Hi, I had thought the use of beryllium oxide had been discontinued as the insulator for RF power transistors, but no such luck: Here is the safety note from Microsemi's data sheet:
"HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WARNING: The ceramic portion of the device below the lead plane is beryllium oxide. Beryllium oxide dust is highly toxic when inhaled. Care must be taken during handling and mounting to avoid damage to this area. These devices must never be thrown away with general industrial or domestic waste. BeO substrate weight: 0.703g. Percentage of total module weight which is BeO: 9%." AB2TC - Knut alorona wrote > Holy smokes. If the ceramic was actually blown off of the transistor > packages (!), be careful not to inhale any ceramic dust that may be > present. That's beryllium oxide which is quite toxic in dust form. > Al W6LX > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: > Elecraft@.qth > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to > lists+1215531472858-365791@.nabble -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA500-finals-blown-tp7612852p7612894.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
