> The biggest risk when handling pure mercury is from
> it evapourating, and inhaling the fumes.

Back when I was a chemist, a girl in our lab had a propensity
for breaking thermometers in the small controlled-environment
room. Or "Janice's Death Chamber" as it was known. Even
with a pocketful of stainless steel spatulas and glass rods she'd
still rather use a fragile thermometer as a stirrer. I've got a couple
of ml of sweepings in a vial from those days


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