Some pictures of the little mercury I have.
For some reason, I never thought that it would NOT be magnetic.
Amazing how a penny and quarter will stand on end. (pic 904)
Both float on the surface. If you push them to the bottom, they will stay.
I should probably clean it up (lots of foreign
Theo Gray dug up a copy of that wonderful old National Geographic picture of a
man sitting ON a pool of mercury. Scroll down a fair bit to see it:
http://periodictable.com/Elements/080/index.html
- John
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As far as cleaning your mercury, I vaguely recall something about
straining/filtering it through a piece of material like thin cowhide, or
chamois. Verify that I'm correct before trying it. Ira.
On 2/9/2012 6:31 PM, micha...@aol.com wrote:
Some pictures of the little mercury I have.
For
As far as cleaning your mercury, I vaguely recall something about
straining/filtering it through a piece of material like thin cowhide, or
chamois. Verify that I'm correct before trying it. Ira.
On the same mercury page I just mentioned*, it states:
This picture is out of date: I've
Ok, decided to clean it up and took some video (uploaded).
So, it's not like water. I was worried about using a paper towel
(thinking it would soak into it instead of repelling. Doesn't flow through
even if
poking a hole with a sewing needle.
Coffee filter. Well, it doesn't flow
