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r/BeAmazed • u/himmokala • Dec 15 '24
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45 u/ministerforcats Dec 15 '24 Monkey brains says don’t take the chance 3 u/Cabbage_Corp_ Dec 15 '24 It can probably go into cuts on your hands though 5 u/SpemSemperHabemus Dec 16 '24 It's not the liquid, it's the vapor. Mercury has a super low vapor pressure. You want really good ventilation (ie a fume hood) when playing with the stuff. Poor guy is burning holes in his brain. 1 u/HarkonnenSpice Dec 15 '24 That's good to know I remember playing with a jar of it with my bare hands as a kid. It's very fun/cool if not for being so dangerous. 1 u/PeterNippelstein Dec 16 '24
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Monkey brains says don’t take the chance
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It can probably go into cuts on your hands though
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It's not the liquid, it's the vapor. Mercury has a super low vapor pressure. You want really good ventilation (ie a fume hood) when playing with the stuff. Poor guy is burning holes in his brain.
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That's good to know I remember playing with a jar of it with my bare hands as a kid. It's very fun/cool if not for being so dangerous.
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