On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 06:29 -0500, Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > At 01:37 PM 3/12/2010, you wrote: > >Mark Wendt (Contractor) wrote: > > > > > > Heh, and you're complaining that an x-ray inspection system is one of > > > those "can't do at home" kinda thingies... > > > > >If you stick your hand past all the guards and manage to not tease the > >door sensors, it could mash your hand, that's about the worst it could do. > >An X-ray machine could be really dangerous to others, even at a good > >distance, if not properly shielded. I think that makes quite a > >difference, especially to federal regulatory agencies. > > > >Of course, I have a modified toaster oven for relowing the solder on > >boards, a whole darkroom with laser photoplotter to make master artwork > >which I now use to photo-etch solder stencils. And that's another > >thing, ****SOLDER****! Yikes, having (Gasp) lead-bearing solder in your > >home, to hear some people talk you'd think it would turn your house into > >a superfund cleanup site. > > > >Jon > > Reminds me of how we used to play with mercury in science class in > school. Now, if you happen to accidentally break one of those CFL > bulbs in your home, you're supposed to call the hazmat crew... > > Mark
Elemental Hg isn't really very toxic at least compared to the organo-mercurials. If any of this stuff was as dangerous as some people would have us think we'd all be long gone. Benzene, toluene, methylene chloride, chloroform, trichloroethylene, asbestos, perchloric acid and a host of others were all part of my daily life. If you can smell benzene or toluene you are over the 8 hr limit. The easy way to clean up mercury is to sprinkle elemental sulfur over the spill just like you would absorbent on an oil spill. Maybe rub it a bit to mix and wait a decent amount of time. Then sweep up and maybe finish with vacuum. Dave > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
