• LostXOR@fedia.ioOP
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    4 days ago

    Mercury has a density 13.5x that of water, making a small amount of mercury surprisingly heavy! (And making these bottles feel very weird to hold).

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      4 days ago

      Where can I find a bottle like this to hold? I need to expand my horizons

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        4 days ago

        I bought it from this guy, $236 for a bottle. Please only buy it if you know what you’re doing, as it is very bad for the environment and your health if it’s spilled or handled improperly.

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          Mercury gas is what’s dangerous right? Not it in liquid form? I guess you mean Careful dropping on a surface that can turn it into a gas ( I’m uncertain of it’s boiling point.) Yeah too rich for my blood. Maybe I’ll find someone that has one in person someday.

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            Generally yes, but if you spill it it can be very hard to clean up, and if you don’t clean it up it’ll evaporate over the course of decades and poison you slowly.

            If you want a safer and cheaper (though less heavy) option, I can shoot you a DM once I start making mercury ampules.

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      Totally off topic, but I was curious how dense this was compared to nuclear waste and it’s pretty close.