Given that mercury is a metal?

has anyone ever checked whether it arcs in a microwave as metallic objects are supposed to do?

?2014-11-29T00:08:58Z

Given that mercury can be lethal I have never bothered to stick it in a microwave to find out.

?2014-11-28T23:47:52Z

Mercury is poisonous, and it will vaporize. I would not try that.