Table 1 Stainless steel versus mild steel elemental analysis.
From: Comparison of stainless and mild steel welding fumes in generation of reactive oxygen species
Stainless Steel | ||
|---|---|---|
Metal | μg/sample | Weight % of metal |
Fe | 1207 ± 161 | 57 ± 1.28 |
Cr | 427.5 ± 69.1 | 20.2 ± 1.52 |
Mn | 295.0 ± 48.4 | 13.8 ± 0.45 |
Ni | 185 ± 24.0 | 8.76 ± 0.18 |
Cu | 3.30 ± 0.492 | 0.155 ± 0.004 |
Mild Steel | ||
Fe | 776 ± 9.8 | 80.6 ± 0.17 |
Mn | 142 ± 2.0 | 14.7 ± 0.11 |
Si | 26.6 ± 2.9 | 2.75 ± 0.28 |
Cu | 17.2 ± 0.20 | 1.79 ± 0.02 |