how to extract mercury from fluorescent lights, i need mercury for an expiriment, i dont want your thats very dangerous crap, i just need to know how, and about the thats dangerous crap, half the chemists on yarhoo answers dispise you, so sites and extraction methods would be nice.
i will thank you in advanced !!!
2007-04-21 20:14:17 · 2 answers · asked by Me + Me = BANG! 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
The volume of mercury in a fluorescent tube is pretty small, you'd need a lot of tubes, and would generate a lot of contaminated scrap just to obtain dirty mercury. If you have a legitimate use for it I suspect you could buy some, no doubt you;d have to sign some forms and what not, but I'll bet it could be done. BTW, you might want to not be such a butt head when dealing suppliers and, especially, any regulatory authorities.
2007-04-21 20:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by tinkertailorcandlestickmaker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mercury in fluorescent tubes is present in miunte quantities. It can be extracted electrolytically.
2007-04-22 03:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋