Many people say that for the sake of good health, it is best to advise you not to enter the cemented carbide factory, but is there any basis for this statement? Today, Chuangrui Xiaobian will talk to you about whether the tungsten carbide powder produced in the cemented carbide factory is toxic and harmful to human health?
Tungsten carbide is a kind of cemented carbide material, and the most commonly used tungsten carbide raw material in industrial production is tungsten carbide powder, which is used in many tungsten carbide technologies, including tungsten carbide spraying technology. We know that general dust is harmful to the human body, so is tungsten carbide powder harmful to the human body?
Foreign chemical and physical studies have shown that tungsten carbide powder can be stabilized by albumin or serum in the nutrient solution. The addition of albumin to the nutrient solution can be studied under conditions very close to that of humans, and the absorption of tungsten carbide nanoparticles by cells can be detected using electron microscopy.
Subsequent biological tests have shown that tungsten carbide nanoparticles alone are non-toxic.
In fact, tungsten carbide does not have any toxic side effects on the human body so that it is widely used in many occasions, especially in some consumer industries, such as making rings.
In addition, there is a kind of tungsten carbide powder, which is added to the cobalt element, that is, tungsten carbide cobalt nanoparticles, which has a certain toxicity to the human body. However, this toxicity requires relatively high concentrations to have a harmful effect, and scientists are not yet clear why the combination of tungsten carbide and cobalt becomes more toxic
In general, tungsten carbide powder that comes into contact with in daily life, there is no harm to the human body.
Of course, in order to avoid exposure to a large amount of tungsten and cause adverse effects on human health, Chuangrui Xiaobian suggests:
Personnel working in the environment where tungsten carbide production or processing is carried out should regularly go to the hospital for medical monitoring to see if the tungsten content in the body exceeds the standard.
In the tungsten carbide industry, environmental workers should take measures such as wearing gas masks, gloves, eyes, and dust-proof clothing.
The company needs to take measures to prevent dust leakage, timely carry out workshop cleaning and industrial waste disposal to prevent secondary pollution.
Although our contact with tungsten carbide powder in daily life is not harmful to people's health, employees engaged in tungsten carbide production and processing industry should still produce and process in accordance with the formal operation requirements, wear necessary masks, gloves and other labor protection supplies, Zhuzhou Chuangrui cemented carbide has always put the health and safety of personnel in the first place.
Post time: May-06-2024