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Re: Golka's Wendover "secret" gap

Original poster: "Chris Rutherford" <chris1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

"One of the most, if not THE most, deadly gasses known to man..."

Apparently Uranium Hexafluoride UF6 is worse.  When given our health
and safety briefing we were told that once it burns through your skin
it would react violently with the calcium in your bones.  i.e. Once
in, there is no washing it out...

Thanks

Chris
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Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: Golka's Wendover "secret" gap


Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Jerry,

The gas smells like rotten eggs and is heavier than air.  If
suffocating, "legend" is to hold the victim upside down so the gas
can flow out.  I don't think I believe that one :o)

It is a very good insulator as gases go and suppresses corona and
arcs greatly (the opposite of argon gas).  It is often used in high
voltage equipment as a pressurized gas to prevent arcing.  Many HV
gas caps and high voltage dividers us it.  You are not supposed to
use it for spark gaps ;-))

"We" never arced it, but it produces horrible gasses on decomposition
by arc or by fire.  It's relative SF4 will kill you standing right
out and burst your lungs into flames (on contact with the moisture in
the lungs) as you drop to the floor...  If it does not ignite, it
will form hydrofluoric acid in you lungs that just kills you a few
minutes slower (but your already dead at the point from the basic
toxicity)... One of the most, if not THE most, deadly gasses known to
man...

http://www.concordegas.com/pdf/sf6.pdf#search='sf6%20msds'

Hard to find an MSDS on SF4 since no one plays with it ;-))  It is a
homeland security "watch" substance...

SF6 is a very useful high voltage gas insulator but it needs great
caution:

http://www.solvaychemicals.us/pdf/Specialty_Fluorides/SF6.pdf#search='sf6%20msds'

http://www.concordegas.com/pdf/sf6.pdf#search='sf6%20msds'

Arcing the gas at very high temperature makes really screwed up
compounds...  There just are not any good elements there....  Pure
SF6 is pretty safe unless it smothers one...  But it smells bad :-p

Cheers,

         Terry