That's the way I read it also. Not surprising really as Mercury melts
at -38degC, but amalgam is solid.
Ivan
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From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@execonn.com]
I think I just figured out the 10-8. They mean 10^-8 (10
raised to the -8 power),
or .0001. That
From the table provided by Marshall:
Vapor pressure is the pressure exerted when a solid or liquid is in
equilibrium with its own vapor
Mercury (in dental amalgam) 37 C
That is 98.6 F; normal body temp.
Wild. I had no idea the vapor pressure was so low. So mercury steam is
James Osbourne, Holmes wrote:
From the table provided by Marshall:
Vapor pressure is the pressure exerted when a solid or liquid is in
equilibrium with its own vapor
Mercury (in dental amalgam) 37 C
That is 98.6 F; normal body temp.
Wild. I had no idea the vapor pressure
Marshall Dudley wrote:
James Osbourne, Holmes wrote:
From the table provided by Marshall:
Vapor pressure is the pressure exerted when a solid or liquid is in
equilibrium with its own vapor
Mercury (in dental amalgam) 37 C
That is 98.6 F; normal body temp.
Wild.
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