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Mercury Use and Recovering Gold from Amalgam information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 558177" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>If that IS a jar of mercury, handling it is dangerous.</p><p>I remember being warned in high school Chemistry class that mercury must only be stored in special heavy duty containers, as its weight can break the bottom out of normal laboratory glass chemical storage jars. I think they used stoneware or porcelain ones, with a narrow mouth to minimise escape of vapour.</p><p></p><p>In the pic above, it appears that a layer of oil has been added to seal off the mercury from exposure to the atmosphere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 558177, member: 4012"] If that IS a jar of mercury, handling it is dangerous. I remember being warned in high school Chemistry class that mercury must only be stored in special heavy duty containers, as its weight can break the bottom out of normal laboratory glass chemical storage jars. I think they used stoneware or porcelain ones, with a narrow mouth to minimise escape of vapour. In the pic above, it appears that a layer of oil has been added to seal off the mercury from exposure to the atmosphere. [/QUOTE]
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