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Post by Rowdy on Jun 7, 2017 21:16:28 GMT 10
I remember when I was at school in the early sixties our science teacher used to pass blobs of mercury around the class room and we used to roll it around on the palms of our hands then pass it to the next student, how things have changed.
A few years ago Gold Gem and treasure magazine ran an article on making your own retort, but in reality it may be quite a few more years ago than I remember as my memory seems a bit broke these days. The article also had a few warnings on the pitfalls of these retorts and how to avoid them from drawing water back into the chamber which would result in them exploding. Rowdy
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Post by shivan on Jun 8, 2017 0:03:35 GMT 10
Yes you must be careful with them Rowdy. A non-vented retort must never have the discharge pipe under water for that reason. The temperature displacement can cause a vacuum to occur sucking water into the crucible with a catastrophic result.
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Post by rustyau on Jun 19, 2017 4:47:05 GMT 10
You can use dilute Nitric acid to recover Mercury from Amalgam if you have access to chemicals.
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