22 Mar
2006
22 Mar
'06
7:03 p.m.
On 3/22/2006 at 9:40 PM 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.
I hadn't realized this was the case for mercury. Gallium is another metal
that's governed by air transport regulations because of what it will do to
aluminum.
Out of curiosity why would somebody auction off small
jars of mercury
anyway? What do people and or companies do with the stuff anymore?
When I was in high school, I built a mercury diffusion vacuum pump that
used quite a bit of mercury. All those vapors probably explains my
mad-as-a-hatter personality today.
Cheers,
Chuck