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Yes. Mercury is poisonous to humans and animals. Do not eat or handle it, it can penetrate the skin. Do not put it on your ice cream. Do not break open thermometers to suck out the sweet sweet metal juice inside. Do not use it as lotion or shaving cream. In fact, it's probably best for everyone involved if you just stay as far away as you can from anything containing Mercury.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoMercury is a toxic heavy metal. Some compounds of mercury are much more toxic than elemental or metallic mercury, the most dangerous being methyl mercury.
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What metal is dangerous to humans?
Mercury
Is mercury armed and dangerous?
Mercury is a chemical element, and the nature and behavior of chemical elements cannot accurately be described as good or bad. An important aspect of the behavior of mercury is that it is liquid at room temperature.
What makes mercury different than other metals?
Mercury is a metal but its unusual: at room temperature it is liquid
Can mercury be used as poison and how?
Mercury is contained in the body. However, if you ingest too much then it can be dangerous. It could be used as poison, and maybe if you added to a drink or something.
Why can mercury spilled on the floor not be collected by hand?
Mercury is extremely toxic to humans (and pretty much everything else as well). It can be absorbed quite easily through the skin and the vapour is also easy to breathe in; this makes it quite dangerous and unhealthy to try it. Even if this wasn't so, mercury is liquid at any temperature above -38oC/oF, and its density and surface tension mean that you physically can't pick it up with your hands.
Is Mercury's atmosphere dangerous?
Mercury does not have an atmosphere.
Are light bulbs that contain Mercury dangerous in any way?
yes they are dangerous because mercury will melt easily
Why is mercury not safe?
* because it is dangerous
What metal is dangerous to humans?
Mercury
Is mercury armed and dangerous?
Mercury is a chemical element, and the nature and behavior of chemical elements cannot accurately be described as good or bad. An important aspect of the behavior of mercury is that it is liquid at room temperature.
Does a car battery have mercury in it?
No, a car battery does not have mercury in it. It would be very dangerous to have mercury in a car battery.
What can make a thermometer dangerous?
If the liquid inside is mercury, contact or digestion of this can be dangerous.
Why is mercury not combustible?
Because the chemistry gods were smiling on us the day they came up with the flammable metals. Mercury vapor is dangerous enough as it is; can you imagine how bad mercury smoke would be?Okay, here's the real reason - and it's also the reason mercury is liquid at room temperature. Combustion is an exothermic oxidation process. Mercury's outer shell makes it very much like a noble gas. This trait does two things for us. First, it makes it noncombustible. The other is it makes it impossible for mercury atoms to bond into a solid mass.
Is Mercury dangerous?
Yes mercury is very dangerous. It is considered a 'heavy toxic metal' if it is in your body. High amounts of mercury has caused major diseases such as Alzheimer's which is the complete or major loss of memory.
Is Planet Mercury dangerous for humans to land on?
No
Do compact discs contain Mercury?
no because Mercury is extremely dangerous and that would be unsafe
Why are mercury thermometers bad?
Mercury is highly toxic (poisonous). The gas evaporating from the spilled liquid mercury is dangerous.
