Chemists use some sort of vaccum eye-dropper thing to suck up shit like that. Get one of those, or just use the household vacuum. I'm sure that will be fine.
Do you have a dog? Could just pour something he likes on the mercury.
Chemists use some sort of vaccum eye-dropper thing to suck up shit like that. Get one of those, or just use the household vacuum. I'm sure that will be fine.
Do you have a dog? Could just pour something he likes on the mercury.
John Connor
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I don't work for, nor have I ever worked for the poison control center or the CDC. ^_^
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When I was around 11 or 12, I was using a mercury thermometer as a drum stick on a book, tapping out a beat when it broke. I spent about an hour trying to chase the blobs of mercury out of the carpet, finally used a vacuum cleaner. It was resting on top of the weaved carpet backing. I knew it was poisonous even then so I was always a little paranoid about someone coming in contact with it. Told my parents thinking they might want to cut a square out and replace it, look for any mercury that had fallen through to the padding but they just shrugged.
blankslate
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First thing I thought of when OP said he got Mercury all over his mouth.
Mods need to lock the thread and delete every post besides that one....
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Skeeedunt
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Hey that's not a thermometer.
Also, as a youngster I remember very distinctly being warned about the dangers of dumb kids finding old crap and playing with the Mercury inside. Was that all bullshit? I could have been fingering heavy metals this whole time?
Also, as a youngster I remember very distinctly being warned about the dangers of dumb kids finding old crap and playing with the Mercury inside. Was that all bullshit? I could have been fingering heavy metals this whole time?
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Rumpltzer
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I did II-VI MBE growth (HgCdTe) for about nine months. We had a hand pump with a bottle reservoir. On the suction side, we had a flexible tube.
At the bottom of the MBE system, there was about a 2 liter steel "bucket" with handles on both sides. When we were going to open it up, we'd turn off the cryo panels and the mercury would drain into the bucket. We'd unbolt it with a jack underneath, lower it, and then carry about 50lbs of mercury across the lab to the waste drum.
To get the mercury into the system, we had about a half liter glass jar filled with mercury, and there was a glass tube "straw" that led into the vacuum chamber. My understanding is that there's a bowl at the end of the glass tube inside the system. When we open the valve, the mercury would get sucked up into the bowl and we could heat it inside the chamber during growth.
It never occurred to use a hammer on our mercury glassware.
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Mercury isn't attracted to a magnet.
It will stick to and plate silver, however. A silver dollar will work.
You probably don't have one in your pocket though.
A solder sucker (bulb) may be able to pull up small globlets from the floor in the open. Another source of silver in the enthusiast community is y silver "kill" coils used to disinfect PC cooling water. Throw it away after use.
You can leave it alone as well.
It's not like you're living in a cave of cinnabar. That would definitely get you to mad hatter disease in a few years...
It will stick to and plate silver, however. A silver dollar will work.
You probably don't have one in your pocket though.
A solder sucker (bulb) may be able to pull up small globlets from the floor in the open. Another source of silver in the enthusiast community is y silver "kill" coils used to disinfect PC cooling water. Throw it away after use.
You can leave it alone as well.
It's not like you're living in a cave of cinnabar. That would definitely get you to mad hatter disease in a few years...
IronWing
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Speaking of which, I have a mercury glass doorknob. I wonder if my hand is getting dumber?
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Mercury isn't attracted to a magnet.
It will stick to and plate silver, however. A silver dollar will work.
You probably don't have one in your pocket though.
A solder sucker (bulb) may be able to pull up small globlets from the floor in the open. Another source of silver in the enthusiast community is y silver "kill" coils used to disinfect PC cooling water. Throw it away after use.
You can leave it alone as well.
It's not like you're living in a cave of cinnabar. That would definitely get you to mad hatter disease in a few years...
Will it stick to cavities? Because I have a few of those and I think they're silver. They're pretty shiny at least.
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SketchMaster
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Fayd
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i feel compelled to correct this:
You will die (as will we all), but it will likely have nothing to do with mercury.
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My plan is a heart attack while making love to dozens of beautiful women at the same time.
DrPizza
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I'm surprised people still believe you and are responding. Busy signal at the poison control number, and now a magical tube that's in there for some function, but would be non-functional specifically because there's nothing at the end. Unlikely, unlikelier (unless incorrectly described), and elevenpog thread.
Dozens? I'd guess 10, if you were using both hands.
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zinfamous
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lick the tip of your finger and press down. The Hg will stick to your finger and you can move it to another location.
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