[TowerTalk] Stripping rg142

[jimlux]

On 11/25/18 7:41 AM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> Yup. Burning teflon produces phosgine gas. Which is pretty toxic I hear?
> Jim w7ry

Well, technically, no phosgene (carbonyl chloride), because there's only 
Fluorine in PTFE, no Chlorine - you get carbonyl fluoride.

PVC, on the other hand, has plenty of Chlorine.

But there's plenty of other nasty stuff that comes off burning plastic 
of all kinds - but it's not huge amounts. Occupational exposure on a 
regular basis might be an issue - same thing applies to smoke from rosin 
and more modern fluxes.

I think it was more the "cleanliness of cut" is better with modern 
spinning knife cutters (whether a single blade spin with your finger, or 
a motorized one).






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> On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 6:41 AM Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
> 
>> No.  We used them at Hughes for years until the worries about the
>> fumes/smoke
>> outlawed them.
>>