If you ever had a Boron fiber splinter you would not be so cavalier about its effects.
It may not be toxic, but it is very painful and almost impossible to get rid of it.
Boron fiber is brittle, and fractures, its mechanical characteristics usually require it be part of a matrix with other fibers such as carbon.
I worked, as an engineer, on the composites and molds for the B-2, and have had a lot of experience with advanced composites.
Regards
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo@...> wrote:
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> While browsing the net, I ran into the web site of "Specialty
> materials", company that produces boron fibers, and there also found the
> safety data sheet for boron fibers:
> http://specmaterials.com/pdfs/BoronMonofilamentMSDS.pdf
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> Looks like the stuff is not that bad after all; acute health risks are
> "PUNCTURE OF THE SKIN BY FIBER SPLINTERS", but there are no known
> chronic health hazards.
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> -Tapio-
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Received on Wed Dec 29 2010 - 09:45:54 CET