Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017)
by el_oni on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:27AM
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I've done similar with a chemical that was "fatal on inhalation, fatal on skin contact, fatal on ingestion" i dont think its been opened and its sitting in the lab to this day.
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017)
by refurb on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:24AM
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I once ordered NaK, a sodium-potassium alloy that looks like mercury, but will catch fire if exposed to the air. It’s like potassium metal but worse because it’s liquid.
I bought some for a project in the lab, then just disposed of it. Wasn’t worth the risk and found an alternative.
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017)
by eutectic on Thursday July 22, 2021 @08:38AM
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What was it?
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017)
by el_oni on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:44PM
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Dicyclohexyl carbodiimine. I used the liquid diisopropyl carbodiimine for 2 years but i wasnt keen on using such a toxic powder
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017)
by float4 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:20AM
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How much money does something like that cost? Sounds expensive.
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017)
by stenl on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:39PM
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It’s just a protein, so it’s not very expensive to make. I guess a few hundred dollars? Here’s one seller: https://listlabs.com/products/bacterial-toxins/?sub=botulinu...
When the tiny vial arrived in a very large multilayered package, I sat down and read the Materials Safety Datasheet and contemplated the implications. I then decided never to open the package. We stored it under a big hollow block of concrete until the hazardous waste disposal people could figure out what to do with it.