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- From: peny@ppc.lpc.ethz.ch (Peter Nyffeler ,x4399)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: beryllium copper
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.160841.14404@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 16:08:41 GMT
- References: <118.UUL1.3#666@vortex.COM>
- Sender: news@bernina.ethz.ch (USENET News System)
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- Organization: ETH-Zuerich, Physical-Chemistry-Lab. - Switzerland
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- Here what is in "Hazards in the chemical Laboratory" by L. Bretherick (3th edition
- 1981) about Berryllium compounds.
- VERY TOXIC BY INHALATION AND IN CONTACT WITH SKIN
- IRRITATING TO RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- DANGER OF VERY SERIOUS IRREVERSIBLE EFFECTS
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- Prevent inhalation of dust. Prevent contact with eyes and skin. TLV 0.002mg/m-3
- toxic effects:
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- Particles penetrating the skin through wonds and abrasions may cause local damages
- difficult to heal. Symptoms of poisoning, indicated by respiratory troubles or
- cyanosis, may develope within a week or after a latent periode of even several years.
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- Peter Nyffeler
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