Next time I go back there I'm going to buy 20 of them. I'll have plenty of mercury if I ever need it.
(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_docs/000298485-file_ifik.gif) How much HG is in a 'standard' Wally World thermometer? How many would one need to purchase to have o 20-30g of HG(ALOT? SHRUG?) Was a post missed somewhere? Or how about this Thermometer swim has to stick into their flask? Is that a better source? I realize people have mentioned numerous sources for HG. However, currently I am curious mostly about the amount in a cheap Wally World/DrugStore therm?
Swim just has a few questions, it's all good. Keep your clothes on.
Ok. . . that was just going off the Zygoat reccomendation:
Measure 20g Hg
HgI2 Post 106043 (missing)
(hellman: "Re: HgI2", Chemistry Discourse) & Post 104506 (missing)
(lost in the sauce: "Re: HgI2", Chemistry Discourse) seems a nice route? Some folks have reccomended step 1 of Zygoat writeup as well(Baalchemist comes to mind). However, those posts can't be surfaced @ this exact second. BS says it's ok Post 55539 (missing)
(BrightStar: "Re: mercuric chloride help", Newbee Forum). So, we will belive it. Three damn choices HgS04, HgI2, & HgCl2. Ugh, Foxy gives us more Post 181997 (missing)
(foxy2: "Re: mercuric chloride", Chemicals & Equipment). Look Max gives us more ideas as well Post 15492 (missing)
(MaDMAx: "Re: Mercuric Chloride Acquisition", Newbee Forum)! Some expermintation is in order. BTW here is the Zygoat thread for those who may care Post 42278 (missing)
(ZyGoat: "How to make HgCl2 (better method)", Chemistry Discourse) Anyone see an advantage of using HgI2 over HgSO4? Mabey this is where the expermintation comes in, eh?
Swim just has a few questions, it's all good. Keep your clothes on.
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Household Items That May Contain Mercury:
Thermometers - typically contain about ½ gram of this silver colored liquid (non-mercury alternatives are available)
Thermostats - inside the sealed glass "tilt switch" (not the newer electronic kind)
Automotive headlamps (ONLY the ones with the blue tint when lit)
Pilot light sensors - in SOME gas appliances such as stoves, ovens, clothes dryers, water heaters, furnaces and space heaters
Gauges - barometers, manometers, blood pressure and vacuum gauges ONLY with silver colored liquid
Electrical switches and relays - typically contains about 3.5 grams of mercury in SOME chest freezers, pre-1972 washing machines, sump pumps, electric space heaters, clothes irons, silent light switches and automatic car hood & trunk lights.
Some athletic shoes (made before 1997 ONLY) with flashing lights in soles
Vintage toys & games - toy drawing screens and mercury maze games
Fluorescent bulbs and other mercury vapor lighting - HID (high intensity discharge), metal halide, high pressure sodium and neon bulbs (environmentally preferable because they are more energy-efficient)
http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/mercury/hshld.htm (http://www.dep.state.ct.us/wst/mercury/hshld.htm)
http://www.hermograph.com/science/mercury3.htm (http://www.hermograph.com/science/mercury3.htm)
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