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Physiochemical Effects of Nano Particles from Welding Fume on Rumaila Oil Field Welders by Using FESEM- EDS
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RAFID A.DOOLAB
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Welding, as a process, is a standard manufacturing method used to combine metals and produces complex aerosols of potentially dangerous metal fumes and gases. Welding procedures, the length of contact, and other workplace conditions other than welding gases were the leading causes that affected the welder's health. Welding gas particles all seem to be somewhere around or less than one micrometer in diameter and less than 100 nanometers in diameter. Vapors are present during welding, whether or not a smoke plume is visible. Owing to their small scale, the vapors can infiltrate the alveoli deeply into the respiratory system.
This study aimed to determine the elements and gases and their relation with welder health by using FESEM and EDS x-ray technique. The welders from north rumaila (NR)and south rumaila (SR) the oil field (24 people) were selected for this study and by using the disposable mask to capture the welding fume to determine the nanoparticles of toxic elements, and the results show clinical signs for three persons in SR compare with two persons in NR. On the other hand, the presents of chromium, bromine, argon, and cerium in NR, lack in SR. At the same time, vanadium was found in SR and zero in NR.
Generally, other elements like aluminum, copper, palladium, magnesium, lanthanum, iron, and vanadium were observed in both NR and SR in different concentrations; after viewing the NR and SR workshop, the notable mistake was the absence of safety equipment like welding fume extractors and other kinds of HEPA filters.
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welding fume, FESEM, EDS, nanoparticle, welder’s health
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.609
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