r/BeAmazed • u/himmokala • Dec 15 '24

Science Using red dye to demonstrate how Mercury cannot be absorbed by a towel

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u/psychmancer Dec 15 '24

I mean all they proved was that towel didn't clean up the mercury. We should try other towels to prove replication and generalisation

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u/laseluuu Dec 15 '24

Yeah exactly. I've seen those TV adverts for super sponges at home stores and those sponges can clean up everything as the man on the advert said so

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u/TrainTrackRat Dec 15 '24

I will not rest until I get my hands on some mercury and a shamwow.

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u/ivegotaqueso Dec 15 '24

They didn’t use Charmin