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mercury anyone?
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I have a small vial from a thermostat.
Better question, anybody willing to sell some? I could go for some mercury. As in, a lot of mercury.
-Mark
Better question, anybody willing to sell some? I could go for some mercury. As in, a lot of mercury.
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I have a few drops of it I collected via a broken thermometer and a broken little plastic novelty maze thing, though not enough to cover the bottom of a vial... Oh, and I have a fair amount in my amalgam fillings, though I don't suppose that counts.
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I have about 200 grams, but it's not strictly mine. How much would you pay for it?
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Where'd you get a half pound of mercury? lolCappernicus said:
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My granddad owned a repair shop and an aircraft shop. I guess he got it from broken equipment. I don't really know... It might even have dissolved gold in it from the old days. 
He died before I was born, so I can't really ask him...
He died before I was born, so I can't really ask him...
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Cappernicus said:
What would you offer? I really don't know what it's worth.
-Mark
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You can find mercury in vaccines
they call it Thimerosal
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they call it Thimerosal
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Crap...my mom said no way...
(Never mind the radioactive Americium and toxic cadmium, selenium, tellurium, lead, cobalt, and antimony I have lying around...)
But you can make it from cinnabar. You can "roast" the cinnabar over a Bunsen burner or something similar (like a propane torch), and the mercury will come out in vapor form.
NOT like I recommend this or anything. If you were EVER trying to work with mercury vapor, you would definitely need a perfectly sealed piece of labware. Yeah I've got one of those, but my mom's still scared. I'll just wait until college I guess, mercury is still below indium and iodine on my list.
-Mark
(Never mind the radioactive Americium and toxic cadmium, selenium, tellurium, lead, cobalt, and antimony I have lying around...)
But you can make it from cinnabar. You can "roast" the cinnabar over a Bunsen burner or something similar (like a propane torch), and the mercury will come out in vapor form.
NOT like I recommend this or anything. If you were EVER trying to work with mercury vapor, you would definitely need a perfectly sealed piece of labware. Yeah I've got one of those, but my mom's still scared. I'll just wait until college I guess, mercury is still below indium and iodine on my list.
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I can get mercury *very* cheaply, but will need a lot of orders to do it.
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I've got a bit of it and use it to seperate my gold pannings.
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I have ~ 20 oz (weight) of HG I got years ago to make vacuum gauges for gas lasers. Don't need gauges anymore with all the diodes around!!!
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You can get some out of those new florescent light bulbs
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I think the old bulbs use a filament, which creates light and heat to create light. I don't think mercury is involved.
