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Ah the good old days of worry free high school chemistry/physics classes. My chem teacher poured out a pint of mercury and allowed us to push our fingers into i

Ah the good old days of worry free high school chemistry/physics classes. My chem teacher poured out a pint of mercury and allowed us to push our fingers into it to feel how different it was from liquids like water. Good times.

jonsen 11y ago
Elemental mercury is not very dangerous: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning
- idlewords 11y ago
  The danger is that some will spill and lie there on the floor for months, filling the room with mercury vapor.