22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
6:51 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
Keep mercury away from structural aluminum, stuff eats
it alive. I remember
way back in the 1990's a salesguy wanted to ship mercury relays via air,
that would have ended real bad for the plane if they sprung a leak.
In fact, mercury-aluminum amalgam is used in at least one method of
clandestine MDMA production.
Out of curiosity why would somebody auction off small
jars of mercury
anyway? What do people and or companies do with the stuff anymore?
What else would one use in cold-environment tilt switches? In warm
environments, gallium might be an option, but certainly not in cold (or
STP) environments.
Peace... Sridhar