[ RadSafe ] Fw: [OEM] TIG Welding and Titanium face implants

[Steven Dapra]

Jan. 14

John Rich wrote, "Just to get the conversation started - - Isn't TIG 
welding low voltage, high current, with a small arc.  If so, how would 
significant microwave energy be generated?   In addition, if this is an 
issue, couldn't the welding mask be lined with a copper screen to shield 
the workers face (half a Faraday Cage)??"


         TIG has a small arc.  It also uses a tungsten electrode.  If a 
tungsten electrode won't get hot or make the welder's hand feel like he 
stuck it into a microwave oven, is a titanium facial implant very likely to 
cause any health or discomfort problems?  (It's a rhetorical 
question.)  TItanium is also not ferromagnetic.  Can it be affected by any 
field that might be produced by TIG welding?

Steven Dapra
sjd at swcp.com