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By Matt on Tuesday 16 September 2003 at 17:11
I have to work with some nasty chemicals - hydroflouric acid (instantly dissolves your bones) or nickel (II) oxide (lung cancer if you breath anywhere near it) to name but two. But this article has made me realise that some people have it far worse than me. Having read it, I feel much better about my project, almost relieved.
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On Tuesday 16 September 2003 at 21:59, kavi said:
im curious as to what exactly you are gonna do with those chemicals...
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 at 13:57, Matt said:
If you really want to know...
Nickel (II) oxide is a constituent component of barium nickel niobate, which is the core study of my PhD project. Once the samples are sintered, I use hydroflouric acid as an etchant - it dissolves away the areas around the grain boundaries, revealing the microstructure for examination.
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 at 16:16, Mark Bell said:
You had to ask, didn't you
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 at 16:24, Mark Bell said:
There were some pretty nasty chemicals in the darkrooms when I was at college... powdered selenium (used to mix toner) is apparently highly carcinogenic, and when you mix it with water it smells of wee (ammonia)...
Still, at least I always knew I wasn't going to end up as a DYSENTERY STOOL-SAMPLE ANALYZER.
Now that's a SHIT job.
On Wednesday 17 September 2003 at 16:26, Mark Bell said:
Incidentally, the author of that article is named William Speed Weed... just thought that was quite amusing.
On Thursday 18 September 2003 at 02:32, kavi said:
ugh...science...no offence. business will do just fine for me.
On Thursday 18 September 2003 at 09:45, pAlmer said:
how could anyone not like science?
granted there are dull aspects to any job but i can't think of many where you get to blow things up, disolve and melt stuff...
On Thursday 18 September 2003 at 10:05, Matt said:
But Palmer, science is for geeks - in business you get to use cool phrases like “quality-driven fast track strategy”, “pro-active client-focused mindset” or “benchmark gap-analysis synergy”.
Did I say cool phrases? That must have been a typo, because I meant BULLSHIT.
On Thursday 18 September 2003 at 12:06, kavi said:
ahahahahahahahahaha. true.