The vapor pressure of mercury is: P = ((-3295.2959/K) + 8.274427)^10
where P is the pressure in Torrs, K is degrees kelvin (C + 273). Marshall "Robert L. Berger" wrote: > Hi Ya'all, > > During my stint as Engineering department Chief of Electron tube > manufacture at Western Electric in Lee's Summit, Missouri, we made > mercury vapor rectifiers (big ones) and we constantly monitored the area > for mercury fumes. The equipment was so sensitive that one could measure > mercury vapor in the mouth of those who had amalgum filings. > > One normally does not think that a liquid metal has a vapor pressure at > room temperature but it does. > > "Ole Bob" > > -- > 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]>
