Stewart:

BE CAREFUL! BeO is a carcinogen! We have one product which uses BeO and we have strict instructions for our technicians not to scrape it or do any rework on it. When rework on the BeO is required, we send it to an outside lab to handle. Unfortunately I am not aware what precautions are used to mitigate the health risks associated with this material. 

Gregg Owens | Sr. Technical Writer
Wavestream Corporation
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Subject: [TN] Micro-Sectioning Beryllia (BeO)

Fellow Technetters,

I'm looking for advice / partner lab. in connection with setting up a line in our lab to handle micro-section preparation of beryllia (BeO). Does anyone have experience of handling requirements and or line set-up? After some initial research our lab manager it looks like we need to house a saw and grind / polish station in a filtered fume hood (glove box even?). Key requirement being the capture and safe disposal of any aerosol / particulates generated through the micro-section preparation process.

Would really appreciate any feedback or contacts and chance to discuss.

Thanks and kind regards,

Stewart

Stewart McCracken
MCS Ltd.
Centre House
Midlothian Innovation Centre
Roslin
Midlothian
EH25 9RE
U.K.

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