Summary for mercury use by jewellers Discussion
Mercury use by jewellers is not actually answered in this thread; the only exchange is about a broken clinical thermometer. Venkat Iyer asks what positive use there is for the mercury after the thermometer broke. Daniel Montañés replies that the question needs more detail, asking what happened, what the mercury is to be used for, or whether the goal is to understand how a thermometer works. He offers to help, but no practical use, safety guidance, or jewellers’ application is given in the excerpt. The page therefore reads more like a request for clarification than a finished technical answer, and it does not confirm any recommended use for the mercury recovered from the thermometer.
Q. We have broken a clinical thermometer, and we have mercury with us. We want to know the positive use for it.
Venkat Iyer
– Badlapur, Maharastra, India
September 2, 2012
A. Dear Venkat,
Please specify what happened and what do you want to do with the mercury, or if you want to know how a thermometer works.
Hope we can help you!
Best regards,
Daniel Montañés
Self-Drilling Fasteners Manufacturer – Cañuelas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
September 17, 2012