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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3119263, member: 39084&quot;]I imagine that many of us in this generation were fascinated by the liquid metal Hg. When I was a kid, I used to get small amounts of it from the dentist and use it to coat silver coins, making them slippery.</p><p><br /></p><p>It should be noted that elemental mercury is VERY impervious to being ionized by contact with anything, including stomach acids, so even ingestion of elemental mercury is unlikely to be the cause of any long-term adverse effects (elemental Hg will pass through the gastrointestinal tract pretty much without any absorption into the bloodstream).&nbsp; The real damage is caused by mercuric compounds that can break down into ions if absorbed or ingested and get into the bloodstream and tissues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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