[email protected] wrote: > Amalgam is a solid solution where a (usually powdered) metal alloy of > silver, copper, tin, molybdenum, and perhaps a little zinc (depending on the > brand) are mixed together with inorganic pure liquid mercury in a closed > container.. A series of chemical reaction occur and these materials now > make a series of mercury salts.
What does mercury combine with to make a salt? All I see here are a group of metals which form an alloy, or an amalgam. Metals cannot combine with metals to form a salt, a metal has to combine with a cation, usually a halogen such as chlorine, or a radical such as nitrate or sulfate to form a salt. If mercury did form a salt, it would likely dissolve rather quickly, as most salts are water soluable to some extent. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
