gotta know making comic and want it to be realistic
2007-06-15 19:59:03 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
No it'll not. But it'll get absorbed in ur skin certainly. & this is truly dangerous. Mercury being a heavy metal attacks heart.It may prove fatal.
2007-06-15 20:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by s0u1 reaver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but it will absorb into your skin.
People with mercury poisoning often go insane - it affects the brain.
That's where the term "Mad as a Hatter" comes from - in the 1800's people who made and sold hats would wear a stack of hats on their heads, to display them for sale. The hat brims were made of a soft felt, and to keep the shape, the hatter would let beads of mercury roll around in the brims. The mercury would be absorbed through the scalp, & the hatters really would go insane.
This could be useful in a comic... if you could fit insanity into the theme of what you are doing.
Or, the mercury could just absorb into the skin, and turn them into metal - like the T1000 in Terminator 2. That would be good in a comic too.
2007-06-16 03:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Caelorum 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I had a little bottle of liquid metal mercury when I was a kid in the 1950's.
I used to pour some in my palm of my hand quite often, nothing happened to me or my hand at all.
I used to rub it on to silver dimes to make them really shine.
Rubbed it in with my bare fingers (don't try any of this at home).
I'm still alive and kickin.
Mercury poisoning is quite real.
Primarily it is caused by ingestion, taken in our bodies
with food or in our food.
It is accumulative, the body does not rid itself of any mercury that gets inside.
Be careful with it, it is a known carcinogen.
Mercury fumes from burning trash are dangerous.
Hope this helps :-)
2007-06-20 02:22:41 · answer #3 · answered by jimschem 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why? No! Mercury will not cause any hurt to the skin at room temperature. Maybe molten iron or copper drops will, by evaporating flesh in its path.
2007-06-16 03:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by Manuelon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No mercury will not burn your flesh like acids.
you cannot hold mercury in hand.. its semi liquid..
2007-06-16 06:28:56 · answer #5 · answered by dhivya s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. In fact, when I was a kids, we used to let drops of mercury wobble on the palms of our hands.
2007-06-16 03:12:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no. Your skin can absorb it and it's bad for you... that's all. It doesn't act like acid or anything.
2007-06-16 03:02:57 · answer #7 · answered by agfreak90 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
2007-06-16 03:06:16 · answer #8 · answered by madeNchina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, but it is poisonous.
2007-06-16 03:03:26 · answer #9 · answered by blooming chamomile 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope.not at all
2007-06-16 03:19:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋