Re: alternative materials for RSG electrodes?

["Edward Wingate" <ewing7-at-rochester.rr-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> In a message dated 8/17/00 12:59:59 PM Central Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
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> << Garth,
> 
>  Stainless steel releases some really toxic compounds when it "cooks" in
>  a spark gap!
> 
> 
>  Ed Wingate RATCB>>>>
> 
> Hi Ed, All,
> Can you please identify the toxic compounds?
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralph Zekelman

Ralph,

Bert Hickman mentioned several in a previous post.

Since stainless steel contains both chromium and nickel, chromium oxide
and nickel oxide come to mind first.

Go to this site and read the MSDS sheets on these two compounds and then
decide how often you want to breathe stainless steel "fumes"!

http://www.espi-metals-dot-com/msds.htm

You makes your choices and you takes your chances.

Ed Wingate RATCB