That's the way I read it also. Not surprising really as Mercury melts at -38degC, but amalgam is solid.
Ivan > -----Original Message----- > 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 .00000001. That is much lower than the vapor pressure > of mercury at that > temperature alone, so apparently the silver lowers the > vapor pressure of the > mercury significantly (this is similar to adding salt to > water will raise the > boiling point by lowering it's vapor pressure as well). > > Marshall > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of > colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: > http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
