Sir why do you have 5.35kg of liquid mercury?
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2025
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6kg was too expensive.
That's not just mercury, it's virgin mercury! The good stuff!
virgin mercury vs chad water
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I've always wanted some, and an opportunity to purchase it arose. Set me back almost $500 but it's a pretty good deal considering how hard it is to get ahold of.
What will you do with it? Or is it just a trophy to brag about to your geek friends on the internet?
I'm planning to make small ampules of mercury and sell them to recoup some of the cost. But yes, the cool factor was a big part of it. :P
Please be aware of it's toxicity and don't do something stupid.
Of course, I will be very careful when handling it.
Of course, I will be very careful when ~~handling~~ drinking it.
Just pair it eith a generous salad and you're good
Lmao we had the same thought, I was gonna say Drink Responsibly
I appreciate you only buy virgin Mercury. The first pressing always produces the best result.
virgin
not if i have something to say about it
Please don't fuck the bottle of liquid mercury.
Where's the taste test results?
Mercury has a density 13.5x that of water, making a small amount of mercury surprisingly heavy! (And making these bottles feel very weird to hold).
Where can I find a bottle like this to hold? I need to expand my horizons
I bought it from this guy, $236 for a bottle. Please only buy it if you know what you're doing, as it is very bad for the environment and your health if it's spilled or handled improperly.
Mercury gas is what's dangerous right? Not it in liquid form? I guess you mean Careful dropping on a surface that can turn it into a gas ( I'm uncertain of it's boiling point.) Yeah too rich for my blood. Maybe I'll find someone that has one in person someday.
Generally yes, but if you spill it it can be very hard to clean up, and if you don't clean it up it'll evaporate over the course of decades and poison you slowly.
If you want a safer and cheaper (though less heavy) option, I can shoot you a DM once I start making mercury ampules.
Totally off topic, but I was curious how dense this was compared to nuclear waste and it's pretty close.
I can just buy Mercury?
I wish mecury was more accessible to just play with. A room temperature liquid metal is just interesting.
Yeah it's a shame it's so dangerous. You can get alloys like Galinstan that are liquid at room temperature, but they tend to stick to stuff and aren't nearly as dense.
It's danger is sort of exagerated. As long as you take reasonable safety precautions you will be fine. Here's a guy flushing a toilet with mercury.
The video only shows that he could, I wonder if he stopped to think if he should.