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 Tuesday, October 29, 2002


Here's a mercury spill that needn't be cleaned up. Spilled mercury breaks into small beads when dropped, dramatically increasing it's surface area and evaporation rate. Mercury vapor is toxic, so these small beads will bring the amount of mercury vapor in a closed room to unhealthy levels. This is why it is important to clean up spilled mercury thoroughly.
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