[time-nuts] beryllium oxide

[M. Warner Losh]

But what about the Beryllium Sphere?  What happens when you activate
that?

Warner


In message: <BLU125-W6202A1D45DBC23668BB9ECED40 at phx.gbl>
            Mark Sims <holrum at hotmail.com> 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.
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