Ever create more work than it was worth?

From: Corda Albert J DLVA <CordaAJ_at_nswc.navy.mil>
Date: Wed Feb 6 17:36:58 2002

Aren't some organic dyes extremely carcinogenic? I seem
to remember this from way back when I was working on a Dye laser...

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-acorda_at_1biged.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tothwolf [mailto:tothwolf_at_concentric.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 6:31 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: Ever create more work than it was worth?
>
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > --- Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> > >
> > > > The "coating" should only actually be a metal film, AFAIK.
> > >
> > > A CDR will have an organic dye below the layer of metal film.
> >
> > Isn't the organic dye located between the polycarbonate layers? You
> > can kind-of see from the edge that it's a sandwich...
>
> I think it depends on the process used to manufacture the CDR
> disc. I've
> seen some with the dye under a very thin layer of plastic,
> and I've seen
> some with it directly under the aluminum film. I wish the
> aluminum film
> was under a layer of plastic tho. If the top of a cd is
> scratched, there
> isn't much chance for data recovery if the scratch is in a data area.
>
> -Toth
>
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