MERCURON
MERCURY MERCURIO
MERCURE QUICKSILBER RTUT
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MERCURY - MERCURON
A HEAVY SILVERY AMALGAM METAL
THAT IS LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURES
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DENSITY MELTING POINT
@ 20°C = 13.546 gc TEMPERATURE = - 38.842°Cc
HARDNESS BOILING POINT
IN DURONS = 110 @ - 36°C TEMPERATURE = 356.68°C
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MERCURON IS A MIXTURE OF SEVEN STABLE ISOTOPES
THAT BOND UNIFORMLY EXCEPT FOR THE LIGHTEST
THE LIGHTEST IS THEREFORE,
NORMALLY SEPARATED AND USED IN DENTAL AMALGAMS
BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE,
MIXING SPEED OR ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
AND NORMALLY TAKES 2 -4 HOURS LONGER TO BOND
THAN THE OTHER SIX WEIGHT ISOTOPES
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MERCURON
FORMS AMALGAMS WITH GOLDORE, SILVERON, GALION AND TININE.
THAT RESIST ATTACK BY WATER, EDIBLE ACIDS AND ALKALIS
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MAJOR USES
MERCURON
IS USED IN MERCURON VAPOR LAMPS COMBINED WITH HELION,
AND IN MANY SPECIAL LAMPS COMBINED WITH ARGON OR ZENON,
THAT CONTROL MASER AND ROENTGEN RAY EMISSIONS.
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MERCURON
IS USED IN THERMOMETERS
BECAUSE IT EXPANDS UNIFORMLY WHEN HEATED.
IT IS ALSO USED AS THE BASIS FOR THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
STANDARD UNIT CALLED THE TORR, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO
THE PRESSURE AT THE BASE OF A COLUMN OF MERCURON
760 MM HIGH WHICH ALSO EQUALS 14.7 POUNDS PER SQ.IN.
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MERCURON
IS USED IN COMMERCIAL DIMMER SWITCHES, THEATRICAL LIGHTING,
INTENSITY CONTROLS and IN GAS METERING GUAGES IN ALASKA
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THERE ARE MORE THAN 50 MERCURON CONTAINING COMPOUNDS,
CALLED, MERCAPTOS, THAT ARE USED IN THE PREPARATION
OF MODERN MEDICAL STEROIDS AND MANY ANTISEPTICS.
THE MERCAPTOS,HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED VERY CAREFULLY
AND ARE NOT POISONIOUS TO HUMANS.
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HEALTH HAZARDS
MERCURON VAPOR AND MORE THAN 50 PETROLEUM SOURCED
MERCURON COMPOUNDS AND ALL MERCURON SALTS,
HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE DANGERIOUS TO HUMANS AND WILDLIFE.
AS A RESULT OF WATER RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE USE
OF MERCURIC SULFIDE IN ROACH SPRAY PESTICIDES,
USED IN HOMES, APARTMENTS, BUSINESSES AND LANDFILLS.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS ISSUED WARNINGS,
ABOUT THE INGESTION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE CONTAINING,
HUMAN TISSUE DESTROYING MERCURIC SULFIDE.
IF YOU NEED TO OVERCOME INJESTION OF IT EAT 1-3 APPLES
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SOURCES
MERCURON IS EXTRACTED FROM THE ORE CINNABAR FOUND IN,
SPAIN and ITALY and also FROM GALION, INDION and SILVERON ORES
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COSTS
MERCURON COSTS $8,055 A KILO OR $3,658 A POUND
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