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From: drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley)
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Subject: Mercury Filled Speaker Wire
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Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 11:02:00 EDT
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koko@uthub.toronto.edu (M. Kokodyniak) writes:
> If they were available on the market, I wouldn't buy mercury cables because
> they are not worth the expense and because any mercury leakage would be
> hazardous, and would require special equipment for cleanup.

My high-school chem teacher told me one trick for dealing with spilled
mercury: Scatter sulfur dust.  Apparently, sulfur will react with the
mercury vapor from the tiny drops of mercury that get caught in the
cracks, etc.

Dale