Battery Manufacturing

Description

Potential exposures in battery manufacturing include: 1) lead-acid batteries--lead and sulfuric acid; 2) nickel-cadmium batteries--nickel and cadmium; 3) dry-cell batteries--manganese, zinc, and mercury; 4) mercury cell--mercury and potassium hydroxide; [Burgess, p. 401-408] See "Arsenic exposures during burning activities in battery assembly." Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2000 Sep;15(9):664-6.

Category

Industry

Agents

Hazardous agents associated with this process:

• Antimony
• Antimony trioxide
• Arsenic
• Arsine
• Barium chromate
• Barium sulfate
• Barium
• Bismuth oxychloride
• Boron phosphate
• Butylmethylimidazolium chloride
• Cadmium
• Cadmium hydroxide
• Cadmium nitrate
• Cadmium oxide
• Cesium hydroxide
• CHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES
• 2-Chloronaphthalene
• Cobalt
• Cobalt(II) hydroxide
• Cobalt sulfate
• Copper(I) iodide
• Copper(I) oxide
• Copper(II) bromide
• Copper(II) hydroxide
• Copper(II) oxide
• 1,2-Dimethoxyethane
• Ethylene carbonate
• Graphite fluoride
• Iodine
• Lanthanum
• Lead
• Lead(II) chloride
• Lead(II) iodide
• Lead(II) oxide
• Lead(II) perchlorate
• Lead(II) sulfate
• Lead(III) oxide
• Lead tetraoxide
• Lithium
• Lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide
• Lithium chloride
• Lithium cobalt(III) oxide
• Lithium hydroxide
• Lithium hydroxide monohydrate
• Lithium perchlorate
• Lithium tetrafluoroborate
• Manganese
• Manganese chloride tetrahydrate
• Manganese dioxide
• Manganese(II) chloride
• Mercuric chloride
• Mercuric oxide
• Mercuric sulfate
• Mercury
• Mercury I sulfate
• 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran
• Nickel
• Nickel(II) fluoride
• Nickel(II) hydroxide
• Nickel(II) nitrate
• Nickel(II) nitrate hexahydrate
• Nickel(III) oxide
• Nickel subsulfide
• Octadecylamine
• Picric acid
• Potassium dichromate
• Potassium hydroxide
• Propylene carbonate
• Rubidium hydroxide
• Silver(II) oxide
• Sodium dichromate
• Sodium dichromate dihydrate
• Sodium persulfate
• Strong inorganic acid mists
• Sulfur dioxide
• Sulfuric acid
• Sulfuryl chloride
• Tellurium
• Thionyl chloride
• Vanadium
• Zinc
• Zinc bromide
• Zinc chloride fume
• Zinc oxide
• Zirconium hydride