Date sent: Fri, 07 May 2004 01:54:20 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California
> On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:19:19PM -0800, Uwe Zimmermann enlightened us > thusly > > Hello Fred, > > > > > > searching around a bit I can confirm that the name of the substance is > > correct. You have to disassemble it a bit different in the beginning: > > > > di-aryl-ethane > > > > where "aryl" stands for a special organic group (like acryl, carbonyl, > > acetyl,...) derived from the benzene ring > > http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/a1/arylgrou.asp > > > > > > However, all I found where some vague descriptions that this compound > > can be used to replace PCB as dielectric in certain applications. > > > The search for PCB replacements is very old. PCBs were hardly ever used > in the 1980s, althoyugh they were still available. May I guess that this > was one of the many compounds tried, only to be replaced by superior > ones later? The evidence you have uncovered seems to suggest that. > They are still in use, main field are the capacitors in household microwave-ovens. I phoned with the toxicological emergency helpline in Germany, they don�t know this substance in their catalogues so it�s probably not "that" toxic. Thank�s for you help Jan mit freundlichen Gruessen---best regards----cordialement Jan Philipp Wuesten NEW /NEU: Email-Newsletter. Info: <http://www.wuesten.net/news.htm> Frag'Jan Zuerst -----Ask Jan First Dipl. Ing. Jan Philipp Wuesten Elektronik Rodauer Strasse 38 D- 64372 Ober Ramstadt, Germany Phone: +49-6154-575556 Fax : +49-6154-575557 <http://www.die-wuestens.de> (Deutsch, English, Francais) mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Author: Jan Wuesten INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
