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| Mike Miller |
 Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:31 pm |
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Ok, I know beryllium is not your bestest friend to work with in a
metal shop - it's got a whole syndrome named after it - but are bulk
beryllium components poisonous through bare skin contact? |
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| Uncle Al |
| Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:44 pm |
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Mike Miller wrote:
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Ok, I know beryllium is not your bestest friend to work with in a
metal shop - it's got a whole syndrome named after it - but are bulk
beryllium components poisonous through bare skin contact?
Beryllium powder, dust, turnings, shards... are exceedingly toxic. So
is the oxide. Bulk metal and ceramicized oxide are mostly harmless as
long as you don't spall or abrade particulates. Beryllium is attacked
by alkali.
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Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
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| jacques jedwab |
| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:18 am |
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In article <5dcb47db.0309261031.478e85e7@posting.google.com>,
cray74@hotmail.com (Mike Miller) wrote:
Quote: Ok, I know beryllium is not your bestest friend to work with in a
metal shop - it's got a whole syndrome named after it - but are bulk
beryllium components poisonous through bare skin contact?
You may wear emerald jewels, even as necklaces. J.J. |
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| Mike Miller |
| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 4:58 am |
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jjedwab@ulb.ac.be (jacques jedwab) wrote in message news:<jjedwab-2708561710590001@geochim-mac2.ulb.ac.be>...
Quote: In article <5dcb47db.0309261031.478e85e7@posting.google.com>,
cray74@hotmail.com (Mike Miller) wrote:
Ok, I know beryllium is not your bestest friend to work with in a
metal shop - it's got a whole syndrome named after it - but are bulk
beryllium components poisonous through bare skin contact?
You may wear emerald jewels, even as necklaces. J.J.
Emerald isn't beryllium (the elemental metal), it's beryl (a silicate
containing beryllium).
Mike Miller |
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| Tim Worstall |
| Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:38 am |
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cray74@hotmail.com (Mike Miller) wrote in message news:<5dcb47db.0310020258.6d27358a@posting.google.com>...
Quote: jjedwab@ulb.ac.be (jacques jedwab) wrote in message news:<jjedwab-2708561710590001@geochim-mac2.ulb.ac.be>...
In article <5dcb47db.0309261031.478e85e7@posting.google.com>,
cray74@hotmail.com (Mike Miller) wrote:
Ok, I know beryllium is not your bestest friend to work with in a
metal shop - it's got a whole syndrome named after it - but are bulk
beryllium components poisonous through bare skin contact?
You may wear emerald jewels, even as necklaces. J.J.
Emerald isn't beryllium (the elemental metal), it's beryl (a silicate
containing beryllium).
Mike Miller
And the blue version of Beryl ( or aquamarine as I think it is called
) contains scandium.
Sorry, just had to mention scandium again :-)
Tim Worstall |
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