Thursday, 30 April 2015

Are there dangers to humans from PCB/Circuit Corrosion?


A buddy of mine has a bunch of old electronics that were his fathers that were in storage for a long time, and some of them look pretty bad.


Some of the items look similar to what is shown in this picture:


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With blue spots, nasty oil looking brown spots, and similar brown damage/build up on chips and parts.


I am curious how dangerous stuff like this could be for human handling, as well as being in his attic breathing while around this stuff? Are there any worries one should have?



NOTE: I'm not sure if this is a question better suited to biology/chemistry due to the nature of interaction with humans/chemicals, but figured since this is about electrical components it would best be suited here.




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