Questions tagged [mercury]
For questions pertaining to the unique physical, nuclear, and chemical properties of mercury.
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What happens when mixing elemental mercury with sodium hypochlorite solution [on hold]
Say you spilled elemental mercury from a thermometer and used household bleach on it, what would be the reaction if any?
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What makes dimethylmercury ((CH3)2Hg) so penetrative through latex and human skin?
I've read the story of Karen Wetterhahn and how she was poisoned and died from two drops of dimethylmercury that accidentally fell on her latex glove, and I was wondering what is the chemical ...
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Has Crabtree's photochemically-activated mercury-catalysed hydrocarbon activation process ever been used commercially?
In the 1980s, while searching for new hydrocarbon activation catalysts, Crabtree's research group accidentally found that mercury vapour activated photochemically could perform some interesting and ...
