES AND GASES PRODUCED DURING WELDING WITH NORMAL USE OF
THIS PRODUCT ARE ALSO ADDRESS IN SECTION V. THE TERM "HAZARDOUS" IN THIS SECTION
SHOULD BE INTERPRETED AS A TERM REQUIRED AND DEFINED IN OSHA HAZARD
COMMUNICATION STANDARD (29 CFR 1910.1200).

HAZARDOUS                                    EXPOSURE LIMITS (MG/M3)
INGREDIENTS        CAS #        % WEIGHT     OSHA/PEL         ACGIH/TLV
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IRON +             7439-89-6    70-90        5R*              3R*
                                             10(OXIDE FUME)   5(0XIDE FUME)(A4)

#MANGANESE         7439-96-5     1-5         5CL**(DUST)       0.2
                                             1,3STEL***(FUME) (DUST & FUME)

SILICON            7440-21-3    0.5-1.5      5R*               10

(AMORPHOUS
SILICA FUME)       69012-64-2   -------      0.8               2R*

#COPPER(1)         7440-50-8    0.1-0.5      1(DUST)           1(DUST)
                                             0.1 (FUME)        0.2(FUME)

MOLYBDENIUM (2)    7439-98-7    0.1-1        5R*               5R* 5
                                                             (SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS)


+ - AS A NUISANCE PARTICULATE COVERED UNDER "PARTICULATES NOT OTHERWISE
REGULATED" BY OSHA OR "PARTICULATES NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED" BY ACGIH.

*-RESPIRABLE FRACTION
** - CEILING LIMIT
*** - SHORT TERM EXPOSURE LIMIT

#- REPORTABLE MATERIAL UNDER 313 OF SARA

(A4)- NOT CLASSIFIABLE AS HUMAN CARCINOGEN PER ACGIH


$ - 1999 ACGIH LISTED UNDER NOTICE OF INTENDED CHANGES. LIMITS OF 10 MG/M3
(INHALABLE FRACTION) AND 3 MG/M3 (RESPIRABLE FRACTION ) FOR ELEMENTAL/METAL AND
INSOLUBLE COMPOUNDS AND 0.5 MG/M3 (RESPIRABLE FRACTION) FOR SOLUBLE COMPOUNDS
ARE PROPOSED AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS TRIAL LIMITS. A3 - CONFIRMED ANIMAL
CARCINOGEN WITH UNKNOWN RELEVANCE TO HUMANS.

(1) COPPER - IF CONTAINED IN THE PRODUCT, IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AND ONLY PRESENT AS
SURFACE COATING
(2) PRESENT ONLY IN ER80S-D2


THE EXPOSURE LIMIT FOR WELDING FUME HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT 5 MG/M3 WITH OSHA'S
PEL AND ACGIH TLV'S. THE INDIVIDUAL COMPLEX COMPOUNDS WITHIN THE FUME MAY HAVE
LOWER EXPOSURE LIMITS THAN THE GENERAL WELDING FUME PEL/TLV. AN INDUSTRIAL
HYGIENIST, THE OSHA PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR AIR CONTAMINANTS (29 CFR
1910.1000), AND THE ACGIH THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES SHOULD BE CONSULTED TO
DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC FUME CONSTITUENTS PRESENT AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EXPOSURE
LIMITS.


              ***SECTION III. PHYSICIAL/CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS***

WELDING CONSUMABLES APPLICABLE TO THIS SHEET ARE SOLID AND NONVOLATILE AS
SHIPPED.


                 ***SECTION IV. FIRE AND EXPLOSION HAZARD DATA***

WELDING CONSUMABLES APPLICABLE TO THIS SHEET AS SHIPPED ARE NONREACTIVE,
NONFLAMMABLE, NONEXPLOSIVE AND ESSENTIALLY NONHAZARDOUS UNTIL WELDED. WELDING
ARCS AND SPARKS CAN IGNITE COMBUSTIBLES AND FLAMMABLE PRODUCTS. SEE AMERICAN
NATIONAL STANDARD Z49.1. I REFERENCED IN SECTION VII.


                         ***SECTION V. REACTIVITY DATA***

                         HAZARDOUS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS

WELDING FUMES AND GASES CANNOT BE CLASSIFIED SIMPLY. THE COMPOSITION AND QUANITY
OF BOTH ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE METAL BEING WELDED, THE PROCESS, PROCEDURES AND
ELECTRODES USED. MOST FUME INGREDIENTS ARE PRESENT AS COMPLEX OXIDES AND
COMPOUNDS AND NOT AS PURE METAL.

OTHER CONDITIONS WHICH ALSO INFLUENCE THE COMPOSITION AND QUANITY OF THE FUMES
AND GASES TO WHICH WORKERS MAY BE EXPOSED INCLUDE: COATING ON THE METAL BEING
WELDED (SUCH AS PAINT, PLATING OR GALVANIZING), THE NUMBER OF WELDERS AND THE
VOLUME OF THE WORK AREA, THE QUALITY AND AMOUNT OF VENTILATION, THE POSITION OF
THE WELDER'S HEAD WITH RESPECT TO THE FUME PLUME, AS WELL AS THE PRESENCE OF
CONTAMINANTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE (SUCH AS CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON VAPORS FROM
CLEANING AND DEGREASING ACTIVITIES).

WHEN THE ELECTRODES IS CONSUMED, THE FUME AND GAS DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS
GENDERATED ARE DIFFERENT IN PERCENT AND FORM FROM THE INGREDIENTS LISTED IN
SECTION II. DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS OF NORMAL OPERAION INCLUDE THOSE ORIGINATION
FROM THE VOLATILIZATION, REACTION OR OXIDATION OF THE MATERIALS SHOWN IN SECTION
II, PLUS THOSE FROM THE BASE METAL AND COATING, ETC. AS NOTED ABOVE.

REASONABLY EXPECTED CONSTITUENTS OF THE FUME WOULD INCLUDE: PRIMARILY - COMPLEX
OXIDES OF IRON. SECONDARILY - COMPLEX OXIDES OF MANGANESE, SILICON, AND COPPER.
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS MAY BE PRESENT IN ER80S-D2.

MONITOR FOR THE MATERIALS IDENTIFIED IN SECTION II. FUMES FROM THE USE OF THIS
PRODUCT MAY CONTAIN COPPER, MKANGANESE COMPOUNDS, AND AMORPHOUS SILICA WHOSE
EXPOSURE LIMITS ARE LOWER THAN THE 5MG/M3 PEL/TLV FOR GENERAL WELDING FUME.

GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCTS MAY INCLUDE CARBON MONOXIDE AND CARBON DIOXIDE. OZONE
AND NITROGEN OXIDES MAY BE FORMED BY THE RADIATION FROM THE ARC.

ONE RECOMMENDED WAY TO DETERMINE THE COMPOSITION AND QUANTITY OF FUMES AND GASES
TO WHICH WORKERS ARE EXPOSED IS TO TAKE AN AIR SAMPLE INSIDE THE WELDER'S HELMET
IF WORN OR IN THE WORKERS BREATHING ZONE. (SEE ANSI/AWS F1.1, AVAILABLE FROM THE
"AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY", P.O. BOX 351040, MIAMI, FL 33135. ALSO, FROM AWS IS
F1.3 "EVALUATING CONTAMINANTS IN THE WELDING ENVIRONMENT - A SAMPLING STRATEGY
GUIDE", WHICH GIVES ADDITIONAL ADIVE ON SAMPLING).


                       ***SECTION VI. HEALTH HAZARD DATA***

EFFECTS OF OVEREXPOSURE:  ELECTRICAL ARC WELDING MAY CREATE ONE OR MORE OF THE
                          FOLLOWING HEALTH HAZARDS:
ARC RAYS:                 CAN INJURE EYES AND BURN SKIN.
ELECTRIC SHOCK:           CAN KILL, SEE SECTION VII.
FUMES AND GASES:          CAN BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.
PRIMARY ROUTES OF ENTRY:  ARE THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, EYES AND/OR SKIN.


SHORT-TERM (ACUTE) OVEREXPOSURE EFFECTS:
WELDING FUMES:            MAY RESULT IN DISCOMFORT SUCH AS DIZZINESS, NAUSEA,
                          OR DRYNESS OR IRRITATION OF NOSE, THROAT, AND EYES.
IRON, IRON OXIDE:         NONE ARE KNOWN. TREAT AS NUISANCE DUST OR FUMES.
MANGANESE:                METAL FUME FEVER CHARACTERIZED BY CHILLS, FEVER, UPSET
                          STOMACH, VOMITING, IRRITATION OF THE THROAT AND ACHING
                          OF BODY. RECOVERY IS GENERALLY COMPLETE WITHIN 48
                          HOURS OF THE OVEREXPOSURE.
SILICA(AMORPHOUS):        DUST MAY CAUSE IRRITATION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM,
                          SKIN AND EYES.
COPPER:                   METAL FUME FEVER CHARACTERIZED BY METALLIC TASTE,
                          TIGHTNESS OF CHEST AND FEVER. SYMPTOMS MAY LAST 24 TO
                          48 HOURS FOLLOWIN OVEREXPOSURE.
MOLYBDENUM:               IRRITATION OF THE EYES, NOSE AND THROAT.



LONG-TERM (CHRONIC) OVEREXPOSURE EFFECTS:
WELDING FUMES:            EXCESS LEVELS MAY CAUSE BRONCHIAL ASTHMA, LUNG
                          FIBROSIS, PNEUMOCONIOSIS OR "SIDEROSIS".
IRON,IRON OXIDE FUMES:    CAN CAUSE SIDEROSIS (DEPOSITS OF IRON IN LUNGS) WHICH
                          SOME RESEARCHERS BELIEVE MAY AFFECT PULMONARY
                          FUNCTION. LUNG WILL CLEAR IN TIME WHEN EXPOSURE TO
                          IRON AND ITS COMPOUNDS CEASES. IRON AND MAGNETITE
                          (Fe3O4) ARE NOT REGULATED AS FIBROGENIC MATERIALS.
MANGANESE:                LONG-TERM OVEREXPOSURE TO MANGANESE COMPOUNDS MAY
                          AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. SYMPTOMS MAY BE
                          SIMILAR TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND CAN INCULDE
                          SLOWNESS, CHANGES IN HANDWRITTING, GAIT IMPARIMENT,
                          MUSCLE SPASMS AND CRAMPS AND LESS COMMONLY, TREMOR AND
                          BEHAVIORAL CHANGES. EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OVEREXPOSED TO
                          MANGANESE COMPOUNDS SHOULD BE SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN FOR
                          EARLY DETECTION OF NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
SILICA (AMORPHOUS):       RESEARCH INDICATES THAT SILICA IS PRESENT IN WELDING
                          FUME IN THE AMORPHOUS FORM. LONG TERM OVEREXPOSURE
                          MAY CAUSE PNEUMOCONIOSIS. NONCRYSTALLINE FORMS OF
                          SILICA (AMORPHOUS SILICA) ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE
                          LITTLE FIBROTIC POTENTIAL.
COPPPER:                  COPPER POISONING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE
                          FROM EXPOSURES TO HIGH LEVELS OF COPPER. LIVER DAMAGE
                          CAN OCCUR DUE TO COPPER ACCUMULATING IN THE LIVER
                          CHARACTERIZED BY CELL DESTRUCTION AND CIRRHOSIS. HIGH
                          LEVELS OF COPPER MAY CAUSE ANEMIA AND JAUNICE. HIGH
                          LEVELS OF COPPER MAY CAUSE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
                          DAMAGE CHARACTERIZED BY NERVE FIBER SEPERATION AND
                          CEREBRAL DEGENERATION.
MOLYBDENUM:               PROLONGED OVEREXPOSURE MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF APPETITE,
                          WEIGHT LOSS, AND MUSCLE COORDINATION, DIFFICULTY IN
                          BREATHING AND ANEMIA.


MEDICAL CONDITIONS
AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE:    PERSONS WITH PRE-EXISTING INPAIRED LUNG FUNCTIONS
                           (ASHTMA-LIKE CONDITIONS)

EMERGENCY AND FIRST
AID PROCEDURES:            CALL FOR MEDICAL AID. EMPLOY FIRST AID TECHNIQUES
                           RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.
                           EYES AND SKIN:  IF IRRITATION OR FLASH BURNS DEVELOP
                                           AFTER EXPOSURE , CONSULT A PHYSICIAN.

CARCINOGENICITY:           WELDING FUMES MUST BE CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE
                           CARCINOGENS UNDER OSHA (29 CFR 1910.1200).


CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65:    WARNING:  THIS PRODUCT, WHEN USED FOR WELDING OR
                              CUTTING, PRODUCES FUMES OR GASES WHICH CONTAIN
                              CHEMICAL KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE
                              BIRTH DEFECTS AND, IN SOME CASES, CANCER.
                              (CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 25249.5
                              ET SEQ).


                 ***SECTION VII. PRECAUTION FOR SAFET HANDLING***
                     ***& USE/APPLICABLE CONTROL MEASURES***

READ AND UNDERSTAND THE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS AND THE PRECAUTIONARY LABEL
ON THE PRODUCT. SEE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD Z49.1; SAFETY IN WELDING AND
CUTTING PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY, P.O. BOX 351040, MIAMI, FL
33135 AND OSHA PUBLICATION 2206 (29 CFR 1910), U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, DC 20402 FOR MORE DETAIL ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING.

VENTILATION:            USE ENOUGH VENTILATION, LOCAL EXHAUST AT THE ARC OR
                        BOTH TO KEEP THE FUMES AND GASES BELOW PEL/TLVS IN THE
                        WORKER'S BREATHING ZONE AND THE GENERAL AREA. TRAIN
                        THE WELDER TO KEEP HIS HEAD OUT OF THE FUMES.

RESPIRATORY PROTECTION:   USE NIOSH APPROVED OR EQUIVALENT FUME RESPIRATOR OR
                          AIR SUPPLIED RESPIRATOR WHEN WELDING IN CONFINED SPACE
                          OR WHERE LOCAL EXHAUST OR VENTILATION DOES NOT KEEP
                          EXPOSURE BELOW PEL/TLVS.

EYE PROTECTION:           WEAR HELMET OR USE FACE SHIELD WITH FILTER LENS. AS A
                          RULE OF THUMB BEGIN WITH SHADE NUMBER 14. ADJUST IF
                          NEEDED BY SELECTING THE NEXT LIGHTER AND/OR DARKER
                          SHADE NUMBER. PROVIDE PROTECTIVE SCREENS AND FLASH
                          GOGGLES, IF NECESSARY, TO SHIELD OTHERS.

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:      WEAR HAND, HEAD AND BODY PROTECTION WHICH HELP TO
                          PREVENT INJURY FROM RADIATION, SPARKS AND ELECTRICAL
                          SHOCK. SEE ANSI Z49.1. AT A MINIMUM THIS INCLUDES
                          WELDER'S GLOVES AND A PROTECTIVE FACE SHIELD, AND MAY
                          INCLUDE ARM PROTECTORS, APRONS, HATS, SHOULDER
                          PROTECTION AS WELL AS DARK NONSYNTHETIC CLOTHING.
                          TRAIN THE WELDER NOT TO TOUCH LIVE ELECTRICAL PARTS
                          AND TO INSULATE HIMSELF FROM WORK AND GROUND.

PROCEDURE FOR CLEAN UP
OF SPILLS OR LEAKS:       NOT APPLICABLE

WASTE DISPOSAL:           PREVENT WASTE FROM CONTAMINATING SURROUNDING
                          ENVIRONMENT. DISCARD ANY PRODUCT, RESIDUE, DISPOSABLE
                          CONTAINER OR LINER IN ANY ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE
                          MANNER, IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND
                          LOCAL REGULATIONS.

SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS
(IMPORTANT):              MAINTAIN EXPOSURE LEVELS BELOW THE PEL/TLVS. USE
                          INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE MONITORING TO ENSURE THAT YOUR USE
                          OF THIS MATERIAL DOES NOT CREATE EXPOSURES WHICH
                          EXCEED PEL/TLVS. ALWAYS USE EXHAUST VENTILATION. REFER
                          TO THE FOLLOWING OSHA (29 CFR 1910) FROM THE U.S.
                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, WASHINGTON DC 20210.

ITW HOBART BROTHERS BELIEVES THIS DATA TO BE AS ACCURATE AND TO REFLECT
QUALIFIED EXPERT OPINION REGARDING CURRENT RESEARCH. HOWEVER, ITW HOBART
BROTHERS CANNOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY AS TO THIS INFORMATION.

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