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minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·8 months agoI wonder what secondary compounds this was creating. Elemental mercury is pretty much fine, but if it was reacting with other things to create wacky fun times…
minus-squareinsufferableninja@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agothey chewed the leather to hides to soften them, IIRC. so it wasn’t just getting on their hands, they were ingesting it.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoI think it was mercury nitrate. Much more soluble.
I wonder what secondary compounds this was creating. Elemental mercury is pretty much fine, but if it was reacting with other things to create wacky fun times…
they chewed the leather to hides to soften them, IIRC. so it wasn’t just getting on their hands, they were ingesting it.
I think it was mercury nitrate. Much more soluble.