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To: ComputerGuy

Metallic mercury is relatively safe. It’s the oxides of mercury that bind easily to cells.

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7 posted on 02/01/2024 6:21:07 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

I didn’t know that.


8 posted on 02/01/2024 6:22:56 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Lurker

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11 posted on 02/01/2024 6:42:48 AM PST by Stosh
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To: Lurker

Metallic mercury has a strong surface tension and does not normally evaporate to a significant degree. Very small droplets, however, do evaporate and become available for reaction. When you drop or smash a droplet of mercury, you can end up with a fracturing effect which create these mini and micro droplets. For metallic mercury it is these very tiny droplets which become mercury vapor that are a health danger.

But yes, it is overwhelmingly the oxides and other mercury compounds that are inherently dangerous.


18 posted on 02/01/2024 8:31:04 AM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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