Completely and totally off-topic and without any meritwhatso

From: ed sharpe <esharpe_at_uswest.net>
Date: Wed Sep 8 10:37:02 2004

should have said in the previous message.....absinth ( had worm wood in it
goggle this for more info).

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> "Pure
> mercury sulphide used to be used as vermilion pigment (which may
> explain something about some artists)".
>
> Yes... other pigments got them too! but in the case of old 'one ear
> Vincent you also can mix in syphilis and also drinking absinth ( had word
> wood in it goggle this for more info).
>
> the painters life was full of toxins and infection!
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> From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
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> > On Sep 7 2004, 23:08, William Donzelli wrote:
> > > > Compounds in mercury? Such as?
> > >
> > > Mercury can combine with lots of things. Probably the most common is
> > the
> > > ore, cinnebar. I think it can even be part of some organic compounds.
> >
> > It readily reacts with even dilute nitric acid to form nitrates, or
> > with aqua regia (a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids) to form
> > mercuric chloride, also known as corrosive sublimate. It reacts slowly
> > with sulphur, chlorine, or oxygen (cinnabar is mercury sulphide). Pure
> > mercury sulphide used to be used as vermilion pigment (which may
> > explain something about some artists). It reacts dangerously rapidly
> > with bromine, and reacts with ammonia (don't try this at home!). The
> > oxide reacts with quite a lot of things; it's used to make mercuric
> > sulphate which is (was?) used as for some organic reactions. BTW, the
> > reactions with oxygen and sulphur are very slow, which is why mercury
> > vapour is, well, mercury vapour (rather than mercury oxide); and why
> > the advice that used to be given to use flowers of sulphur (finely
> > powdered sulphur) to mop up mercury spills is not very good (use zinc
> > powder instead, to make a non-volatile amalgam).
> >
> > Some of the compounds are very toxic, and some can react with organic
> > materials to produce organo-mercuric compounds (some list members are
> > old enough to remember the Japanese fishermen who were poisoned by
> > consuming them in fish over a long period). Lots of these are liquids
> > with high toxic vapours.
> >
> > --
> > Pete Peter Turnbull
> > Network Manager
> > University of York
> >
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