Photo Credit: USGS

Code Number: 11B10.10

Demo Title: Mercury Effects

Principle: Physiology, Environmental hazards, safety.

Area of Study: Physiology, Biology

References:

James D. Petterson, "The Physics of Physical Examinations", TPT, Vol. 27, # 5, May 1989, p. 372.
John G. McCaslin, "Apparatus for Cleaning Mercury", TPT, Vol. 21, # 1, Jan. 1983, p. 54.
Thomas G. Winter, "The Evaporation of a Drop of Mercury", AJP, Vol. 71, # 8, Aug. 2003, p. 783.
Johanna Miller, "Thousands of Tons of Mercury Are Trapped in Permafrost", Physics Today, Vol. 71, # 4, April 2018, p. 14.
Leonard J. Goldwater, "Mercury in the Environment", Scientific American, Vol. 224, # 5, May 1971, p. 15.

Photo of a Man in Floating in Mercury

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11B10.10 - Mercury Effects

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