Ian Roberts wrote:
>
>What are you saying about pure "beryllia" in high temp components?
>Does it have to be pure?
>
No, but it doesn't have to be pink either. All I'm saying is that it's
not correct to assume that any ceramic contains beryllia just because
it's pink.
>"Ian White, G3SEK" wrote:
>>
>> Ian Roberts wrote:
>> >The best advice must be to treat any porcelain-like high temperature
>> >device as probably containing Be, including the "pinkish" Russian ditto,
>> >and the insides of power transistors.
>>
>> Pure beryllia is white, and the pink colour is not related to beryllia -
>> see the FAQ page at www.svetlana.com
>
73 from Ian G3SEK Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.demon.co.uk/g3sek
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