title: [Evaluation of exposure to fumes arising during welding of non-alloyed and low-alloyed steel by various methods].
abstract: Evaluated in the paper is welders' exposure to fumes resulting from welding of nonalloyed and low-alloyed steel, whether pure or coated with protective layers, using two most popular welding techniques for those types of steel, i.e. metal active gas welding (MAG) and manual welding with covered electrode (MMA). Due to different chemical composition of fumes at particular workstations, the proper hygienic evaluation was based on measurements of individual concentrations of fumes in workers' breathing zone. A considerable contribution of the combined exposure was yielded by such fume constituents as manganese, ferrum and zinc (welding of steel coated with zinc protective layers), also chromium (welding of low- and -highalloyed steel), as well as copper (metal gas welding). The highest combined exposure (10-fold allowable value) was that of welders of steel coated with the zinc layer, using the metal active gas welding.
authors.affiliation: Zakładu Zagrozeń Chemicznych Instytutu Medycyny Pracy w Lodzi.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Matczak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chmielnicka
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D000497:Alloys; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D008669:Metallurgy; D011044:Poland; D012906:Smoke / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013232:Steel; D014896:Welding / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D000497:Alloys; D002858:Chromium Alloys; D012906:Smoke; D013232:Steel
vernacular_title: Metodyka i ocena narazenia na dymy powstajace podczas spawania stali weglowych i niskostopowych.