22 May
2017
22 May
'17
9:08 a.m.
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.
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