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Unread 07-18-2002, 03:30 PM   #71
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Originally posted by 000
Hmm well if mass doesn't affect the pump then I guess you can use mercury no problem (except for the toxicity problem). Maybe someone should try that, would look really neat in some tygon tubing, just make sure that your tubing won't absorb it (You sure don't want mercury vapor around you).
NO!

Mercury is very, very nasty stuff! If you spill it, it will be released in the form of vapors, and your body can absorb a lot of it, very quickly!!!

You can't even pick it up with a paper towel, because if you touch it, you'll absorb even more!!!
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