Chuck Guzis wrote: > I don't really want to contribute to perpetuating this thread, but I wonder > if there's more mercury in an amalgam dental filling (which many > of us have) than in a CFL. And that mercury is in your mouth. > > Mercury switches were unsurpassed for reliability--I miss them. > Mercury-wetted relays were also very reliable. Calomel (Hg2Cl2) was used > as a treatment for syphilis, as a purgative and has a fungicide. > > As a voltage reference, (e.g. in a Weston cell) it was quite valuable. > > It amazes me that being old enough to have endured lead-based paint, > millions of automobiles spewing tetraethyl lead, mercury in my mouth, > Mercurochrome being painted on my scuffs and scratches, somehow I > managed to survive to my golden years.
Don't forget playing with a big tub of Hg in chemistry class. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
