NIOSH Pocket Guide entry: Copper fume (as Cu) CuO/Cu 1317-38-0 (CuO) GL7900000 (CuO) 100 mg/m3 (as Cu). Physical description: Finely divided black particulate dispersed in air. OSHA ID121, ID125G, ID206 [Note: Exposure may occur in copper & brass plants and during the welding of copper alloys.]
Source: CDC/NIOSH: NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards ↗Dust entry
Copper fume (as Cu) CuO/Cu 1317-38-0 (CuO) GL7900000 (CuO) 100 mg/m3 (as Cu)
Finely divided black particulate dispersed in air. OSHA ID121, ID125G, ID206 [Note: Exposure may occur in copper & brass plants and during the welding of copper alloys.]
Airborne form
dust
The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.
Health effects
Irrit eyes, upper resp sys; metal fume fever: chills, musc ache, nau, fever,Target organs: Eyes, skin, resp sys (incr risk with Wilson's disease)
Evidence
Controls
- follow the applicable NIOSH REL and OSHA PEL
- use exposure monitoring
- use engineering and work-practice controls
- use appropriate respiratory protection