[Beryllium Oxide] or Synth-DOA

[D. Schouten]

> Man, this makes me wish I didn't "trim to fit" a beryllium oxide TO3
> insulator with a dremel tool.  Afterwards someone told me "Hey,
don't
> grind that, it's beryllium oxide. Not good for ya."  That was about
18
> years ago.  White in color and very brittle.

What about grinding off typenumbers of IC's? What material are most
'plastic' IC's made of? I've removed lot's of typenumbers from IC's
over the years using a small grinding tool. There wasn't lots of
(visible) grinding dust around, but you never know.

Daniel...