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Article #22492Re: Mercury vs. Aluminum
From: Jeff Forbes
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 06:32
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 06:32
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In article <10391@ttidca.TTI.COM> sorgatz@ttidcb.tti.com (Erik Sorgatz - Avatar) writes:
> Seems to me that if you *scratch* the surface of aluminum, put some of the
>liquid mercury onto the freshly opened surface, then add some water; the
>aluminum is somehow corroded or eaten-up. Anyone else tried this? I read
>about the reaction somewhere...what was that class...zzzzz! ;-)
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Aluminum is extremely reactive and it oxides immediately after the oxide
layer is broken. If you put a puddle of mercury on an Al plate and then
scratch it,it might work but it is not a practicle method of amalgamating Al.
Jeff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!aries!forbes From: forbes@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Jeff Forbes) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Mercury vs. Aluminum Message-ID: <1990Mar2.063244.22601@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 2 Mar 90 06:32:44 GMT References: <25E934B0.37FC@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> <89936@psuecl.bitnet> <1990Feb27.055111.18154@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <10391@ttidca.TTI.COM> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Reply-To: forbes@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Jeff Forbes) Distribution: usa Organization: School of Chemical Sciences, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lines: 16