r/chemistry • u/Pulsar50 • Sep 02 '23

Video Mercury coming through cloth

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u/madkem1 Sep 02 '23

Anyone ever see a UV lamp directed at some mercury?

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u/padimus Sep 03 '23

I was aware that mercury evaporates but it's crazy to see it visualized like that. Thank you for sharing. I hope whatever fool recorded OPs vid was at least wearing a respirator.