LD50 is not the only consideration. From Wikipedia: "The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified cadmium and cadmium compounds as carcinogenic to humans."
FWIW Neville Michie > On 29 Oct 2016, at 8:09 AM, NeonJohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let's don't get carried away with cadmium toxicity. Yes, it is toxic is > sufficient dose but the LD50 dose for Cd is 750 mg/kg while the value > for lead is around 450mg/kg. > > As far as dumping it in a solder pot, that works just fine for me. It's > cheaper to buy 50/50 plumber's bar solder and then add the appropriate > amount of lead to get to the eutectic point. > > One should also realize that cad-plated hardware is still available. I > get mine from McMaster-Carr. > > John > > > On 10/28/2016 12:39 PM, ed breya wrote: >> I would recommend against trying to use cadmium - it's very toxic, which >> is why Cd-based solders are rare nowadays. They are probably still made, >> but for lab or industrial use with proper handling. If you try to alloy >> it with Sn yourself without proper handling, you could get poisoned. You >> can't just throw the ingredients in a solder pot and expect good results. >> >> Ed >> _______________________________________________ >> volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > -- > John DeArmond > Tellico Plains, Occupied TN > http://www.tnduction.com <-- THE source for induction heaters > http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here > http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net > PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
