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Article #22469Re: Mercury and (real) dimes
From: Gene (the Spook)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 22:20
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 22:20
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in article <89936@psuecl.bitnet>, peg@psuecl.bitnet (PAUL E. GANTER) says: > Anyway, if you get the mercury on the gold, > it very quickly removes it! > > We tried this with various other materials in preparation to build our > own probe. We went with aluminum as it appeared unaffected by mercury. > > Just thought I'd throw that in.... Also, if you want a rather expensive but heatless desolderer, try a bit of mercury as well. We previously used solder as a means of sopping up spilled mercury. This way, you could scoop up some mushy glop instead of chasing around teeny balls of pure mercury. Loads of fun. Gene
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!phri!cooper!gene From: gene@cooper.cooper.EDU (Gene (the Spook) ) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Mercury and (real) dimes Message-ID: <2213@cooper.cooper.EDU> Date: 27 Feb 90 22:20:02 GMT References: <89936@psuecl.bitnet> Distribution: usa Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY) Lines: 15