Just for fun, try googling for an MSDS for Stainless Steel:
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II. HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS
Ingredient CAS # Form OSHA/PEL (mg/m3) ACGIH/TLV (mg/m3)
Aluminum 7429-90-5 Dust, fumes - 10.00, 5.00
Carbon 1333-86-4 As carbon black 3.50 3.50
Chromium 7440-47-3 1.00 .50
Cobalt 7440-48-4 .10 .10
Copper 7440-50-8 Dust, fumes 1.00, .10 1.00, .20
Iron 1309-37-1 PEL-iron, oxide fumes, TLV-as Fe 10.00 5.00
Manganese 7439-96-5 Dust, fumes 5.00, -- 5.00, 1.00
Molybdenum 7439-98-7 Insoluble compound 15.00 10.00
Nickel 7440-02-0 1.00 1.00
Niobium 7440-03-1 5.00 5.00
Phosphor 7723-14-0 Yellow .10 .10
Silicon 7440-21-3 Respirable dust -- 5.00
Sulfur 7446-09-5 As sulfur dioxide -- 5.00
Tin 7440-31-5 2.00 2.00
Titanium 13463-67-7 As titanium dioxide 15.00 5.00
Tungsten 7440-33-7 Insoluble compound -- 5.00
Vanadium 1314-62-1 Dust, fumes (as vanadium pentoxide) .50, .10 .05, .05
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V. HEALTH HAZARD INFORMATION
Acute Effects: Welding and high temperature cutting may produce dust and fumes. Short-term exposure may cause nausea, fever, irritation of eyes, nose, throat, skin; metallic taste.
Chronic Effects: Long-term exposure to welding fumes, gases or dust may result in skin sensitization, neurological damage and respiratory disease.
Effects of Exposure:
Inhalation: Inhalation of excessive fume or dust concentrations may result in respiratory tract irritation.
Eyes: Mechanical irritation may result from an accumulation of dust particles in the eye.
Skin: Some skin irritation may result form exposure to dust.
Ingestion: Some constituents may be harmful if swallowed.
Symptoms of Exposure: Metallic taste, fever, loss of consciousness due to welding gases.
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Carcinogenicity: Chromium, nickel and chromium-cobalt alloys have been identified by the international agency for research on cancer as potential cancer-causing agents.
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