Tungsten Toxicity

[vfrazier]

+1 for what Airguy said. I don't mess with chromium compounds. It's just not worth it.

[Low Pass]

Not all chrome compounds are the hexavalent variety. From many moons ago, some/all of the corrosion inhibiting water treatment chemicals used hexavalent chrome. Net been used any longer in 20+ yrs now I believe. What else uses this variant? Other chrome compounds are not nearly so toxic, as I understand.

[ppilotmike]

Dang it! I was just perfecting my tungsten soup recipe:

(1) tungsten bucking bar
(1) cup fine aluminum powder
(1) cup micro balloons
(3) cups alodine
(1) can strontium chromate
(1/2) cup MEK

Boil bucking bar in 3 cups alodine solution, over high heat, for 30 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of aluminum powder, then let simmer for 1 hour. In a separate pan, fry strontium chromate, micro balloons and the rest of the aluminum powder, for five minutes, then add to the soup base. Serve warm, with a wine glass of MEK, to be inhaled during the meal. Enjoy!

[Mike H]

Originally Posted by ppilotmike

Dang it! I was just perfecting my tungsten soup recipe:

(1) tungsten bucking bar
(1) cup fine aluminum powder
(1) cup micro balloons
(3) cups alodine
(1) can strontium chromate
(1/2) cup MEK

Boil bucking bar in 3 cups alodine solution, over high heat, for 30 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of aluminum powder, then let simmer for 1 hour. In a separate pan, fry strontium chromate, micro balloons and the rest of the aluminum powder, for five minutes, then add to the soup base. Serve warm, with a wine glass of MEK, to be inhaled during the meal. Enjoy!

Sounds like some of the deserts that used to come in MREs

[RVDan]

Originally Posted by ppilotmike

Dang it! I was just perfecting my tungsten soup recipe:

(1) tungsten bucking bar
(1) cup fine aluminum powder
(1) cup micro balloons
(3) cups alodine
(1) can strontium chromate
(1/2) cup MEK

Boil bucking bar in 3 cups alodine solution, over high heat, for 30 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup of aluminum powder, then let simmer for 1 hour. In a separate pan, fry strontium chromate, micro balloons and the rest of the aluminum powder, for five minutes, then add to the soup base. Serve warm, with a wine glass of MEK, to be inhaled during the meal. Enjoy!

I'd like to see the nutritional info, er, MSDS on that.

[Neal@F14]

Originally Posted by RVDan

I'd like to see the nutritional info, er, MSDS on that.

Not very nutritious but I bet it'd give you a heck of a buzz, for a short while anyway.

[vfrazier]

Originally Posted by Low Pass

Not all chrome compounds are the hexavalent variety. From many moons ago, some/all of the corrosion inhibiting water treatment chemicals used hexavalent chrome. Net been used any longer in 20+ yrs now I believe. What else uses this variant? Other chrome compounds are not nearly so toxic, as I understand.

This is true, but nonetheless, it pays to be prudent around such things. I had a bottle of alodine from 1987 in my cabinet, and I'll wager that many others do also. I tossed it into the hazmat stream for disposal here at work because I didn't want to risk using it.

So, be cautious before you go working with unknown stuff, or buy brand new and use as directed. Just saying.

As someone who has worked in chemistry for all of my adult life, I can attest that some people are overly careless with chemicals. And I've also seen far too many "safe" chemicals suddenly appear on the hazardous list after people unexpectedly died from exposure to them!