As a kid, I put a button of mercury in a teaspoon and held it over the gas
stove burner in the kitchen and watched it boil away. Don't remember holding
my breath, either.
I wonder how much smarter I'd be now if I hadn't done that?
Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
>
> We used to play with it so much in Chemistry class that we got the bright
> idea of purifying it by boiling it in a vacuum. Of course the fumes from
> the vacuum pump dumped into the lab. We later sprinkled sulphur
> powder all
> over the room to neutralize the remaining mercury that had fallen into
> cracks, etc.
>
> Wonder why my teeth aren't falling out, or something?
>
> Gregg
>
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