Floating Anvils...

[MossRoad]

Thought some of you might find this interesting.

 

[LouNY]

Quite the accumulation of mercury that he has,
an amazing material.

 

[dstig1]

While it is somewhat interesting to watch, that guy is nutz. The hazardous waste site he is working on creating will be epic. Not to mention endangering his health. Mercury vapor is highly neurotoxic. There was a case i read of where some lady dropped a fluorescent bulb and shattered it on her stove. There is a tiny bit of mercury in them. Cleaned it all up. Sometime later turned the stove on and was found dead. The heat vaporized what little mercury was left and killed her.

Safety Police, reporting for duty! :cop:

 

[CalG]

While it is somewhat interesting to watch, that guy is nutz. The hazardous waste site he is working on creating will be epic. Not to mention endangering his health. Mercury vapor is highly neurotoxic. There was a case i read of where some lady dropped a fluorescent bulb and shattered it on her stove. There is a tiny bit of mercury in them. Cleaned it all up. Sometime later turned the stove on and was found dead. The heat vaporized what little mercury was left and killed her.

Safety Police, reporting for duty! :cop:

I knew a fella who died in a car accident. Terrible thing. Mangled and bloody.
Killed him fast, that was the good thing. If only he wouldn't have driven that truck....

 

[4570Man]

I knew a fella who died in a car accident. Terrible thing. Mangled and bloody.
Killed him fast, that was the good thing. If only he wouldn't have driven that truck....

Because driving and playing in a tub of mercury are totally on the same level of necessity.

 

[dragoneggs]

Thanks, Moss! That took me on a mercury learning tangent that was interesting but again a waste of productive time. Thanks again! :drink:

Did get a rise out of this YouTube vid...

Pharaoh's Serpent Demonstration - YouTube

 

[Langanobob]

While it is somewhat interesting to watch, that guy is nutz. The hazardous waste site he is working on creating will be epic. Not to mention endangering his health. Mercury vapor is highly neurotoxic. There was a case i read of where some lady dropped a fluorescent bulb and shattered it on her stove. There is a tiny bit of mercury in them. Cleaned it all up. Sometime later turned the stove on and was found dead. The heat vaporized what little mercury was left and killed her.

Safety Police, reporting for duty! :cop:

Dave,

Sorry but I don稚 believe that story. When I was a kid the elementary school had a pickle jar full of mercury in the classroom. Teacher would pour it on a large table to teach us about surface tension and the kids would play with it. We almost all kept smaller jars at home to coat dimes with and play with.

Mercury vapor is poisonous when youæ±*e exposed to it over a period of time but the residual amount that might have been left on a woodstove from a broken fluorescent light isn稚 going to instantly kill anyone.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Dave,

Sorry but I don稚 believe that story. When I was a kid the elementary school had a pickle jar full of mercury in the classroom. Teacher would pour it on a large table to teach us about surface tension and the kids would play with it. We almost all kept smaller jars at home to coat dimes with and play with.

Mercury vapor is poisonous when youæ±*e exposed to it over a period of time but the residual amount that might have been left on a woodstove from a broken fluorescent light isn稚 going to instantly kill anyone.

I'm with you on that one. Mercury is toxic all right...ever heard the phrase "Mad as a hatter?" In the old days, hatters used Mercury to shrink felt; and after a few years, they were "mad" as in crazy as a loon.

As for floating an anvil:

Hg....density~ 13.6

Fe...density ~ 7.9

 

[MossRoad]

Thanks, Moss! That took me on a mercury learning tangent that was interesting but again a waste of productive time. Thanks again! :drink:

Did get a rise out of this YouTube vid...

Pharaoh's Serpent Demonstration - YouTube

My pleasure! :laughing:

 

[Oldpath05]

I remember a small capsule of mercury in grade school science class but never seen that much in one place. So where does it come from and what is it actually used for?