R: [AMPS] RF Choke Forms

[Ian White, G3SEK]

measures wrote:
>Does HF plus water equal hydroflouric 
>acid?

Pretty much. HF is either the gas hydrogen fluoride, or the shorthand
name for hydrofluoric acid, the solution of the gas in water (where it
dissociates into H+ and F- ions). 

If HF gas is inhaled, it dissolves in the moisture of the mucous
membranes in the nose, throat and lungs, and the resulting hydrofluoric
acid acts as a severe irritant. This causes the lungs to flood as a
defence mechanism - which doesn't work - and the unfortunate victim may
'drown' through loss of lung capacity. 


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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