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Where to find mercury salt ?

newbies - 21-1-2012 at 12:17

Hi, I'm looking for mercury nitrate, do you know a place where i can order it ?
Or do you know an available website/place where I can order a small quantity of mercury element ?

;)

[Edited on 22-1-2012 by newbies]

neptunium - 21-1-2012 at 12:39

the gallium source has mercury for sure...

www.galliumsource.com

the nitrate can be easily made with HNO3 and mercury metal...



[Edited on 21-1-2012 by neptunium]

Adas - 22-1-2012 at 00:42

Quote: Originally posted by neptunium  
The nitrate can be easily made with HNO3 and mercury metal...


Really? Isn't mercury a noble metal?

newbies - 22-1-2012 at 00:50

Yeah I know that neptunium that's why i asked for small quantity of mercury element.
Adas look on youtube.

Gallium isn't an available source for me shipping cost are too high for my country +195$ !! and I don't want to have 250g of mercury.
I'm just looking for about 5g of mercury salt like mercuric chloride or mercury nitrate or mercury thiocyanate.

weiming1998 - 22-1-2012 at 04:48

Try a mercury thermometer, if they sell those in your country. Break it open, get mercury, then put nitric acid on it. There's your 5 grams of mercury salt.



[Edited on 22-1-2012 by weiming1998]

weiming1998 - 22-1-2012 at 04:51

Quote: Originally posted by Adas  
Quote: Originally posted by neptunium  
The nitrate can be easily made with HNO3 and mercury metal...


Really? Isn't mercury a noble metal?


Mercury is very close to being a noble metal, it is just one grid below gold, but it is still a semi-noble metal, and is corroded and dissolved by nitric acid.

neptunium - 23-1-2012 at 09:03

ebay has some grounded cinnabar...its kinda expensive for large quantity but a small amount is cheap...although i wouldnt recomand roasting it to get the liquid metal, unless outside far from anyone and let it cool for a while before approching it