Hi all,
Been vaping for about eight months now but this my first post. Have been using Kanthal A1 on VW devices and mech mods till now. I wanted to switch to a Temprature control device and while reading up on these , I came across a you tube video by Ron Kaufman
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He has brought two negative aspects of using pure Nickel wires which I think are relevant. One Nickle tends to leech at high temps and second that it tends to produce Nickel carbonyl which is a carcenogenic substance. I read a few things about Nickel carbonyl and found that at 30ppm it was certainly fatal, and even a significantly lower dose of 3ppm caused death in 50 per cent of a group of test animals. Further, when you breathe it in, it decomposes, giving you a dose of carbon monoxide and depositing some nickel on your lungs. If you survive the first few hours, the nickel causes a form of pneumonia, coughing, breathlessness, extreme fatigue. This lasts for several days, often resulting in cardiovascular or renal failure and death. This surprising molecule is not very human friendly in others ways too: its vapours can autoignite and there have been studies as to whether small quantities of nickel carbonyl, inhaled over time, can cause lung cancer.
So now the Questions:
(a) Is Nickle safe? The Ron Kaufman's video and my research tends to say otherwise.
(b) Has any of the companies producing Temp Mods, prior to insisting on using only Ni200 type wires, undertaken any study on what happens to nickle when heated?
(c) Any other wire which can be used in TC Mods safely?
Ps. I do find a change in flavour if I use Nickel Chromium wires and pure Nickle Wires in my VW mods.
Thanks in advance
Been vaping for about eight months now but this my first post. Have been using Kanthal A1 on VW devices and mech mods till now. I wanted to switch to a Temprature control device and while reading up on these , I came across a you tube video by Ron Kaufman
().
He has brought two negative aspects of using pure Nickel wires which I think are relevant. One Nickle tends to leech at high temps and second that it tends to produce Nickel carbonyl which is a carcenogenic substance. I read a few things about Nickel carbonyl and found that at 30ppm it was certainly fatal, and even a significantly lower dose of 3ppm caused death in 50 per cent of a group of test animals. Further, when you breathe it in, it decomposes, giving you a dose of carbon monoxide and depositing some nickel on your lungs. If you survive the first few hours, the nickel causes a form of pneumonia, coughing, breathlessness, extreme fatigue. This lasts for several days, often resulting in cardiovascular or renal failure and death. This surprising molecule is not very human friendly in others ways too: its vapours can autoignite and there have been studies as to whether small quantities of nickel carbonyl, inhaled over time, can cause lung cancer.
So now the Questions:
(a) Is Nickle safe? The Ron Kaufman's video and my research tends to say otherwise.
(b) Has any of the companies producing Temp Mods, prior to insisting on using only Ni200 type wires, undertaken any study on what happens to nickle when heated?
(c) Any other wire which can be used in TC Mods safely?
Ps. I do find a change in flavour if I use Nickel Chromium wires and pure Nickle Wires in my VW mods.
Thanks in advance