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Re: Tungsten

It should be mentioned that TIG welding rods are also commonly available in
pure tungsten without thorium.  No need to play with the glowing stuff if
you don't feel lucky ;-))

Cheers,

	Terry


At 03:19 PM 11/2/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>John, all,
>
>The amount of Thorium dust (only 2% of all being created) shouldn't be
>much of a hazard, as long as one takes basic precautions, like waring a
>dust mask, using proper ventiltion (especially if grinding). Granted,
>Thorium is a Alpha emitter and deposition in the Lungs is not good, the
>quantity involved is low. No metal dust is healthy. Use common sense.
>
>Regards,
>
>David Trimmell
>www.ChaoticUniverse-dot-com
>
>On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Tesla list wrote:
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