The older fellows might well remember the huge Be windows on the ADSC multi-wire detectors –
miraculously we survived them simply by common sense dictating (i) don’t eat it, (ii) don’t breathe it, and (iii) don’t rub your nose in it…. Cheers, BR From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Ian Tickle Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 5:39 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] beryllium chloride Yes both soluble beryllium salts and powdered beryllium metal even applied to the skin are known to cause sensitization and is a route into the bloodstream where it is highly carcinogenic (I am not speaking from experience!). Yet strangely the one source of beryllium that many people (at least the more well-off among us) commonly come into contact with, namely the gemstone emerald Be3Al2(SiO3)6 obviously has no known toxic effects whatosever! Apparently even gemstone grinders show no ill effects! I guess it's the free Be2+ ion that's so toxic. Cheers -- Ian On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 13:07, Aaron Finke <af...@cornell.edu <mailto:af...@cornell.edu> > wrote: 1. Yes, I meant the tetrahydrate, [Be(H2O)4]2+ 2Cl- 2. Bob, I studied that page, and couldn’t get past BeCl2 is known to have a “sweetish taste.” I’m very glad chemists no longer characterize chemicals by their taste anymore... ------------------------------------------ Aaron Finke Staff Scientist, MacCHESS Cornell University e-mail: af...@cornell.edu <mailto:af...@cornell.edu> On Apr 1, 2019, at 22:37, Sweet, Robert <000027e0eb9d20ec-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk <mailto:000027e0eb9d20ec-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> > wrote: With all respect, this conversation make my skin crawl a little. I've been taught that beryllium salts are EXTREMELY toxic. Please study this: https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/beryllium_chloride Hopefully, Bob ================================================ Robert M. Sweet E-Dress: sw...@bnl.gov <mailto:sw...@bnl.gov> Deputy Director, LSBR: The Life Science and Biomedical Technology Research Center at NSLS-II Photon Sciences and Biology Dept Brookhaven Nat'l Lab. Upton, NY 11973 U.S.A. Phones: 631 344 3401 (Office) 631 338 7302 (Mobile) ================================================ _____ From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > on behalf of Diana Tomchick <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu <mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> > Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 7:03 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] beryllium chloride No, that should read Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu <mailto:diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) On Apr 1, 2019, at 5:54 PM, Keller, Jacob <kell...@janelia.hhmi.org <mailto:kell...@janelia.hhmi.org> > wrote: Is that 4+ an April fools’ joke? Pretty crazy if not…can’t think of another ion with such a charge, well except things like DNA and proteins, but not single atoms. JPK +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jacob Pearson Keller Research Scientist / Looger Lab HHMI Janelia Research Campus 19700 Helix Dr, Ashburn, VA 20147 Desk: (571)209-4000 x3159 Cell: (301)592-7004 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future. From: CCP4 bulletin board < <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Aaron Finke Sent: Monday, April 1, 2019 6:45 PM To: <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] beryllium chloride American Elements sells BeCl2 but you’d have to check with them on what scale they sell it at. They tend to do custom manufacturing. <https://www.americanelements.com/beryllium-chloride-7787-47-5> https://www.americanelements.com/beryllium-chloride-7787-47-5 BeCl2 dissociates in aqueous solution to form Be(H2O)4+ 2Cl-. Aaron ------------------------------------------ Aaron Finke Staff Scientist, MacCHESS Cornell University e-mail: <mailto:af...@cornell.edu> af...@cornell.edu On Apr 1, 2019, at 17:07, Alexandra Deaconescu < <mailto:alexandra_deacone...@brown.edu> alexandra_deacone...@brown.edu> wrote: Hello, Is anyone aware of a company that sells Beryllium chloride in the US? Sigma does not carry it any longer, and a quick Google search failed to reveal alternatives. 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