before you ask: no, neither the fan nor the channel are spec'd for pumping chlorine but i treat them as a disposables running at a very low duty cycle so it's fine
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Replying to @AzureCrimsonE
this isn't even the tenth most dangerous or ill-considered thing i've done in my life
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Replying to @whitequark @AzureCrimsonE
Ever messed with HF? I'd like to but that stuff is scary.
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Replying to @marcan42 @AzureCrimsonE
I didn't, never had a very good reason to (delayering ICs is interesting but I'd like to build a reactive ion etcher for that, it's more useful IMO) I would work with dilute HF given appropriate PPE and emergency preparedness, it's not *that* bad.
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Mostly, you have to understand the mechanisms of its toxicity very well, and then it stops being frightening...
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Replying to @whitequark @AzureCrimsonE
Hypocalcemia, right? Part of the puzzle is knowing where to start researching required PPE and other safety requirements (e.g. should I stock calcium gluconate?)
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Replying to @marcan42 @AzureCrimsonE
look for university safety training guides, e.g. https://web.utk.edu/~ehss/training/has.pdf …
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Replying to @whitequark @AzureCrimsonE
Thanks! I have a goal to build a small chem lab at Hackerfarm next year, because having a SEM is rather boring when you don't have anything interesting to stick in it. But my experience with chem is basically... chem 101 and 102 back in college.
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Replying to @marcan42 @AzureCrimsonE
I would be very uncomfortable leaving HF around in a hackerspace, eventually someone will underappreciate just how insidiously corrosive it is. Maybe in a safe that only you have keys to. Maybe.
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It's not a very trafficked hackerspace (something about being in the middle of nowhere, eh) but yes, the place doesn't even lock the front door but we'd definitely want this stuff in a locked cabinet.
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