So, I too am a sucker for exotic metals with prices per lb in the triple digits, indium is just one of those things that thinking about gets my [EDIT]nuggets[/EDIT] all tingly, but
I recently had a fairly negative encounter with some lcd glass, that's making me seriously reconsider handling it AT ALL let alone trying to "process" it
While disposing of some lcd glass I had what is probably a worst case exposure ( received minor puncture wound from a heavily crunchified unit, likely depositing some particulate and or liquid)
Thought it was just another scrappers scratch, but within 30 minutes I became really sick feeling, excruciating migraine, stomach cramps, and altered visual perception, ( like roll focusing)
I've experienced heavy metal poisoning before and this was way worse and scarier
What's really bothering me is of course everyone assumes there's something toxic in lcd, like of course there is, but I for one assumed it was like handling lead, with cumulative implications and not an acute debilitating, rapid onset poisoning. Furthermore you never hear anything about the dangers of them unlike batteries crts or freon, and after this event I could find virtually zero helpful information about what compound could have been responsible, the closest I got was a reference to mbba as a common constituent of the "liquid" portion, a compound with a complicated organic chemistry name, which sounds about right
Takeaway though is I'm now far more hesitant to breakdown LCDs not only for myself, I've now experienced this and know (nothing) about it, LCDs are a common item I can occasionally obtain in quantity, demanding additional labor, I don't want anyone else to experience what I did trying to assist me
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