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Article #434Re: beryllium copper
From: Neal Howard
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 18:02
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 18:02
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In article <118.UUL1.3#666@vortex.COM> lauren@vortex.COM (Lauren Weinstein) writes: >Greetings. While going through some socket specs the other day, I noticed >that the contacts were spec'd as "beryllium copper". Unless memory >fails me, I seem to recall that beryllium is a horribly toxic substance, >and extremely carcinogenic. Is it completely safe in what I assume is >a copper alloy? Are there any special handling procedures necessary >or advised for dealing with such an alloy? > >Thanks. > >--Lauren-- It's probably safe enough as long as you don't eat any of the contacts where your stomach acid might be able to separate the copper from the beryllium. This alloy has very good spring-like qualities which makes it great for electrical contacts in sockets which have to flex a lot and hold their original shape. -- ============================================================================= Neal Howard '91 XLH-1200 DoD #686 CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX) =============================================================================
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.encore.com!csar!foxtail!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!m2.dseg.ti.com!ernest!cmptrc!neal From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard) Subject: Re: beryllium copper Message-ID: <Bx5JGy.GrF@cmptrc.lonestar.org> Sender: neal@cmptrc.lonetsr.org Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 18:02:58 GMT Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX Lines: 22