RE: barium titanate doorknob caps

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>

Can we just summarize by saying "don't eat your capacitors", and please
end this very tedious thread?!

Gary Lau


Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

I think that youre right - Barium Sulphate is used as a radioactive
tracer
in medicine (I think)


> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> > Keep in mind though that Barium anything (salts, oxides, nitrates
etc)
are
> > very toxic.
> >
> > --jeff
>
> I think you men Beryllium rather than Barium.  As anyone who has ever
> had a GI X-Ray exam, it is quite common to use Barium (something
> soluble, don't know which salt) taken internally to define the
> intestines.  Don't believe that would be done if it were toxic at all.

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