Owner's Manual
BERYL
LIUM
Precautions
of
use
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FOCAL JMLab, a stock company Incorporated under
the
laws
of
France and registered
with
the
trade and companies registered
of
Saint-Etienne under number
344 394
309
000
35, having its
registered
office
at
108 rue
de
l'avenlr,
42350
La
Talaudi41tre,
France.
The speakers concerned
by
this manual use a pure Beryllium
inverted
dome
tweeter
system, capable
to
extend
the
bandwidth
up
to
40Khz.
Regarding
the
potential hazardousness
of
Beryllium, a raw
material constituting the tweeter, some instructions (defined
hereunder) must
be
respected
by
the
user
of
these speakers in
order
to
prevent any risk
of
absorption
of
said material.
Nevertheless. in solid
form
and based
on
the
current state
of
knowledge
at
the
date
of
printing
of
this precautionary manual,
the risks are limited, being specified
that
the hazardousness
of
the Beryllium mainly results from its inhalation, ingestion
or
contact in vapour form
or
microparticles.
1.
Characteristics
of
Beryllium
DANGER
carcinogenicity • Category
1B
H350
I:
May cause cancer when inhaled
Acute toxicity •
Category
2 H330: Fatal if inhaled
Acute toxicity •
category
3
H301:
Toxic
If
swallowed
Specific
target
organ toxicity, H372: Causes damage
to
organs through
repeated exposure •
category
1 prolonged
or
repeated exposure
Serious eye
damage/
H319:
Causes serious eye irritation
Eye Irritation -
category
2
Specific
target
organ toxicity H335: May cause respiratory irritation
(slngle exposure) •
Category
3
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Skin
corrosion/
Irritation •
H315:
Causes skin irritation
Category 2
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Skin sensitivity • Category 1
H317:
May cause an allergic skin reaction