Aww come on, mercury is quite expensive . . . you're not telling me you were planning to disgard the retrieved mercury, are you?
And by the way after cleaning up, dust the site with a little sulphur powder. That will turn any traces of mercury into HgS. Need you call the emergencies at all?
a thermometer broke in my room and there are tiny dots of mercury everywhere.. i can't pick it up though.. i can even remove it with a towel. it just breaks apart
@mcrss26 This is not good. Get rid of everything it touched. The more you move mercury, the more it breaks apart, which means more surface area and increased evaporation. It's the small bits of Hg that you have to worry about.
Ok, if you would please help me that would be great. I put a mercury thermometer in about 94.4Celcius water, thats 202F. The mercury broke off inside of the hot water, i lifted the broken glass part out (i dont know if there was some in there that could have escaped). This happened in my kitchen so i wrapped the cup up with everything inside and put it outside. i put a fan here to vent it out. is this correct?
great clip .. keep it up thanks
kurtdegregorio 3 months ago
its too bad there is no other element like Hg thats non toxic :(
AND NO GALLIUM DOES NOT COUNT!!!
plasma070 6 months ago
2nd time this week??? Come on, watch what you're doing :|
Xplay3093 1 year ago
Aww come on, mercury is quite expensive . . . you're not telling me you were planning to disgard the retrieved mercury, are you?
And by the way after cleaning up, dust the site with a little sulphur powder. That will turn any traces of mercury into HgS. Need you call the emergencies at all?
pchk1 1 year ago 4
@SuperMiuz That's why she cleaned it up...
It's only dangerous, if the mercury would be left there.
If you clean it up immediately, it's not dangerous.
chemiealex 1 year ago
a thermometer broke in my room and there are tiny dots of mercury everywhere.. i can't pick it up though.. i can even remove it with a towel. it just breaks apart
mcrss26 1 year ago
@mcrss26 This is not good. Get rid of everything it touched. The more you move mercury, the more it breaks apart, which means more surface area and increased evaporation. It's the small bits of Hg that you have to worry about.
joejohnsoon 3 months ago
she shoulda used a vacuum theres still glass there
iamaGod357 2 years ago
Ok, if you would please help me that would be great. I put a mercury thermometer in about 94.4Celcius water, thats 202F. The mercury broke off inside of the hot water, i lifted the broken glass part out (i dont know if there was some in there that could have escaped). This happened in my kitchen so i wrapped the cup up with everything inside and put it outside. i put a fan here to vent it out. is this correct?
sokkmeister 2 years ago
@sokkmeister you could have just kept it like me, MERCURY ISNT POISONOUS so calm the hell down
p154831 2 years ago
I broke a thermometer before and all it released was a gas.
Francisco532 2 years ago