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Is mercury explosive

Updated: 8/11/2023
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No, bit it can be used as a switch in a detonator for explosives. It is liquid and conductive and so movement makes the makes the material flow and bridge contacts completing a circuit and causing detonation.

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According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Mercury does not burn and it is not combustible.

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