But what about the Beryllium Sphere? What happens when you activate that? Warner
In message: <[email protected]> Mark Sims <[email protected]> writes: : Three other places one may encounter beryllium are: : : 1) Beryllium copper springs and contacts, usually around 2-3% beryllium. Not likely to cause a problem unless you get your jollies grinding up springy metal and snorting the powder. : : 2) Beryllium tools! Tools (particularly screwdrivers and pliers) can be made out of pure beryllium metal. They are not magnetic, very strong, very light. They were used a lot in aerospace and military applications. One thing that used to appear on the surplus market was an EOD toolkit used by bomb disposal techs. Even had a beryllium hammer. These were wonderful tools which you might just find when clearing out old uncle Bob's estate... : : 3) Nuclear reactors and weapons. Be careful when disassembling that surplus nuke you picked up on your last trip to eastern Europe... : : Beryllium was originally called glucinium becuase it and its salts tasted very sweet. In fact, tasting used to be a diagnostic test for the presence of beryllium. : _________________________________________________________________ : Windows Live�: Keep your life in sync. : http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 : _______________________________________________ : time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] : To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts : and follow the instructions there. : : _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
