i think every discipline needs something that's way more dangerous than it looks. like high voltage transformers, or giant metal springs, or pretty much anything radioactive
@typhlosion@Starra RF power devices, including some magnetrons in microwaves, use beryllium oxide as a heat transfer material (it's the best electrically-insulative thermal conductor, other than diamond which is too expensive). beryllium oxide is perfectly safe if undamaged, but if you break it and dust gets into your lungs it's extremely toxic -F
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innocuous-looking dangerous stuff
@typhlosion @Starra RF power devices, including some magnetrons in microwaves, use beryllium oxide as a heat transfer material (it's the best electrically-insulative thermal conductor, other than diamond which is too expensive). beryllium oxide is perfectly safe if undamaged, but if you break it and dust gets into your lungs it's extremely toxic
-F